How to fill BRSR Principle 7 (Policy Advocacy)

Principle 7 is the shortest principle in BRSR: three disclosures on how the business influences public and regulatory policy. It asks about your trade-association memberships, any corrective action on anti-competitive conduct, and the policy positions you advocate. The bar is transparency, not volume.

Key takeaways

01Principle 7 is the smallest principle, just three disclosures, usually answerable from membership records.
02P7-E1 asks for the number of trade-association affiliations and the top 10 by membership.
03P7-E2 covers corrective action on any adverse order for anti-competitive conduct.
04P7-L1 (public-policy positions) is voluntary but increasingly checked for consistency with climate commitments.

What Principle 7 asks

Disclosure	What it asks	ICAI page
P7-E1	Number of trade and industry-chamber affiliations, and the top 10 by membership	143
P7-E2	Corrective action on any adverse regulatory order for anti-competitive conduct	144
P7-L1	The public-policy positions the entity advocates, and by what method	144

Who owns the data

Principle 7 is a Public-affairs engagement

Trade-association memberships and policy positions sit with the public affairs, corporate affairs or sustainability function. Because it is a small, record-based principle, it rarely needs a wide collection effort: the membership list and any board-noted advocacy positions usually answer it in full.

How much to disclose under P7-L1

P7-L1 is a Leadership indicator, so it is voluntary, but leading practice is to disclose the policy positions the company actively advocates, whether it does so directly or through associations, and whether the information is public. Investors increasingly test that a company's climate advocacy, including the positions taken by the trade bodies it funds, is consistent with its own net-zero commitments, so alignment is worth reviewing annually.

Best practice for Principle 7

Disclose all trade-association and industry-body memberships and the public-policy positions advocated through them.
Ensure lobbying and advocacy are consistent with the Paris Agreement and any net-zero commitments.
Adopt a Responsible Climate Policy Engagement framework and review trade-body alignment annually.

Frequently asked questions

What does BRSR Principle 7 cover?

Responsible policy advocacy: the number of trade and industry chambers or associations you are affiliated to and the top 10 by membership (P7-E1), corrective action on any adverse orders for anti-competitive conduct (P7-E2), and, in Leadership, the specific public-policy positions the entity advocates (P7-L1).

Who owns Principle 7 data?

The public affairs, corporate affairs or sustainability function, whoever manages the company's trade-association memberships and policy positions. It is a small principle, usually answerable from membership records and any board-noted advocacy positions, so it rarely needs a wide data-collection effort.

How much should we disclose under P7-L1 (public-policy positions)?

P7-L1 is a Leadership indicator, so it is voluntary, but leading practice is to disclose the policy positions you actively advocate, the method (direct or via associations), and whether the information is in the public domain. Investors increasingly check that a company's climate advocacy is consistent with its net-zero commitments.

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