About InfluenceMap
InfluenceMap enables a world where crucial decisions are legitimately influenced and objectively made. We do this by empowering our partners with data-driven and clearly communicated analysis on critical societal issues such as climate change.
Updates
Who Owns the World's Coal
This report tracks the links between the coal reserves (the mines), the operating coal companies and the shareholders who own these companies, showing roughly $185bn in shareholder value associated with 117 listed thermal coal producers/owners.
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BP's Energy Outlook for 2017: Will it fully consider climate risk?
As BP's 2017 Energy Outlook is published, this note summarises BP's performance on climate risk disclosure and highlights climate lobbying activity.
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Climate policy engagement and the automotive sector
Is the Volkswagen scandal the tip of the iceberg? Investors and engagers concerned with climate issues may be inclined to look more closely at this sector in light of the recent regulatory risks exposed by VW as the scandal spreads from diesel to CO2 emissions.
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Reuters
16.05.2017
China, India dominate coal ownership as some shun climate risks: report click here for full article
Bloomberg
11.01.2017
For Companies Torn Between Industry and Climate, the Heat Is On... click here for full article
CNN Money
15.12.2016
How the private sector can fight climate change, with or without Trump... Click here to view article
FINANCE PROJECT
A powerful tool to help asset owners prepare their portfolios for the energy transition. We rank and assess fund managers and listed funds by their exposure to fossil fuel intensive assets and analyse who is moving into low carbon assets.
To be launched late summer 2017.
WHO THIS EMPOWERS?
Progressive Business Forces,
Investors, NGOs
LOBBYING AND CORPORATE INFLUENCE
The world's leading database of corporate and trade association lobbying of climate policy around the globe. Analysis and metrics on how the world's largest corporations’ climate policy engagement aligns with a 2C regulatory environment.
CLIMATE POLICY ENGAGEMENT MAP
A comprehensive tool to enable positive and practical engagement with climate policy in line with a 2C world. We bring together a global network of experts and expertise and map out regulatory timelines, critical intervention opportunities, existing lobbying activity, stakeholder positions and key contacts.
WHO THIS EMPOWERS?
NGOs, Investors, Media,
Progressive Business Forces
INFLUENCEMAP IN THE NEWS
China, India dominate coal ownership as some shun climate risks: report
Reuters, May 2017Investors in China and India increasingly dominate ownership of coal reserves amid campaigns for divestment in many rich nations to limit the risks from climate change, a study showed on Tuesday.
For Companies Torn Between Industry and Climate, the Heat Is On
Bloomberg, January 2017Pressure on a company devoted to both renewable energy and a traditional trade group has come from the left. About-face.
Trump's pick for Secretary of State may be the administration's top climate change defender — but big questions remain
BusinessInsider, December 2016Prominent appointees to the Trump administration have been flat-out climate change deniers. So it's a bit of a surprise that Rex Tillerson is someone who is openly willing to admit that climate change is a real problem.
US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse testifies in front of US Senate
The Senate Floor, April 2016On April 14th 2016, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse testified in front of the US Senate using research from Influencemap's report 'How Much Big Oil Spends on Climate Lobbying', which was released in April.
