Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
adidas AG (adidas GROUP)
EU Transparency Register
755850612851-57 First registered on 05 Feb 2014
Goals / Remit
adidas AG, located in Germany near Nuremberg, is a globally leading sports brand, designing, developing, marketing and distributing footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for sports and fitness activities. Most of the sports-categories are covered by the product-offering. Founded in Europe as manufacturer for sport-shoes the group is now operating in all regions of world, whereby Europe is a major market as well the global center for research, innovation and marketing in addition to global HQ for the group.
To the adidas-group belong the following major brands/companies as wholly owned subsidiaries:
eebok – a well-known brand for sports-footwear/Apparel, which is USA-based;
Runtastic, Austrian company specialized in the digital products (hard-ware, software, Apps ...) for the sports- and fitness-activitites
For more information, visit: www.adidas-Group.com
For many years adidas has an internal code of conduct for all employees globally. It defines the standards of conduct we expect our employees to follow, it covers the business-relevant areas, e.g. ethics in work, legal compliance, social and environmental responsibility, competition. This Code of Conduct is enhanced on a regular basis; Compliance with it is monitored. Actual version can be accessed under:
www.adidas-group.com/en/sustainability/employees/
rights-and-rulesMain EU files targeted
- External Trade- and Market Access-Policies
- Consumer- and Product-safety legislation and policies,
- Environment/Sustainability and Corporate Social
Responsibility
- IP right, innovation and anti-counterfeit protection
- Customs- and Global Supply-Chain related issues and initatives
- Digital Agenda and digital market policies
- Sports policy especially related to brand-communication to consumers
- Initiatives to contribute to peoples health by sports-activitiesAddress
Head Office
Adi-Dassler-Strasse, 1
Herzogenaurach 91074
GERMANY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 25% 7 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 06 Feb 2018
Name Start date End Date Mr Diego ANTONCIC 13 Jan 2024 10 Jan 2025 Mr Manuel PAUSER 11 Jan 2024 10 Jan 2025 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 Dr. Karl-Josef Sedlmeyer (VP Global Government Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Frank Dassler (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; FIFAS- France)
WFSGI - World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry;
amfori Brussels (formerly FTA - Foreign Trade Association Brussels);
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 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
Other financial info
Funding: adidas is member of consortiums with various universities and other partners in multi-years innovation-research projects (collaborative projects); Funding occurred during 2017.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
External Trade- and Market Access Policies;
IP-right, Innovation and Anti-counterfeit Policies;
Sports Policy and Impact of Sports to Public Health;
Product-safety and Consumer-protection Policy;
Sustainability in Products and Trade
Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility;
Customs-regulatory Policy and global supply-chain Issues;
Public funding for Advanced Research Initiatives;
Sports and related Industries as important sector for growth and employment in the European Union.- 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 - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
- Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Wolkat Products B.V.
- European Chemistry for Textile and Leather
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
- EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION
- Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management Group
- RECOVER TEXTILE SYSTEMS, S.L.
- Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry
- Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers
- Meetings