LG Display Co Ltd – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	LG Display discloses a defined internal process that links its climate-related advocacy with its wider strategy, noting that "LG Display reviews and evaluates risks on all environment management strategy and GHG/energy-related agendas including climate change engagement activities… through ESG Environment Team" and that this team "reports the results to CEO on a monthly or quarterly basis"; this demonstrates an ongoing review mechanism and named executive oversight. The company also states it has "a public commitment … to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement," indicating a policy intent to align climate engagement with the Paris goals. In addition, it explains that the climate-change response department "establishes and implements an action plan for greenhouse gas performance and reduction" and embeds KPIs "to lead engagement activities consistent with the company strategy," which shows a concrete mechanism linking lobbying-related engagement to company climate objectives. However, the disclosure does not describe how direct lobbying positions are assessed for alignment beyond internal reporting, offers no detail on how the company monitors or manages the positions of trade associations or other indirect lobbying channels, and makes no reference to publishing any lobbying-alignment review or board-level approval. Therefore, while the company provides evidence of a monitoring process and executive oversight for climate engagement, the absence of transparency on indirect lobbying and the lack of a public alignment audit suggest only a moderate level of lobbying governance. View Sources	2

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Moderate

LG Display discloses a defined internal process that links its climate-related advocacy with its wider strategy, noting that "LG Display reviews and evaluates risks on all environment management strategy and GHG/energy-related agendas including climate change engagement activities… through ESG Environment Team" and that this team "reports the results to CEO on a monthly or quarterly basis"; this demonstrates an ongoing review mechanism and named executive oversight. The company also states it has "a public commitment … to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement," indicating a policy intent to align climate engagement with the Paris goals. In addition, it explains that the climate-change response department "establishes and implements an action plan for greenhouse gas performance and reduction" and embeds KPIs "to lead engagement activities consistent with the company strategy," which shows a concrete mechanism linking lobbying-related engagement to company climate objectives. However, the disclosure does not describe how direct lobbying positions are assessed for alignment beyond internal reporting, offers no detail on how the company monitors or manages the positions of trade associations or other indirect lobbying channels, and makes no reference to publishing any lobbying-alignment review or board-level approval. Therefore, while the company provides evidence of a monitoring process and executive oversight for climate engagement, the absence of transparency on indirect lobbying and the lack of a public alignment audit suggest only a moderate level of lobbying governance.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	LG Display offers a clear picture of its climate-policy engagement. It identifies the Republic of Korea’s Greenhouse-Gas Emission Trading Scheme—the Act on the Allocation and Trading of Greenhouse-Gas Emission Permits—as the focus of its lobbying activity. The company sets out several concrete channels through which it seeks to influence this policy, describing attendance at public hearings, participation in government-run meetings and win-win councils, and membership of permanent consultative and advisory committees, all aimed at the Korean government. It further discloses the specific outcomes it is pursuing, such as securing fairer quota allocations, modifying reduction rates, deleting mandatory-reduction provisions for certain new or expanded facilities, and revising criteria for additional allowances. Although its disclosures revolve around a single policy framework, the level of detail about the mechanisms it uses and the changes it is advocating demonstrates strong transparency on its climate-related lobbying efforts.	3