InfluenceMap Scoring Tables:
Corporations and Influencers
Here are our ranking tables of corporations and influencers (trade associations etc.)
on their influence on climate change policy. Progressive organizations supporting
climate policy are at the top of the table with obstructive ones at the bottom in the F
band. The names of the companies and influencers are hyperlinked back to our site.
The full interactive version is available here
14th September 2015
Corporations
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Performance Band
Organization
Engagement
Intensity
Sector
Region
Google
18
Information Technology
North America
Unilever
49
Consumer Staples
Europe
Cisco Systems
21
Information Technology
North America
B-
GlaxoSmithKline
21
Healthcare
Europe
B-
Deutsche Telekom
16
Telecommunications
Europe
B-
National Grid
34
Utilities
Europe
B-
Vodafone Group
13
Telecommunications
Europe
C+
Nestle
25
Consumer Staples
Europe
C+
Apple
19
Information Technology
North America
C+
Vinci
18
Commercial Services
Europe
C+
Telefonica
20
Telecommunications
Europe
Johnson & Johnson
11
Healthcare
North America
Orange
11
Telecommunications
Europe
ABB
30
Industrials
Europe
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Performance Band
Organization
Engagement
Intensity
Sector
Region
Coca Cola
18
Consumer Staples
North America
Hewlett Packard
14
Information Technology
North America
Iberdrola
42
Utilities
Europe
Mondelez International
Consumer Staples
North America
L'Oreal
15
Consumer Staples
Europe
PepsiCo
18
Consumer Staples
North America
Walt Disney
Media
North America
C-
Deutsche Post
21
Airlines and Logistics
Europe
C-
Qualcomm
12
Information Technology
North America
C-
Softbank
17
Telecommunications
Asia
C-
Siemens
20
Industrials
Europe
C-
Samsung Electronics
Information Technology
Asia
C-
Honda Motor
17
Automotive
Asia
C-
Microsoft
Information Technology
North America
C-
Philip Morris International
Consumer Staples
North America
C-
Nippon Telegraph &
Telephone
Telecommunications
Asia
C-
EDF
56
Utilities
Europe
C-
Novartis
Healthcare
Europe
C-
United Technologies
14
Industrials
North America
C-
Anheuser Busch InBev
10
Consumer Staples
Europe
C-
Express Scripts Holding
Healthcare
North America
D+
Walmart Stores
Retailing
North America
D+
Oracle
14
Information Technology
North America
D+
Amgen
Healthcare
North America
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Performance Band
Organization
Engagement
Intensity
Sector
Region
D+
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48
Utilities
Europe
D+
Enel
36
Utilities
Europe
D+
United Parcel Service
12
Airlines and Logistics
North America
D+
Honeywell International
24
Industrials
North America
D+
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Retailing
North America
D+
Nissan
21
Automotive
Asia
D+
General Motors
16
Automotive
North America
D+
Moller Maersk Group
11
Airlines and Logistics
Europe
Pfizer
Healthcare
North America
DuPont
20
Chemicals
North America
Verizon Communications
Telecommunications
North America
IBM
10
Information Technology
North America
Hitachi
21
Industrials
Asia
Toyota Motor
16
Automotive
Asia
Sanofi
10
Healthcare
Europe
Suncor Energy
28
Energy
North America
BHP Billiton
23
Materials
Oceania
Airbus Group
18
Industrials
Europe
BMW Group
22
Automotive
Europe
General Electric
34
Industrials
North America
ENI
30
Energy
Europe
D-
Volkswagen
20
Automotive
Europe
D-
Royal Dutch Shell
45
Energy
Europe
D-
British American Tobacco
Consumer Staples
Europe
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Performance Band
Organization
Engagement
Intensity
Sector
Region
D-
Daimler
19
Automotive
Europe
D-
Roche Group
Healthcare
Europe
D-
Hyundai Motor
12
Automotive
Asia
D-
Delta Air Lines
Airlines and Logistics
North America
D-
Intel
19
Information Technology
North America
D-
Boeing
13
Industrials
North America
E+
Home Depot
Retailing
North America
E+
Ford Motor
16
Automotive
North America
E+
Total
40
Energy
Europe
E+
Time Warner
Media
North America
E+
America Movil
Telecommunications
North America
E+
Bayer
28
Healthcare
Europe
E+
Rio Tinto Group
27
Materials
Europe
E+
Lukoil
12
Energy
Europe
E+
Dow Chemical
28
Chemicals
North America
E+
Schlumberger
12
Energy
North America
E+
Mitsubishi Corporation
13
Commercial Services
Asia
E+
Merck
10
Healthcare
North America
CVS Health
Retailing
North America
Cargill
16
Materials
North America
BASF
35
Chemicals
Europe
Hutchison Whampoa
Telecommunications
Asia
UnitedHealth Group
Healthcare
North America
AT&T
10
Telecommunications
North America
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Performance Band
Organization
Engagement
Intensity
Sector
Region
Exxon Mobil
32
Energy
North America
Caterpillar
19
Industrials
North America
21st Century Fox
17
Media
North America
BP
37
Energy
Europe
E-
Procter & Gamble
Consumer Staples
North America
E-
Mitsui & Co
10
Commercial Services
Asia
E-
Chevron
38
Energy
North America
E-
Hon Hai Precision Industry
Information Technology
Asia
E-
Occidental Petroleum
15
Energy
North America
E-
Berkshire Hathaway
15
Industrials
North America
E-
Comcast
Media
North America
Phillips 66
14
Energy
North America
Duke Energy
28
Utilities
North America
Reliance Industries
10
Energy
Asia
Koch Industries
35
Energy
North America
Influencers
InfluenceMap
Performance Band
Organization
Engagement
Intensity
Sector
Region
C-
International Council of
Chemical Associations (ICCA)
Chemicals
Europe
C-
Alliance of Automobile
Manufacturers
19
Automotive
North
America
C-
Confederation of British
Industry (CBI)
43
All Sectors
Europe
C-
Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII)
19
All Sectors
Asia
D+
International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC)
21
Chemicals
Europe
German Automotive
Association (VDA)
16
Automotive
Europe
Eurelectric
31
Utilities
Europe
D-
Federation of Korean
Industries (FKI)
19
All Sectors
Asia
D-
Japan Chemical Industry
Association (JCIA)
22
Chemicals
Asia
D-
European Roundtable of
Industrialists (ERT)
20
All Sectors
Europe
D-
National Confederation of
Industry Brazil (CNI)
18
All Sectors
South
America
D-
International Federation of
Industrial Energy Consumers
(IFIEC)
35
Chemicals
Europe
D-
German Industrial Federation
(BDI)
42
All Sectors
Europe
D-
American Chemistry Council
(ACC)
26
Chemicals
North
America
E+
The Business Council of
Australia
28
All Sectors
Oceania
E+
Japan Business Federation
(Keidanren)
30
All Sectors
Asia
Business Roundtable
27
All Sectors
North
America
Business Europe
39
All Sectors
Europe
European Automobile
Manufacturers Association
(ACEA)
25
Automotive
Europe
German Chemical Industry
Association (VCI)
32
Chemicals
Europe
E-
European Chemical Industry
Council (CEFIC)
39
Chemicals
Europe
E-
US Chamber of Commerce
36
All Sectors
North
America
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Performance Band
Organization
Engagement
Intensity
Sector
Region
E-
Federation of French Industry
(MEDEF)
39
All Sectors
Europe
National Association of
Manufacturers (NAM)
45
All Sectors
North
America
International Air Transport
Association (IATA)
25
Airlines and
Logistics
North
America
Canadian Association of
Petroleum Producers
28
American Petroleum Institute
(API)
34
Energy
North
America
American Legislative Exchange
Council (ALEC)
40
All Sectors
North
America
Global
Notes on Our Scoring
The Organization Scores
To measure and score corporate influence on climate change policy, we have developed a
comprehensive process of examining a series of publicly available and reliable data sources
(e.g. legislative consultations, respected press, CDP responses) and querying them, for each
corporation, against a set of climate change policy and legislation related queries (e.g.
position on a carbon tax, energy efficiency standards). We score each data source/query
intersection (or cell) on a 5-point scale, with clearly consistent evidence and guidelines for our
scorers. There are 96 such scoring cells at present and the Organizational Score for each
corporation is computed over these, by our proprietary algorithm that accounts for weightings
and irrelevant data sources/queries. The Organizational Score is expressed as a % with
100% representing very supportive influence on climate policy. We note here that a
corporation and an influencer (e.g. a trade body, chamber of commerce, advocacy group) are
scored in exactly the same way to arrive at their respective Organizational Score.
The Relationship Scores
A corporation, as well as its Organizational Score will have a Relationship Score. It is
computed by aggregating the Organizational Scores of the Influencers (trade bodies etc.) it
has relationships with, weighted by both the strength of these relationships and the relative
importance of the Influencers towards climate change policy. A corporation will have a
number of relationships with Influencers mapped in our database. In turn these Influencers
will themselves have organizational scores as computed by exactly the same method as was
done for the corporations. Such relationships vary in nature and strength and we account for
this in our assessment by assigning Relationship Strengths. For example a trade association
may have 2000 member corporations with 10 of them on its executive committee. The 10
Executive Committee members would have strength of 8 compared to 3 for the regular
members, for example.
The Performance Bands
For Corporations, the Organizational Scores and Relationship Scores are combined to result
in an Overall Rating that places the Corporation in a Performance Band. There are 20
performance bands from A+ (representing a total score from 95-100%) through to E- (a score
of 25-30%), with scores below 25% falling in the red "F" band. So it is a relative scale. Most
companies fall within the 45-55% band that indicates they are neither actively obstructing nor
supporting the climate policy process. A score of 60% or more indicates the company is
actively supporting polices and regulations towards a low carbon future. Conversely lower
than a 40% band generally indicates obstructing behavior. As different sectors face differing
regulatory issues, it is most useful to compare the Performance Bands of corporations within
the same sector.
Engagement Intensity
The engagement intensity is a metric of the extent to which the company is engaging on
climate change policy matters, whether positively or negatively. It is a number from 0 (no
engagement at all) to 100 (full engagement on all queries/data points. Clearly energy and
energy intensive users more affected by climate regulations will have a higher engagement
intensity than, for example retailers. So an organizations score should be looked at in
conjunction with this metric to understand the amount of evidence we are using in each case
to base our score on.
Full details on our scoring can be found here.