Guidance on the climate alignment of Meridian’s engagement with government bodies
Meridian prepares submissions and engages with government bodies on a range of subjects. Management will ensure that all Meridian engagements and submissions in any jurisdiction are aligned with:
- Meridian’s purpose of Clean energy for a fairer and healthier world; and
- Global effort under the Paris Agreement to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5° Celsius above preindustrial levels and increase the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.
As a renewable energy company, alignment with the Paris Agreement is in our interests. However, management scrutinises all submissions and engagement material through the sign out process to ensure alignment and governance and oversight ultimately sits with Meridian’s executive management team.
Meridian is also a member of various trade associations and contributes to submissions and government engagements by those associations. Meridian’s spending on trade associations is disclosed in our annual reports.
Meridian will advise trade associations when their activities do not appear to align with Meridian’s purpose or the Paris Agreement goals and will seek better alignment, acknowledging that associations must consider a range of views from members. In cases of significant ongoing misalignment, management will consider changes to Meridian’s membership of trade associations.
The trade associations Meridian is a member of also report transparently on their engagements and submissions to government bodies, for example: