Magyar Telekom Telecommunications PLC – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Magyar Telekom outlines a structured approach to ensure its engagements reflect its climate objectives, noting that through “intensive cooperation between Group Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Communications and Politics and Regulatory affairs” it “ensure[s] that our engagement within industry anssociations is in line with group climate strategy and policy.” The company highlights that “sustainablity experts are representing DT in various associations, as e.g. GeSI Board or as Chair of the ETNO Sustainable Development Working Group,” and explains that “Magyar Telekom is also member of ETNO Sustainable Development WG since launching the Sustainability Charter, and the colleague, who is coordinating sustainability strategy (inlc. Climate strategy) is delegated” to manage these activities. It further confirms a public stance to align its advocacy efforts with Paris goals by answering “Yes” when asked if it has a position statement to conduct engagement in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. While this indicates clear processes to govern indirect lobbying through trade and industry bodies and identifies a designated sustainability coordinator, the company does not disclose how its direct lobbying is systematically reviewed or managed for alignment with its climate strategy. View Sources	2

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Moderate

Magyar Telekom outlines a structured approach to ensure its engagements reflect its climate objectives, noting that through “intensive cooperation between Group Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Communications and Politics and Regulatory affairs” it “ensure[s] that our engagement within industry anssociations is in line with group climate strategy and policy.” The company highlights that “sustainablity experts are representing DT in various associations, as e.g. GeSI Board or as Chair of the ETNO Sustainable Development Working Group,” and explains that “Magyar Telekom is also member of ETNO Sustainable Development WG since launching the Sustainability Charter, and the colleague, who is coordinating sustainability strategy (inlc. Climate strategy) is delegated” to manage these activities. It further confirms a public stance to align its advocacy efforts with Paris goals by answering “Yes” when asked if it has a position statement to conduct engagement in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. While this indicates clear processes to govern indirect lobbying through trade and industry bodies and identifies a designated sustainability coordinator, the company does not disclose how its direct lobbying is systematically reviewed or managed for alignment with its climate strategy.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Magyar Telekom has demonstrated a strong level of transparency in its climate lobbying. The company discloses that it engaged with policymakers through the Green Policy Center under the MIRROR project, contributing modeling-based proposals and a position paper to Hungary’s 2023 review of its National Energy and Climate Plan and submitting 42 sectoral policy proposals. It also reports engagement on the EU Taxonomy Regulation to ensure the telecommunications sector’s green transition activities are recognized within the taxonomy. In terms of policy focus, Magyar Telekom clearly identifies its work on Hungary’s National Energy and Climate Plan and the EU Taxonomy Regulation, covering both domestic and EU-level frameworks. On outcomes, the company seeks to ensure its sector’s green transition activities are fully acknowledged in the EU taxonomy and has proposed a strengthened energy efficiency obligation scheme, detailing its rationale and concerns about digitalization’s energy impacts in line with the Paris Agreement. Overall, these disclosures reveal a high degree of detail across mechanisms, targeted policies, and desired outcomes, reflecting strong transparency in its climate-related lobbying.	3