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Learn about Exxon Mobil’s advocacy efforts, lobbying activities, and policy principles in our detailed report on public policy engagement.
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ExxonMobil lobbies to advocate for our positions on issues that affect our company, the energy industry, and overall competitive free markets. We have a responsibility to our shareholders, employees, customers, and communities to represent their interests in public policy discussions that are related to our industry and impact our business.
ExxonMobil has a rigorous process to determine which public policy issues are important to the company. This process includes soliciting input from internal business lines – Low Carbon Solutions, Upstream, and Product Solutions (Downstream and Chemical) – as well as corporate departments including strategic planning, human resources, law, tax, and public and government affairs. We also engage with a wide range of third parties – both individuals and organizations – to ensure external perspectives are considered. ExxonMobil’s Vice President for Public and Government Affairs, who reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for the stewardship of key public policy issues, which guide the company’s lobbying efforts and political contributions.
Lobbying and political engagement are included as part of the Board’s stewardship of the company’s enterprise-risk framework. Each year, the Vice President for Public and Government Affairs presents the company’s political contributions, lobbying activities, and lobbying expenditures to the Board’s Environment, Safety and Public Policy Committee, which is comprised entirely of independent directors. The efforts and associated expenditures are provided to the full Board. In addition, in-depth reviews of the company’s priority issues are conducted with the Management Committee several times a year as part of the process.
This report provides information regarding our lobbying activities at the federal and state level, as well as our grassroots lobbying communications. In addition, it provides lobbying expenses exceeding $100,000 that have been reported to us by 501(c)(6) and 501(c)(4) organizations we support.
