Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (9)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
adidas AG (adidas)
EU Transparency Register
755850612851-57 First registered on 05 Feb 2014
Goals / Remit
adidas is a global leader in the sporting goods industry with the core brands adidas and Reebok. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany, the company employs 57,000 people across the globe and generated sales of around € 22 billion in 2018.
Founded in Europe as a manufacturer for sport shoes in 1949, adidas is today operating in all regions of the world, whereby Europe remains the global center for research, innovation and marketing and a key market for adidas products.
For more information visit www.adidas-Group.com
For many years, adidas has had standards and policies in place that set the framework for our stakeholder interaction. This includes a Code of Conduct for Employees.
All policies can be accessed at
www.adidas-group.com/en/sustainability/reporting/policies-and-standardsMain EU files targeted
- International trade- and market access policies
- Consumer and product safety legislation and policies
- Sustainability, including circular economy, supply chain due diligence, and business and human rights
- IPR protection, innovation and anti-counterfeiting
- Customs and global supply chain related issues and initatives
- Digital Agenda and digital market policies, including e-commerce, data protection and platform regulation
- Sports policy and health initiativesAddress
Head Office
Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1
Herzogenaurach 91074
GERMANY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
9
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 25% 7 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Dec 2019
Name Start date End Date Diego ANTONCIC 13 Jan 2024 10 Jan 2025 Manuel PAUSER 11 Jan 2024 10 Jan 2025 Mr Diego ANTONCIC 13 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Manuel PAUSER 11 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Diego ANTONCIC 27 Sep 2022 27 Sep 2023 Mr Manuel PAUSER 22 Sep 2022 22 Sep 2023 Mr Manuel PAUSER 24 Mar 2020 24 Mar 2021 Mr Manuel PAUSER 30 Mar 2019 24 Mar 2020 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Manuel Pauser (Sr. Director Global Government Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Dr. Jan Heinemann (General Counsel)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
FESI - Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry; (incl. member-federations in EU-countries, e.g. BSI-Germany; Sports and Play-UK)
WFSGI - World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry;
Bitkom -Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, etc.
HDS/L Bundesverband der Schuh- und Lederwarenindustrie - Germany;
SAC - Sustainable Apparel Coalition;
ICC Germany;
AFIRM: www.afirm-group.com/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
204,400 € (Source: Sport Infinity;)
Other financial info
Funding: adidas is member of a consortium with various universities and other partners in multi-years innovation-research projects (collaborative projects); Funding occurred during 2018 for above mentioned program; adidas AG is registered as Coordinator.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
2 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 18 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject International trade; economic relations with Southeast Asia Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet member)
- Kevin Keary (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Oct 2022 Location Virtual Subject REACH restriction proposal on skin sensitisers in textiles and its implications Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
- Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Chemistry for Textile and Leather
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
- EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION
- Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers
- Wolkat Products B.V.
- RECOVER TEXTILE SYSTEMS, S.L.
- Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry
- Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management Group
- Meetings