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Procter & Gamble has implemented a clearly defined governance framework for its climate advocacy, centralizing that "all policy advocacy is coordinated through our Global Government Relations organization" to ensure "consistency and transparency in all policy related activities across business divisions and geographies." This function is embedded in the cross-functional P&G Corporate Climate Council, which "plays a key role in our Climate Governance Process," ensuring the team "know[s] the details of our climate policies and positions, and consistently [represents] them with all external stakeholders." Direct lobbying is overseen by a Government Relations Sustainability owner who "directly represents P&G in the external 'Climate Leadership Council,'" while indirect lobbying is managed by ensuring "any P&G position on a matter of public policy is the prevailing company position, irrespective of any trade association position" and by engaging associations to address discrepancies. At the board level, the Governance & Public Responsibility Committee "oversees the Company's community and government relations" as part of its ESG focus areas. While this framework clearly names responsible bodies and outlines processes for aligning both direct and indirect lobbying with the company's commitment to a 1.5°C scenario, we found no evidence of a publicly available climate-lobbying alignment report or third-party audit to independently validate these efforts.