Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

75,000€

Financial year: Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Business & Human Rights Resource Centre   (BHRRC)

    EU Transparency Register

    139172541931-81 First registered on 23 Mar 2021

    Goals / Remit

    The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is an international NGO dedicated to advancing human rights in business and eradicating abuse.

    We are a team of 77 people, with 18 Regional Researchers based in Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Germany, India, Kenya, Jordan, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, UK, Ukraine, and the USA. They are supported by our two offices in London and New York.

    We aim to amplify the voices of the vulnerable, and human rights advocates in civil society, media, companies, and governments. We help communities and NGOs get companies to address human rights concerns, and provide companies an opportunity to present their response in full. And we track the human rights policy and performance of over 19000 companies in over 180 countries, making information publicly available. We engage with companies and governments to urge them to share information publicly.

    Main EU files targeted

    • EU Commission initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance
    • Directive 2014/95/EU (Non-financial reporting directive) and its review
    • European Parliament resolution of 10 March 2021 with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability (2020/2129(INL))
    • EU Commission Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth
    • European Green Deal
    • Future regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • EU Commission flagship initiative on responsible supply chains in the textile sector

    Address

    Head Office
    2 - 8 Scrutton Street
    2nd Floor
    London EC2A 4RT
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    75,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    31,905 € (Source: EU Delegation to Cambodia)

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    • In 2018, we published a briefing, commissioned by MEP Lola Sanchez Caldentey, on key developments, human rights allegations and best practices in the European textile industry. More here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/briefings/european-textile-industry-and-human-rights-due-diligence-key-developments-human-rights-allegations-best-practices/
    • We are a content member of the Alliance for Corporate Transparency, a project with the aim of providing evidence-based recommendations to improve and develop the EU NFRD. More information here: https://www.allianceforcorporatetransparency.org/
    • BHRRC’s Executive Director Phil Bloomer co-authored a piece with ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow on EU Justice Commissioner Reynders’ announcement of the Commission’s initiative on sustainable corporate governance. More here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/something-for-europeans-to-celebrate-a-new-social-contract-begins-to-emerge/
    • We co-ordinated an NGO letter signed by 45 civil society organisations to Commissioner Reynders in June 2020. More information here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/45-csos-underline-need-for-robust-eu-mandatory-due-diligence-directors-duties-legislation-in-joint-letter-to-commissioner-reynders/
    • We launched a business statement in September 2020 in support of an EU-level mandatory due diligence law. More information here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/eu-mandatory-due-diligence/
    • We launched a compendium of perspective papers on EU mandatory due diligence as part of the German Development Ministry’s (BMZ) EU presidency activities in November 2020. The 20 contributions from academia, public sector, civil society and business explore what meaningful due diligence and corporate accountability legislation should look like. More here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/briefings/towards-eu-mandatory-due-diligence-legislation/
    • Co-hosted an expert talk in November 2020 on sustainable finance and its link to the corporate disclosure and mandatory due diligence agendas at EU level, with the European Responsible Investment Network (ERIN), Frank Bold, Global Witness and the Investor Alliance for Human Rights. The talk brought together experts from across business, civil society and public sector. More information here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/webinar-explores-synergies-between-eu-sustainable-finance-corporate-disclosure-and-mandatory-due-diligence/

    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.

    • Date 11 Jan 2022 Location video call
      Subject Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Nov 2021 Location Online
      Subject EU Sustainable Corporate Governance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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