Corporate support for EU climate policies continues to grow, and companies are increasingly lobbying for strong climate action, research has found.

The share of companies whose corporate lobbying is “aligned” with pathways to meet global climate goals rose from 3% in 2019 to 23% in 2025, analysis of 200 of the largest European companies by InfluenceMap, shows. It is a “profound shift” that analysts say challenges the narrative that businesses see green rules as a threat to profits. Further, 52% of European companies tracked by the platform now demonstrate science-aligned or partially science-aligned climate policy engagement, indicating broad support for the Green Deal’s agenda, InfluenceMap said in its May report, “European Industry and the EU’s Climate Policy 2024–29.”

This is despite lobbying efforts to downsize the remit and scope of various pieces of EU sustainability legislation.

The Guardian reports that the European Commission has put “competitiveness” at the heart of its agenda since its new mandate began in December, in a partial reversal of its Green Deal after elections in 2024 that saw sizeable gains for the far right and losses for the greens.

The researchers found industry associations were lagging behind individual companies. The share of aligned or partly aligned associations rose from 2% in 2019 to 12% in 2025, far below the share of similarly supportive companies.