Overview
Lobbying Costs
650,000€
Financial year: Sep 2019 - Aug 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
21
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Accenture PLC (ACN)
EU Transparency Register
34424201320-69 First registered on 09 Mar 2009
Goals / Remit
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 537,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Main EU files targeted
The main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files followed by Accenture within the fiscal year from 01 September 2019 to 31 August 2020 were:
- Proposal for a Regulation setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items (recast) COM(2016) 616 final
- Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, COM/2018/435 final
- Communication on a European Cloud Initiative-Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe, (COM(2016) 178 final
- Proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation COM(2017) 10 final
- Payment services (PSD 2) - Directive (EU) 2015/2366
- WHITE PAPER On Artificial Intelligence - A European approach to excellence and trust COM(2020) 65 final
- A European strategy for data, COM/2020/66 final
- A New Industrial Strategy for Europe, COM(2020) 102 final
- Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act)’
- Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Digital Europe programme for the period 2021-2027 - OM/2018/434 final - 2018/0227 (COD)
- Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility, COM/2020/408 final
- An EU Strategy for Energy System Integration, COM/2020/299 final
- A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe, COM/2020/301 final
- Public consultation on an action plan for a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing
- Public consultation on a retail payments strategy for the EU
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)
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Head Office
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Apr 2021
Name Start date End Date Mattia DALLE VEDOVE 27 Sep 2023 26 Sep 2024 Michael STIEFEL 27 Sep 2023 26 Sep 2024 Complementary Information
This figure has been calculated on the basis of all staff time (calculated pro rata temporis) devoted to activities falling under the scope of the register from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020 and expressed in number of persons per year.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
For the purposes of the register, Accenture is providing the list of associations, groups, networks and think-tanks of which it was a member in the fiscal year 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020, where a substantial or significant part of their activities are focused on influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European Institutions:
- Ad Hoc Council
- American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Centre for Information Policy Leadership
- DIGITALEUROPE
- Eurelectric
- European Centre for Government Transformation
- European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)
- Society of European Affairs Professionals
-Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC)
- INATBAMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Sep 2019 - Aug 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
650,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
335,000 € (Source: Horizon Europe Project: CLARIFY: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/875160/it)
Other financial info
1. The financial information provided is based on records for Accenture’s fiscal year from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020 and covers activities carried out either directly by Accenture or via, for example, trade associations, think-tanks, chambers of commerce or professional lobbyists. The financial information provided is not based on or compatible with formal audit or fiscal reporting obligations.
2. The financial data provided by Accenture on the contracts (procurement) and grants awarded by EU Institutions, bodies and agencies is based on the latest publicly available information (including that of the EU Financial Transparency System http://ec.europa.eu/beneficiaries/fts/index_en.htm).
It should be noted that:
This information is for calendar year 2019, which is the latest publicly available information;
- The procurement amount provided includes contracts awarded to Accenture and/or consortia or cooperation partners and therefore exceeds the actual amount received by Accenture;
- Accenture has not compared this information with what is included in any of Accenture’s otherwise publicly available financial information.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The main relevant activities conducted by Accenture within the fiscal year 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020 were:
–Partner of Forum Europe’s Policy Innovation Studios https://policyinnovationstudio.eu/Other activities
- Reserve Member of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence
- Member of ENISA's Industry 4.0 Cybersecurity Experts Group- Meetings
Meetings
21 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 20 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Physical meeting - Presentation of digital trade and lessons learned in Singapore DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 13 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject AI technologies DG Translation Attending - Christos Ellinides (Director-General)
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Date 31 Aug 2023 Location Brussels Subject Discuss HR modernization and exaples of transformations in Public Administration Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - David Mueller (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2022 Location videoconference Subject meeting with the Green Digital Coalition - Main topic : state of play on sustainable digitalization Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Microsoft Corporation
- Schneider Electric
- OVH Groupe
- Telekom Austria AG
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- SOPRA STERIA GROUP
- Nokia
- TDC NET A/S
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- Telia Company AB
- Zentralverband der deutschen Werbewirtschaft ZAW e.V.
- Orange
- Proximus
- IBM Corporation
- Telefonica, S.A.
- Liberty Global Corporate B.V.
- Uber
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- The Shift Project
- Atos SE (France)
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Date 06 Sep 2022 Location videoconference Subject Will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Shift Project Limited
- Zentralverband der deutschen Werbewirtschaft ZAW e.V.
- Nokia
- Uber
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- TDC NET A/S
- Telefonica, S.A.
- Atos SE (France)
- Schneider Electric
- Orange
- IBM Corporation
- Liberty Global Corporate B.V.
- Proximus
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- Telia Company AB
- OVH Groupe
- Microsoft Corporation
- SOPRA STERIA GROUP
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Telekom Austria AG
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Date 02 Mar 2022 Location Online Subject Discussion on inclusion and diversity. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Joseph Vella (Cabinet member)
- Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Apr 2021 Location Brussels Subject Videoconference - Discussion about challenges for the future development of the Customs Union, with focus on the big trends concerning data and its sharing, the platform of platforms, and the new role of customs. DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 09 Feb 2018 Location Madrid Subject Energy transition Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject e-privacy review directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 07 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Decarbonization of Transport electric-vehicules Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 29 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Safe Harbour Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
- Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject Business Europe CEO day DG Secretariat-General Attending - Alexander Italianer (Secretary-General)
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Date 21 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Polichy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2015 Location BERL Subject Discuss book "Waste to wealth - creating the circular advantage" Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Berl 10/021 Subject Economic outlook of Europe. Growth potential through digitalisation. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Investment plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jan 2015 Location PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Subject Round Table on Gender Diversity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Dec 2014 Location AmCham EU office, on Avenue des Arts 53, 1000 Brussels Subject Presentation of the Annual Growth Survey 2015 outlining the main priorities for the jobs and growth agenda /in the context of the flagship conference ‘Reinvigorating the European Economy: Policies to Foster Jobs, Growth and Innovation’ (Susan Danger - Managing Director - AmCham, Karl Cox - Vice President - Oracle, Bert Boers - Vice President - SAS, Marco Comastri - President EMEA - CA, Patrick Deconinck - Senior Vice President - Western Europe - 3M, Harry van Dorenmalen - Chairman - IBM Europe, Aongus Hegarty - President EMEA - Dell, Cindy Miller - UPS, Christian Morales - Vice President and General Manager EMEA - Intel, Julián Nebreda - President EMEA - AES, Peter Ryan - Senior VP and Managing Director EMEA - HP, Nigel Lewis - Vice President - EMEA - Caterpillar, Dirk Ostijn - Regional Head Western Europe & Chief Executive Officer - MetLife) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
- Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings