Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Ball Corporation provides a high level of transparency around its climate-related lobbying. It names multiple identifiable policies it has engaged on, including lobbying “Members of the U.S. House and Senate in support of passage of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act,” submitting a business letter to the “Arizona Corporation Commission” to back strong state clean-energy standards, and urging the European Commission to incorporate “a 90% recycling target and support for Deposit Return Schemes in its proposal for packaging waste regulations,” alongside work on an Extended Producer Responsibility bill in Colorado and support for the Energy Storage and Grids Pledge announced at COP29. Ball is equally clear on how and where it exerts influence: it describes sending letters, signing open letters, “met directly with lawmakers” in several U.S. states, and participating in public panels and coalitions such as the First Movers Coalition, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s Corporate Leaders Group, and COP29 events, explicitly identifying targets such as U.S. House and Senate members, the Arizona Chair Commissioner, and EU institutions. The company also spells out the outcomes it is seeking, advocating for “a 90% collection rate for aluminum cans, bottles and cups by 2030,” “85% recycled content,” “effective carbon pricing,” limits on whole-life carbon in product standards, mandatory quotas for low-carbon materials, and robust clean-energy standards to “reduce carbon emissions.” This detailed disclosure of the policies addressed, the mechanisms and audiences for engagement, and the concrete legislative and regulatory changes sought demonstrates comprehensive transparency in Ball’s climate-policy lobbying activities. | 4 |