UltraTech Cement Ltd – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	UltraTech Cement provides only limited insight into how it governs its climate-related lobbying activities. The company states that all the communications related to policy advocacy, we work through Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and Cement Manufacturing Association (CMA). We support the organizations efforts, indicating an intention to channel its indirect lobbying through two sector bodies whose net-zero positions it supports, but it does not describe any internal mechanism for assessing or correcting those associations policy stances. UltraTech further confirms that it has a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and notes that oversight of stakeholder engagement which would include policy advocacy sits with a Board level committee, specifically the Risk Management and Sustainability Committee. However, beyond naming this committee, the company does not disclose the procedures, frequency, or criteria it uses to review lobbying positions, nor does it discuss how direct lobbying by employees is monitored. The available disclosures therefore show a high-level climate commitment and a designated oversight body but provide no detailed process for monitoring, reviewing, or ensuring alignment of either direct or trade-association lobbying with its climate strategy. View Sources	D

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Limited

UltraTech Cement provides only limited insight into how it governs its climate-related lobbying activities. The company states that all the communications related to policy advocacy, we work through Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and Cement Manufacturing Association (CMA). We support the organizations efforts, indicating an intention to channel its indirect lobbying through two sector bodies whose net-zero positions it supports, but it does not describe any internal mechanism for assessing or correcting those associations policy stances. UltraTech further confirms that it has a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and notes that oversight of stakeholder engagement which would include policy advocacy sits with a Board level committee, specifically the Risk Management and Sustainability Committee. However, beyond naming this committee, the company does not disclose the procedures, frequency, or criteria it uses to review lobbying positions, nor does it discuss how direct lobbying by employees is monitored. The available disclosures therefore show a high-level climate commitment and a designated oversight body but provide no detailed process for monitoring, reviewing, or ensuring alignment of either direct or trade-association lobbying with its climate strategy.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	UltraTech Cement Ltd provides a moderate level of transparency around its climate lobbying. The company identifies its policy focus by working on “new standards and guidelines for cement and concrete which promote low carbon cement and concrete,” making clear the specific area it is targeting. In terms of mechanisms, it participates in industry groups like the Global Cement and Concrete Association and engages directly “with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)” to “recommend new type of low carbon cement” and “review on increasing the percentage of flyash and slag absorption for blended cement,” while also liaising with bodies such as the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and NITI Aayog (though the exact modes of engagement in those cases are not detailed). Finally, it sets out three concrete outcomes—establishing low-carbon cement standards, introducing a new low-carbon cement type, and increasing the use of flyash and slag in blended cement—demonstrating clarity about what changes it seeks through its lobbying efforts.	C