Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Adobe provides extensive and granular disclosure of its climate-policy lobbying. It names multiple specific policies it has engaged on, including support for “California’s 100 Per Cent Clean Energy for California legislation (SB 100), Oregon’s Cap and Invest proposal (HB 2020) and the 100 Per Cent Clean Energy bill in Washington (SB 5116),” its advocacy around “Federal clean energy infrastructure investments related to the Inflation Reduction Act,” and work on the California Energy Commission’s 2022 building energy code as well as the Virginia Clean Economy Act. The company is equally specific about how it lobbies: it acted “as a signatory on a letter to Members of Congress in support of clean energy investments,” its executives “directly engaged with policymakers,” it joined coalitions such as LEAD on Climate, and “worked with the city of San Jose to push the community to go to 100 percent clean energy.” Named targets include U.S. Senators and Representatives, the California Energy Commission, the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Dominion Energy, and local governments. Adobe also spells out the outcomes it is seeking, backing 100 % clean-energy mandates, advocating for “all-electric buildings” and a “price on carbon,” and pressing for grid decarbonization and expanded renewable procurement “using true renewables, as opposed to offsets or unbundled renewable energy certificates.” This level of detail on the specific policies, the mechanisms and partners used, and the concrete legislative or regulatory changes sought demonstrates a comprehensive degree of transparency about the company’s climate-related lobbying activities. | 4 |