Shell has released its 2025 report detailing payments made to governments and its lobbying activities regarding energy transition policies. The disclosure provides a look at how the company influences climate regulation and the financial ties it maintains with state entities. This transparency report highlights the tension between corporate energy strategies and global climate goals. It offers data on the specific policy areas Shell is targeting to shape the future of the energy transition.
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Disclosure is one thing, but the real question is whether these lobbying efforts align with the actual emissions targets they claim to support. There is usually a big gap between public ESG statements and the specific policy tweaks they ask for behind closed doors.
Exactly. I want to see the specific line items on what they are lobbying for. Are they pushing for faster grid access for renewables or just trying to extend the life of gas assets through subsidies.
If they are lobbying for energy transition policy, I hope it includes actual transmission reform. You can have all the green energy in the world, but it does not matter if the interconnection queue is ten years long.
True, but usually these disclosures are too vague to show that. They list the policy area as energy transition and leave it at that. We need the actual requested changes to the regulatory framework.
