Accenture PLC – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Moderate	Accenture demonstrates a moderate level of governance in its lobbying activities, including climate-related lobbying. The company states that "transparency and accountability are embedded into Accenture’s public policy, political spending and lobbying actions," and that its lobbying activities are overseen by the Managing Director of Government Relations, who "periodically updates the Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee of the Board of Directors on the company’s political, lobbying and other grassroots advocacy activities." This indicates a clear oversight structure for lobbying activities. Additionally, Accenture mentions that its governance processes "drive a common approach to climate change and environmental strategies across the organization, including external climate-relevant engagement that might influence policy," and that its Chief Responsibility Officer oversees the integration of sustainability into operations and external engagements. However, while the company describes processes for ensuring alignment with its climate strategy, such as cascading accountability through its Board and Global Management Committee, it does not provide specific details on how lobbying activities—both direct and indirect—are monitored or reviewed for alignment with climate goals. Furthermore, there is no evidence of a dedicated lobbying audit or review process, nor explicit actions taken to align or disengage from trade associations with conflicting climate positions. This indicates that while Accenture has governance structures in place, the mechanisms for ensuring alignment of lobbying activities with climate goals are not comprehensively disclosed. View Sources	C

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Moderate

Accenture demonstrates a moderate level of governance in its lobbying activities, including climate-related lobbying. The company states that "transparency and accountability are embedded into Accenture’s public policy, political spending and lobbying actions," and that its lobbying activities are overseen by the Managing Director of Government Relations, who "periodically updates the Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee of the Board of Directors on the company’s political, lobbying and other grassroots advocacy activities." This indicates a clear oversight structure for lobbying activities. Additionally, Accenture mentions that its governance processes "drive a common approach to climate change and environmental strategies across the organization, including external climate-relevant engagement that might influence policy," and that its Chief Responsibility Officer oversees the integration of sustainability into operations and external engagements. However, while the company describes processes for ensuring alignment with its climate strategy, such as cascading accountability through its Board and Global Management Committee, it does not provide specific details on how lobbying activities—both direct and indirect—are monitored or reviewed for alignment with climate goals. Furthermore, there is no evidence of a dedicated lobbying audit or review process, nor explicit actions taken to align or disengage from trade associations with conflicting climate positions. This indicates that while Accenture has governance structures in place, the mechanisms for ensuring alignment of lobbying activities with climate goals are not comprehensively disclosed.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Limited	Accenture provides only limited insight into its climate-policy lobbying. It refers to engagement around the US Inflation Reduction Act and cites broad regulatory themes such as the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and U.S. SEC climate-disclosure rules, but generally discusses these topics at a high level and does not spell out which specific proposals it has tried to influence. The company discloses one clear mechanism—“ad-hoc educational meetings with select members of the United States Congress”—and notes that it also seeks to shape policy indirectly through memberships in bodies such as the American Chamber of Commerce Germany and the American Chemistry Council, yet it identifies only a single policymaking target, the U.S. Congress, and gives no detail on the frequency or content of these interactions. Finally, Accenture speaks in aspirational terms about “aligning Nationally Determined Contributions to a 1.5 °C trajectory,” creating “a global market for carbon,” and supporting net-zero goals, but it does not articulate concrete legislative changes, amendments, or quantitative outcomes it is pursuing. Overall, the disclosures indicate some activity but fall short of fully transparent reporting on the specific policies, mechanisms and outcomes that define its climate-related lobbying.	D