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Responsible Policy Engagement: Corporate Climate Policy Engagement Reporting Template

2025

https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/WMBC-Corporate-Advocacy-Template.pdf

This framework assists companies in reporting both direct and indirect climate policy engagements aligning advocacy with science-based targets and the Paris Agreement. It provides a structured format for reporting to stakeholders—like investors, NGOs, and regulators—clarifying the company’s role in influencing climate policy and improving accountability.

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ArticleHarvard Business Review

How and when should companies engage in the political process

Ed Dolan, 2023

This article explores the need for companies to think about political responsibility, not just social responsibility.

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ArticleNetwork for Business Sustainability

How Can Companies Use their Political Influence Responsibly?

Tom Lyon & Elizabeth Doty, 2023

This article summarizes the rationale for corporate political responsibility and explains the four Erb Principles, which are an actionable, non-partisan template that companies can use to decide whether and how to engage in political influence.

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How Companies Can Prepare Internally for CPR

Sarah Bonk and Richard Eidlin of Business for America, 2023

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How Companies Take Action to Address Dysfunctional Politics

Sarah Bonk and Richard Eidlin of Business for America, 2023

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How CPR Could Help Strengthen Trust in Civic Institutions

Daniella Ballou-Aares and Lauren Caplan, 2023

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ReportCarnegie Endowment for International Peace

How Does Business Fare Under Populism?

Rachel Kleinfeld, 2023

This paper provides a deep and detailed examination of how economies and businesses fare under leaders who purport to be both pro-business and populist. With the increase in the number of populist leaders throughout the world, this question has become increasingly pressing.

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How POST-MAP-ASK Could Modernize & Democratize Lobbying

Christine Mahoney of the University of Virginia, 2023

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How the Principles for Business Strategy & the Erb Principles Overlap

Martin Reeves of BCG Henderson Institute, 2023

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ArticleBloomberg

How to Juggle Corporate Political Activity with Stakeholder Goals

Allison Herren Lee & Ed Dolan, 2023

In this article the authors highlight how the Erb Principles for Corporate Political Responsibility identify common ground between the debate about shareholder value versus stakeholder considerations, and offer a roadmap for more responsible participation by businesses in our political system.

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Impact Investors & Having a Point of View

Jonas Kron of Trillium Asset Management, 2023

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Implications of Limits to Growth for CPR

Gaya Herrington of Schneider Electric, 2023

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Is It Possible to Represent Shareholder Voice?

Jonas Kron of Trillium Asset Management, 2023

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New Insights into the Limits to Growth Model

Gaya Herrington of Schneider Electric, 2023

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Potential “Democracy Flashpoints” & Implications for Business Leaders

Daniella Ballou-Aares and Lauren Caplan, 2023

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ReportPrinciples for Responsible Investment

PRI Reporting Framework: Policy, Governance, and Strategy

2023

Provides investors with a structured approach to responsible investment, considering investment beliefs, stewardship, fiduciary duty, governance roles, and public disclosure.

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ReportAmerican Compass

Rebuilding American Capitalism: A Handbook for Conservative Policymakers

American Compass, 2023

A guide to how responsive politics, productive markets, and supportive communities are key to rebuilding American capitalism.

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VideoCorporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Responsible Policy Engagement for Climate Change

Yamika Ketu of the Ceres’ Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, 2023

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VideoCorporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Responsible Policy Engagement for Climate Change

Yamika Ketu of the Ceres’ Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, 2023

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ArticleCorporate Political Responsibility Site (published by Bohnen Public Affairs)

Scaling CPR: A New Vision for Trade Associations

Tom Lyon & Elizabeth Doty, 2023

This piece proposes that trade associations are positioned to be powerful groundbreakers for business—helping shape rules that enable long-term value and healthy competition. But without clear standards, the authors argue, these same associations risk acting as bodyguards for narrow interests, distorting markets, block innovation and undermining trust in business and government. This piece proposes applying CPR principles—Legitimacy, Transparency, Accountability, and Responsibility—to guide more consistent, credible association advocacy aligned with shared business and societal goals, and the ultimate promise of free markets.

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Strategy in a Hyperpolitical World: How Principles Help

Martin Reeves of the BCG Henderson Institute, 2023

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