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Hormel Foods outlines its lobbying focus and spending, noting that “in calendar year 2021, we spent over $595,000 on lobbying” and that it “maintain[s] relationships” with legislative and regulatory bodies to ensure “accurate information ... is appropriately disseminated,” but the company does not disclose any internal governance mechanisms for overseeing these direct or indirect lobbying activities. While the company states “Hormel Foods supports the development of legislation to address adaptation resiliency triggered by changes in climatic patterns,” it provides no details on a process to ensure that its engagement is aligned with its climate change strategy, nor does it identify a responsible individual or committee to review or approve lobbying positions. The absence of a public commitment to conduct its engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, beyond planning to adopt one “in the next two years,” further indicates that there is currently no governance structure in place to align its lobbying with its climate commitments.
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Hormel Foods provides only a limited window into its climate-related lobbying. It does name a single, identifiable piece of legislation—the California Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act—stating, “Hormel is providing the following response to California’s VCMDA (also known as AB 1305)” and clarifying its position that “Hormel does not market or sell voluntary carbon offsets” and “Hormel does not purchase or use voluntary carbon offsets.” Beyond this one law, the company refers only broadly to work with “legislators,” the House and Senate agricultural committees, and agencies such as the USDA and FDA, without explaining whether these contacts relate to climate issues or how the engagement occurs (letters, meetings, testimony, etc.). It discloses its annual federal lobbying spend ($597,000 in 2022) but offers no detail on specific mechanisms or named policymaking targets for climate policy. Finally, the disclosures do not set out any concrete policy changes or legislative amendments the company is advocating, leaving readers without clarity on the outcomes it seeks from its climate lobbying activities.
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