Deutsche Post AG

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Comprehensive	Deutsche Post DHL Group provides extensive and detailed disclosure of its climate-related public-policy engagement. It names a wide array of specific legislative and regulatory files it lobbies on, including the “Review of EU ETS,” the “Energy Taxation Directive,” the “German CO2 Price,” the “EU Renewable Energy Directive Review (RED II),” “Refuel EU Aviation,” “Refuel EU Maritime,” “AFIR,” “Count Emissions EU,” the “Weights and Dimensions Directive review,” elements of the “US Infrastructure Investment Act” such as the national charging network and airport-modernisation provisions, as well as earlier consultations on the “EU Green Taxonomy” and other sustainable-finance measures. The company is equally clear about how and where it seeks to influence these measures: it describes “several discussions with responsible DGs in Brussels (DG MOVE, DG RTD, DG ENER),” “active contrib­ution to public consultations,” publication of a white paper on sustainable fuels, and bilateral engagement with “governmental and non-governmental stakeholders in Germany,” alongside registration in the EU, German Bundestag and US lobbying registers. Finally, it spells out the concrete outcomes it is pursuing, calling for policies that “continue to incentivize bridging technologies such as Bio-LNG and HVO,” “tighten fleet limits (CO2 standards),” create “long-term funding programs for alternative vehicles, esp. market activation for H2 trucks,” introduce “a carbon price instead of a traditional tax so that the revenue … can be re-invested for the purpose of promoting sustainable transport solutions,” and establish “reliable sustainability safeguards for alternative fuels” and “carefully defined blending mandates.” By describing the policies, the mechanisms and targets of engagement, and the precise policy changes it seeks, the Group demonstrates a comprehensive level of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying activities.	4

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Moderate	Deutsche Post AG appears to have a structured process to integrate its climate strategy into its lobbying activities. It clarifies that Responsibility for both the Public Policy and the Clean Operations topics are overseen on board level, and the teams are reporting directly to the Group CEO, and that these groups align on a weekly basis and regularly attend external meetings together, to make sure that the environmental strategy for DPDHL and any related policy engagements are closely linked. This suggests senior leadership oversight and an active mechanism for monitoring policy engagements. Moreover, its Corporate Public Affairs department represents the Group vis--vis political stakeholders and introduces the interests of the company into political decision-making processes on environmental topics; exchange with external stakeholders takes place both bilaterally as well as via organizations such as associations and foundations, indicating coverage of direct and indirect lobbying channels. However, the company does not disclose any dedicated climate lobbying audit or third-party review assessing the alignment of its advocacy, nor does it present formal criteria or procedures for evaluating association memberships whose positions might diverge from its climate commitments.	2