Cargill

Cargill is a member of a number of European trade associations given the numerous product areas in which it operates.
These include:

Starch Europe
Fediol (EU Oil and Protein meal Industry)
Coceral (Comité du Commerce des céréales, aliments du bétail, oléagineux, huile d'olive, huiles et graisses et agrofournitures)
ECA (European Cocoa Association)
FoodDrinkEurope
Amcham EU (American Chamber of Commerce)
Biopolymers International
EBB (European Biodiesel Board)
ELMA (European Lecithin Manufacturers' Association)
EPA (European Association of Polyol Producers)
ePure (European Renewable Ethanol Industry Association)
EUFIC (European Food Information Council)
EUVEPRO (European Vegetable Protein Association)
EWABA (European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association)
FEFAC (European Feed Manufacturers' Federation), via national associations
Gafta (Grain and feed trade association)
iEthanol (Industrial Ethanol Association)
IPPA (International Pectin Producers' Association)
MARINALG (World Association of Seaweed processors)
Wheat Protein Association
EU Specialty Food Ingredients
FEFANA (EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures)
European Bioplastics
APIC (CEFIC Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee)
IPEC (International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council)
SNE (Specialized Nutrition Europe), via national association (BSNA)

None declared

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Jun 2023 - May 2024

300,000€ - 399,999€

300,000€ - 399,999€

The estimated cost above represents about a third of the fully loaded in-house costs of our EMEA Government Relations team (located in Mechelen (Belgium)).
This represents the costs associated with direct lobbying including participation in direct lobbying activities of the relevant trade associations.
Other costs arise from information gathering and policy monitoring, the interpretation of that information, its internal dissemination, internal communication and discussions of business interests in relation to policy changes.
Note that this amount does not cover our expenditure on the trade association memberships outlined above.
These memberships provide us with a variety of EU policy support activities. We expect these trade associations to register themselves how much of their budgets are devoted to direct lobbying.
We employ one consultancy, Acumen, on a retainer basis to assist us with intelligence gathering and ad hoc representation on a number of files. Its costs are included in the amount above.

None declared

N/A

Publication of Annual Report and a Global Impact Report which includes sustainable supply chains reports.

None declared

16 meetings found. Download meetings

The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.

1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

• Date	15 Jan 2025	Location	Brussels, Rue de la Loi 130
  Subject	Cereal and oilseed markets developments
  DG	Agriculture and Rural Development
  Attending	Pierre Bascou (Acting Deputy Director-General)

• Date	22 Nov 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Regenerative agriculture and carbon removal certification
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member)

• Date	20 Mar 2023	Location	Virtual
  Subject	To discuss the Cargill 2022 ESG Report, Sustainability strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
  Portfolio	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
  Attending	Elena Montani (Cabinet member)

• Date	13 Dec 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Sustainable food systems
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Dec 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Workshop on the transition towards sustainable food systems
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	YARA BELGIUM S.A. Bayer AG Nestlé S.A. IMAGINE Foundation Unilever SYSTEMIQ LIMITED PepsiCo Danone Rabobank Arla Foods amba Bunge Ltd McCain Alimentaire Diageo Royal DSM Corteva Agriscience International SARL Syngenta Crop Protection AG One Planet Business for Biodiversity

• Date	21 Sep 2022	Location	virtual
  Subject	Energy derivatives market
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
  Portfolio	Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
  Attending	Florian Denis (Cabinet member) Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Morgan Stanley Société Générale Citigroup Inc. Credit Suisse Group AG HSBC Holdings PLC The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V. Barclays PLC Futures Industry Association, Inc.

• Date	02 Jun 2021	Location	video call
  Subject	Discussion on the sector’s perspective on the Refuel Aviation initiative.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member) Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	EWABA Argent Energy Envien group

• Date	08 Mar 2021	Location	conference call
  Subject	waste-based biodiesel leaders on SAF
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
  Portfolio	Transport
  Attending	Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	EWABA Envien group Argent Energy Greenergy Fuels Ltd

• Date	19 Nov 2018	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Bio-economy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
  Portfolio	Research, Science and Innovation
  Attending	Robert Schröder (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Futures Markets
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Food Ingredients and Bio Issues
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

• Date	12 Nov 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Joint mtg energy assoc/Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II
  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	Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Federation of Energy Traders Eurelectric aisbl Deutsches Aktieninstitut Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. EUROGAS aisbl Energy UK BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V.

• Date	01 Jul 2015	Location	Milano
  Subject	IoT and H2020
  DG	Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  Attending	Robert Madelin (Director-General)

• Date	01 Jul 2015	Location	Milano
  Subject	IoT and H2020
  DG	Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  Attending	Robert Madelin (Director-General)

• Date	03 Jun 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	New College and Better Regulation
  DG	Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  Attending	Robert Madelin (Director-General)
  Other Lobbyists	European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Jaguar Land Rover Limited Novartis International AG Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles spiritsEUROPE MERIAL Syngenta Crop Protection AG Dow Europe GmbH European Centre for Public Affairs The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA Acumen Public Affairs RELX FoodDrinkEurope CEMA - European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association Oracle GIGAEurope aisbl Toy Industries of Europe RTL Group European Chemical Industry Council SANOFI American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association

• Date	03 Jun 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	New College and Better Regulation
  DG	Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  Attending	Robert Madelin (Director-General)
  Other Lobbyists	European Centre for Public Affairs The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA CEMA - European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association Acumen Public Affairs RELX FoodDrinkEurope Oracle GIGAEurope aisbl Toy Industries of Europe European Chemical Industry Council RTL Group SANOFI European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association Novartis International AG Jaguar Land Rover Limited Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles spiritsEUROPE Dow Europe GmbH MERIAL Syngenta Crop Protection AG