PGE Group
What do our scores mean?
The organizational score represents the degree to which the organization influencing climate policy and legislation. Corporations also have relationship scores reflecting their links with influencers like trade associations. Both are combined to place the corporation in a performance band. Full details can be found here.
Update August 2021: If limited evidence had been collected either on a company's direct policy engagement (Organization Score) or industry association links (Relationship Score) this is signified with an ‘n/a’ (not available). If limited evidence has been collected in both areas, the Total Score is also given as n/a. Full details and links back to any primary evidence that has been collected can still be located on the company’s profile.
Engagement Intensity
The engagement intensity (EI) 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 companies are more affected by climate regulations and will have a higher EI than, for example retailers. So an organization’s score should be looked at in conjunction with this metric to gauge the amount of evidence we are using in each case as a basis for scoring. On our scale, an EI of more than 25 indicates a relatively large amount of climate policy engagement.
Relationship Score, December 2020
A new batch of industry associations has been uploaded onto the InfluenceMap system and the relationship scores recalculated accordingly.
Updated terminology, February 2021
We adjusted the terminology used to describe the queries running down the left-hand side of our scoring matrix and added additional explanatory text to the info-boxes. This has no impact on the scores and methodology. It has been done following user feedback to improve clarity.
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What do the 0,1,2 and NSs, NAs mean?
Each cell in the organization's matrix presents a chance for us to assess each data source against our column of climate change policy queries. We score from -2 to 2, with negative scores representing evidence of obstructive influence. "NA" means "not applicable" and "NS" means "not scored" - that is we did not find any evidence either way. In both cases, the cell's weighting is re-distributed over others. Red and blue cells represent highly interesting negative or positive influence respectively. Full details can be found here.
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What is the Relationship Score
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. Full details can be found here.
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Main Web Site
The main organizational Web site of the company and its direct links to major affiliates and attached documents. |
Social Media
We search other media and sites funded or controlled by the organization, such as social media (Twitter, Facebook) and direct advertising campaigns of the organization. |
CDP Responses
We assess and score responses to two questions from CDP's climate change information request (12.3 a & 12.3c) related to political influence questions (currently these are not numerically scored by the CDP process). |
Legislative Consultations
Comments from the entity being scored on governmental regulatory consultation processes, including those obtained by InfluenceMap through Freedom of Information requests. |
Media Reports
Here we search in a consistent manner (the organization name and relevant query search terms) a set of web sites of representing reputable news or data aggregations. Supported by targeted searches of proprietary databases. |
CEO Messaging
Here we search in a consistent manner (the CEO/Chairman, organization name and relevant query search terms) a set of web sites of representing reputable news or data aggregations. Supported by targeted searches of proprietary databases. |
Financial Disclosures
We search 10-K and 20-F SEC filings where available, and non US equivalents where not. . |
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Communication of Climate Science
Is the organization transparent and clear about its position on climate change science? |
NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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Alignment with IPCC on Climate Action
Is the organization supporting the science-based response to climate change as set out by the IPCC? (the IPCC) |
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0
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NA |
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0
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0
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NS |
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Supporting the Need for Regulations
To what extent does the organization express the need for regulatory intervention to resolve the climate crisis? |
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NS | NS | NS | NS |
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NS |
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Support of UN Climate Process
Is the organization supporting the UN FCCC process on climate change? |
NS | NS | NS |
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NS | NS | NS |
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Transparency on Legislation
Is the organisation transparent about its positions on climate change legislation/policy and its activities to influence it? |
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NA |
-2
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NA | NA | NA | NS |
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Carbon Tax
Is the organisation supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: carbon tax. |
NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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Emissions Trading
Is the organisation supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: emissions trading. |
NS |
-1
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NS |
-1
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NS |
-1
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NS |
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Energy and Resource Efficiency
Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: energy efficiency policy, standards, and targets |
NS | NS | NS |
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NS | NS | NS |
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Renewable Energy
Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: Renewable energy legislation, targets, subsidies, and other policy |
NS | NS | NS |
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NS | NS | NS |
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Energy Transition & Zero Carbon Technologies
Is the organization supporting an IPCC-aligned transition of the economy away from carbon-emitting technologies, including supporting relevant policy and legislative measures to enable this transition? |
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-1
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NS |
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-1
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-1
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GHG Emission Regulation
Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: GHG emission standards and targets. Is the organization supporting policy and legislative measures to address climate change: Standards, targets, and other regulatory measures directly targeting Greenhouse Gas emissions |
NS |
-1
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NS |
-1
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-1
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-2
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NS |
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Disclosure on Relationships
Is the organization transparent about its involvement with industry associations that are influencing climate policy, including the extent to which it is aligned with these groups on climate? |
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NS |
-2
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NA | NA | NA | NS |
Open PDF file of Data Source
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
A senior executive of PGE is on the board of PKEE which is a member of Eurelectric
PAWEŁ CIOCH
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
The Vice CEO of PGE Renewables is a board member of Eurelectric
Marta Gajecka
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
A senior executive of PGE is on the board of PKEE which is a member of Eurelectric
PAWEŁ CIOCH
InfluenceMap Data Point on Corporate - Influencer Relationship
InfluenceMap Comment:
The Vice CEO of PGE Renewables is a board member of Eurelectric
Marta Gajecka
How to Read our Relationship Score Map
In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.
Climate Lobbying Overview: PGE Group (Polska Grupa Energetyczna) appears to have mostly negative engagement on climate change policy. Although the company has mostly expressed top-line support for climate action and the energy transition, and has engaged positively on EU renewable energy and energy efficiency legislation, it does not appear to support other forms of climate regulation and has been actively opposing a rapid phase-out of coal.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: In a 2020 submission on the European Climate Law, PGE Group’s communication suggested some support for the transition to a net zero emissions economy, and also indicated its support for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. However, in 2020, PGE Group’s CEO Wojciech Dąbrowski also appeared to question the economic viability of EU’s emissions goals, stating that “this process requires significant investment outlays”. Furthermore, in 2021 Dąbrowski highlighted concerns of economic viability and energy poverty in the delivery of carbon neutrality in the EU by 2050.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: PGE Group appears to be broadly unsupportive of EU climate policy and regulation. In 2020-21, PGE Group have advocated against EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) reforms. In the company’s 2021 consultation response on the EU ETS, it appeared to not support a reduction in free allowances in the scheme, and advocated against extending the ETS to more sectors. In 2021, PGE Group also highlighted volatile CO2 prices as a concern with reforms, in a press release, and by Dąbrowski in Euractiv. In 2020, PGE Group also appeared to oppose an increase in the ambition of the EU’s GHG target to a 50-55% emissions reduction by 2030. However, the company has positively engaged on EU renewable energy legislation in 2021, including support for higher ambition in the revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive to align with other EU climate objectives. PGE Group also appeared to support higher targets in the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive, in its 2021 consultation response on the policy.
Positioning on the Energy Transition: PGE Group’s top-line communications appear broadly supportive of the transition of the energy mix, calling for “decisive action” from the Polish energy sector in its 2030 Strategy update. In February 2020, the company also advocated the use of compensatory mechanisms to facilitate the energy transition in the EU under the Modernisation Fund, EU ETS and Just Transition Fund. However, PGE Group also appears to be supporting policy that will enable the sustained role of fossil fuels such as coal and fossil gas in the energy mix. For example, the company supported the inclusion of fossil gas under the EU green funding provision and the sustainable taxonomy in 2020. In July 2020, PGE Group also stressed that the energy transition should be “gradual” to avoid stranded assets and investment uncertainty in projects such as its Turow coal mine. In 2021, the company opposed the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision to close operations at Turow coal mine. In response to a shareholder question at its 2020 AGM, PGE Group again stated its support for a “gradual departure” from the use of coal.
Industry Association Governance: PGE Group has disclosed a list of its memberships to industry associations in its “Report on non-financial data”, but this disclosure has limited further details on their climate positions or influencing activities. The company has not published a detailed audit disclosure on its alignment with its industry associations. PGE Group is a member of Eurelectric and WindEurope, which both have broadly positive engagement with climate policy.