The analysis will explore publicly available data regarding corporate political engagement, such as consultation responses and company disclosures.    

The research focuses on the following responses to specific legislative efforts, namely:  

• Consultation responses: Legislative bodies often put out calls for input from the general public. This is a way of making the legislative process more inclusive and participatory and hear the opinions of a variety of stakeholders. This can take many forms, such as open calls for input on a topic, or more structured/specific questions regarding certain policy proposals. Consultations most often focus on whether or not to introduce a legislation and what a legislation should look like. It may also only focus on how to implement certain policy measures (Example: the US’ Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act). Consultation responses may be publicly available or made public through freedom of information requests. 
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• Meetings, email exchanges, and other direct engagement with policy makers on specific legislative efforts. Meeting notes or content may be obtained through freedom of information requests or via media. 
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• Indirect engagement with policy makers, e.g., open letters to policy makers or other public statements of opinions on specific legislative efforts. These may stem from industry association websites. 
• Corporate websites – This includes websites, subsidiary (>49% ownership) websites, CSR reports, annual reports, briefing papers, position papers, joint position papers/jointly signed open letters. 
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• Media articles and other external reports – Media sources to use are respectable/recognized global or regional press outlets and business press