Preventable Surprises is delighted to launch the Corporate Lobbying Alignment Project. This new applied research and engagement project will work to make corporate political capture a central component of investors’ approach to ESG stewardship and integration. It will leverage information on the state of play for key sectors and share lessons learned from past investor engagements. Through research interviews and a series of events, we will engage with the global investment community to help prioritise areas for action.

To read

• Check out our launch blog.
• Read our 6th discussion note on the Private Border Complex and its supporting post.
• Read our 5th discussion note on the chemicals sector.
• Read our fourth discussion note on the utilities sector and its supporting blog.
• Read our third discussion note on the fossil fuels sector, its supporting blog., or CLAP Research Lead Hamish Stewart’s latest Op-Ed in Environmental Finance (subscription required).
• Read our second discussion note on the healthcare sector or its supporting blog.
• Read our first discussion note on the transportation sector or its short summary blog.

To engage

Upcoming CLAP sector topics and online conversation dates are below. Register your interest in joining the roundtables here.

• Finance (Thursday, 21 January 2021)
• Financial regulators & policymakers (Thursday, 4 March 2021)
• Big Tech (Thursday 25 March, 2021)
• Final Online Dialogue & index launch (Dates TBC, April 2021)

We welcome feedback

Please get in touch with your comments on how investors can better address corporate political capture and to learn more at:
research at preventablesurprises dot com

The Corporate Lobbying Alignment Project is generously supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.