Climate Lobbying Index

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	Aramark does not disclose any governance processes for lobbying or oversight mechanisms to align its lobbying activities with its climate commitments. Instead, the company’s disclosures focus on broader sustainability governance structures, noting that “Our ESG governance structures drive implementation accountability and foster cross-functional communication and coordination” through its ESG Steering Committee (SteerCo) and the Board’s Nominating, Governance, and Corporate Responsibility Committee. There is no mention of internal processes or a policy to ensure alignment of direct or indirect lobbying with the company’s climate goals, nor is there any named individual or formal body tasked with overseeing lobbying efforts. Furthermore, Aramark explicitly confirms that it has no public commitment to conduct its engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, stating “No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years,” and we found no evidence of any monitoring, review, or audit procedures for climate-related lobbying activities. View Sources	0

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Aramark does not disclose any governance processes for lobbying or oversight mechanisms to align its lobbying activities with its climate commitments. Instead, the company’s disclosures focus on broader sustainability governance structures, noting that “Our ESG governance structures drive implementation accountability and foster cross-functional communication and coordination” through its ESG Steering Committee (SteerCo) and the Board’s Nominating, Governance, and Corporate Responsibility Committee. There is no mention of internal processes or a policy to ensure alignment of direct or indirect lobbying with the company’s climate goals, nor is there any named individual or formal body tasked with overseeing lobbying efforts. Furthermore, Aramark explicitly confirms that it has no public commitment to conduct its engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, stating “No, and we do not plan to have one in the next two years,” and we found no evidence of any monitoring, review, or audit procedures for climate-related lobbying activities.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Comprehensive	Aramark provides a clear and candid account of its position on climate-related lobbying, stating that it undertakes no activities intended to influence climate policy and explaining that a lack of internal resources underlies this decision. By openly declaring that it has not engaged with any specific climate legislation, regulation or government proposal, the company offers full transparency on the policies lobbied—namely, that there are none. It likewise discloses that it uses no direct or indirect lobbying channels for climate matters and identifies no policymaking targets, again supplying the rationale for this absence. Finally, it confirms that, because it does not lobby, it seeks no policy changes or outcomes related to climate issues. This comprehensive explanation across all three dimensions—policies, mechanisms and desired outcomes—demonstrates a high level of transparency regarding the company’s non-engagement in climate lobbying.	4

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Lobbying Transparency and Governance