Social Lobbymap’s reports provide evidence-based analysis of how companies and trade associations influence policy, helping stakeholders understand the impacts of lobbying on legislation that affects people, workers and communities.
This report assesses lobbying by 24 metals and mining firms within PRI Advance on the EU CSDDD. It finds lobbying is largely channelled through trade associations, with significant transparency gaps. While companies broadly support due diligence principles, they resist stronger accountability provisions. Read more
This report examines how metals and mining companies and their trade associations engaged with the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). It finds that while many entities supported mandatory human rights due diligence, opposition was more sustained and visible, creating an imbalance in the policy debate. Read more
This report examines how metals and mining trade associations coordinated their engagement on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). It finds that coordinated lobbying amplified oppositional positions and reduced transparency around the extent of industry support for different policy outcomes. Read more
This report explores how corporate lobbying around the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) has evolved through the Omnibus process. It finds that trade associations remained the most active and oppositional voices, while many companies, including SMEs, publicly defended stronger human rights due diligence standards. Read more
This report highlights how corporate actors and trade associations sought to influence the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). It finds that trade associations were often more oppositional than individual companies and played a significant role in efforts to weaken key human rights due diligence provisions. Read more
Using the Social LobbyMap methodology, this report examines how lobbying by financial sector actors contributed to the exclusion of key financial activities from the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). It also highlights broader transparency concerns surrounding corporate influence on EU policymaking. Read more