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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
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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 sectorAddress
Head Office
2 - 8 Scrutton Street
2nd Floor
London EC2A 4RT
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 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
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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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
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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
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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 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)
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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)
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