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Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Nov 2015 - Oct 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Sandbag Climate Campaign
EU Transparency Register
94944179052-82 First registered on 27 Jun 2012
Goals / Remit
Sandbag is a not-for-profit think tank based in Brussels and London. We advocate for ambitious, pragmatic and cost-effective climate policies based on thorough evidence-based analysis. Our research focus includes reform of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme; reform of the EU Effort Sharing Regulation; the EU 2020 and 2030 climate & energy packages; industrial CCS; and the phase-out of coal in Europe.
More specifically we aim to:
Scrutinise: Using accessible research and analysis to cast a light on the deeper detail of energy and climate policy.
Advocate for change: lobbying and campaigning for improvements to EU climate policy, as well as working with carbon market policy internationally.
Engage and inform: providing a variety of ways for wider civil society/the public to be educated and become engaged with climate policy, emissions trading, and novel low-carbon technology.
With these broad aims in mind our specific objective is: ensure that the implementation of climate policy in Europe is transparent, cost-effective, and delivers Europe’s required contribution to averting dangerous global climate change.Main EU files targeted
Effort Sharing Regulation, Revision of the Emissions Trading System, the EU Climate Governance proposals, 2020 Climate & Energy Package, 2030 Climate & Energy Package, Revision of the Carbon Capture & Storage Directive, Air Quality Directive
Address
Head Office
Bermondsey Street, 40
London SE1 3UD
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Rue de la Science, 23
Brussels 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 50% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Jun 2017
Name Start date End Date Suzana CARP 04 Jun 2019 03 Apr 2020 Mr Philip MacDonald 31 May 2018 31 May 2019 Suzana CARP 03 Mar 2018 02 Mar 2019 Mr Wilfrid LYTTON 27 Jun 2017 21 Jun 2018 Mr Philip MacDonald 09 Jun 2017 31 May 2018 Ms Aleksandra Mirowicz 09 Jun 2017 31 May 2018 Suzana CARP 21 Feb 2017 09 Feb 2018 Mr Boris Lagadinov 13 Dec 2016 13 Dec 2017 Ms Patricia Buckley 19 Nov 2016 18 Nov 2017 Mr Adam Whitmore 26 May 2016 25 May 2017 Ms Aleksandra Mirowicz 12 May 2016 12 May 2017 Mr Julian Richardson 11 May 2016 23 Aug 2016 Suzana CARP 09 Feb 2016 05 Feb 2017 Ms Bryony WORTHINGTON 16 Sep 2015 14 Sep 2016 Mr Philip MacDonald 11 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016 Mr Paul Alexandru Luta 11 Sep 2015 20 Apr 2016 Mr Damien Morris 11 Sep 2015 20 Apr 2016 Mr David Jones 18 Jun 2015 16 Jun 2016 Ms Aleksandra Mirowicz 20 May 2015 12 May 2016 Mr Philip MacDonald 11 Jul 2014 08 Jul 2015 Mr Paul Alexandru Luta 11 Jul 2014 08 Jul 2015 Mr Damien Morris 11 Jul 2014 08 Jul 2015 Mr Robert Elsworth 13 Sep 2013 30 Jan 2014 Mr Robert Elsworth 10 Jan 2013 28 Jun 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Phil MacDonald (Senior Analyst)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Rachel Solomon Williams (Managing Director)
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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
The Guardian Environment Network, Climate Action Network-Europe, International ENGO Network on Carbon Capture and storage, UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Nov 2015 - Oct 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
Events hosted by Sandbag have been free of charge, and room bookings and other aspects necessary for events where possible have been sourced in kind.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Observer to High-level group on the Energy Intensive Industries
NoneACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Regular parliamentary events on climate policy issues
Other activities
The main body of Sandbag's work evolves around data analysis and report writing. Part of this process involves contacting and engaging with member state officials, Commission officials and elected Members of the European Parliament. Each year, Sandbag launches reports in and around the European Parliament, as well as selected Member States. Position papers and briefings related to climate policy are also distributed regularly throughout the year to EU institutions.
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Meetings
9 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 02 May 2023 Location video-call Subject Methane regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2023 Location Video Conferencing Subject Presentation of Ember report about the European electricity transition “European Electricity Review 2023”. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2023 Location video-call Subject RePowerEU implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2022 Location video-call Subject Discussion about RePowerEU Plan and the impacts on climate neutrality objectives Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Methane emissions from coal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject mobility package 2017,ETS, ESR,Clean Energy Package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject New policy work on CCS and ETS Review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Market Stability Reserve DG Climate Action Attending - Jos Delbeke (Director-General)
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Date 21 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European Energy Policy priorities DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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