Celanese Corp

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	Celanese Corp provides comprehensive transparency around its climate lobbying. It identifies multiple specific policies it has engaged on —most notably the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (for which it states, 'We have supported the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act because it included provisions and funding related to hardening of the power grid, tax and other incentives to support the development of electric vehicles and an extensive charging network, renewable energy projects (wind and solar credits), energy efficiency programs in homes and business, and widespread use of carbon capture, utilization and sequestration projects through Department of Energy involvement'), as well as the EU Emissions Trading System and the EU Green Deal—complete with jurisdictional context and policy details. The company details both direct and indirect lobbying channels, noting that it 'formally engaged with Members of Congress and our main trade association encouraging passage of the legislation,' and that it works through trade associations such as the American Chemistry Council, Cefic, and VCI to influence climate-related legislation. Celanese also clearly articulates the outcomes it seeks, from promoting clean energy, carbon capture, and renewable energy projects to advocating for streamlined permitting for critical materials and supporting the EU’s climate neutrality target by 2050. These disclosures demonstrate a thorough level of clarity across the policies, mechanisms, and desired outcomes of its climate lobbying.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	Celanese discloses a defined mechanism for keeping its lobbying and broader policy engagement in line with its climate objectives. The company states that “all advocacy has to be consistent with the Celanese climate policy statement,” and explains that it uses “a multi-prong approach to ensuring that our engagement activities are consistent with our climate policy throughout the organization.” Oversight responsibility is clearly assigned: “The Vice President of Global Government Affairs and the EU Director of Government affairs are active members of the ESG Council,” and “trade association positions are vetted through the ESG Council to ensure they are consistent with Celanese policy,” while a board-level body is mandated to “review and oversee… advocacy activities and relationships with government and regulatory authorities in the areas of environmental, health and safety.” This structure covers both direct outreach – the global energy coordinator and environmental team “routinely attend and speak at… events and conferences where we communicate our highly successful approach and activities” – and indirect lobbying, as the company reviews the stances of trade associations such as “ACC, TCC, CEFIC, VCI.” Although the disclosures demonstrate a coherent policy, named oversight bodies and an active alignment process, the company does not publish a stand-alone lobbying-alignment audit or describe a systematic, public review of trade-association misalignments, so the transparency of its monitoring remains limited.	3