(C12.3c) Provide details of the funding you provided to other organizations in the reporting year whose activities could influence policy, law, or regulation that may impact the climate.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if you select "Yes, we engage indirectly by funding other organizations whose activities may influence policy, law or regulation that may impact the climate” in response to C12.3.
Change from last year
Modified question (2021 C12.3e)
Rationale
Companies have many potential avenues for engagement activities. Funding organizations other than trade associations can play an important role in the development and adoption of climate policy. As such, data users expect companies to be transparent about the full range of their funding activities which could influence policy, law, or regulation that may impact the climate.
Response options
Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.| Type of organization | State the organization to which you provided funding | Funding figure your organization provided to this organization in the reporting year (currency as selected in C0.4) | Describe the aim of this funding and how it could influence policy, law or regulation that may impact the climate | Have you evaluated whether this funding is aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement? |
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General
- You should also disclose in this question other, non-financial support you have provided to other organizations in the reporting year (e.g. benefits, etc.). In this case, you should estimate the monetary value of your non-financial support and provide this in column 3.
Type of organization (column 1)
- If you fund multiple organizations whose activities may influence climate policy, you should add a row for each.
- See the “Explanation of Terms” for a definition of each organization type.
State the organization to which you provided funding (column 2)
- Provide the full name and a short description of the organization to which you are providing funding.
Funding figure your organization provided to this organization in the reporting year (currency as selected in C0.4) (column 3)
- Enter the total amount of funding you have provided to this organization, including any membership or other fees.
Describe the aim of this funding and how it could influence policy, law or regulation that may impact the climate (column 4)
- Describe the type of funding or non-financial support (e.g. membership fees, sponsorship, grant, benefits, etc), and provide an overview of the objectives of your support, including any expected concrete outcomes (e.g. research papers or reports).
- Explain how the outcomes of your funding could influence policy, law or regulation that may impact the climate.
- If you have estimated the monetary value of any non-financial support, you should also explain how you estimated the figure reported in column 3.
Have you evaluated whether this funding is aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement? (column 5)
- Indicate whether your organization has evaluated the aims and expected outcomes of your funding for alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
- Alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement: refers to the Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal, as expressed in relevant IPCC reports, in particular the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) and the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR1.5).
- Funding that is aligned with the Paris Agreement could include, for example, funding a research project into new alternative fuels, the report from which may be used to inform future transport policy.
Explanation of terms
- Governmental institution: An organization that is connected to or led by a national government (e.g., the UK Committee on Climate Change).
- International Governmental Organization (IGO): An organization that is comprised of national governments. For the purposes of this question, IGOs can refer both to organizations created through treaties (e.g., the UN), and to more informal coalitions of national governments (e.g., the G20).
- Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) or charitable organization: Any non-profit, voluntary citizens’ group which is organized on a local, national or international level. A charitable organization is typically an NGO with a special legal status, varying by jurisdiction.
- Political party: An organization which participates in the electoral systems of countries.
- Private company: A company which does not offer or trade company stock to the general public.
- Publicly-listed company: A company which offers and trades shares of stock freely.
- Research organization: An organization which performs research as their primary activity.
- Start-up company: A company in the very initial stages of business, often without a fully developed business model.
- State-Owned Enterprise (SOE)/Government-Owned Corporation (GOC): A company formed by governments in order to take part in commercial activities.
- Trust or foundation: An organization which has been given the right by one party to manage their property or assets for the benefit of some third party.
- University or other educational institution: An entity that provides instructional services to individuals or education-related services to individuals and other educational institutions.
