Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.35 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Essity Aktiebolag (publ) (Essity)
EU Transparency Register
811973020584-68 First registered on 09 Feb 2016
Goals / Remit
Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving well-being through our products and services.
Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 46,000 employees. Net sales in 2021 amounted to approximately EUR 12 bn. The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society.Main EU files targeted
Circular economy package
Energy union including EU ETS
Climate change/Fit for 55
Chemicals / REACH Review
Healthcare policies
Consumer policies
Medical technology
Transportation
Deforestation regulationAddress
Head Office
Klarbergsviadukten 63
Stockholm 101 23 - P.O Box 200
SWEDENEU Office
Klarbergsviadukten 63
Stockholm 101 23 - P.O Box 200
SWEDENWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 10% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.35
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Jul 2022
Name Start date End Date Sofia KRIGSMAN 18 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2024 Sofia KRIGSMAN 22 Sep 2022 22 Sep 2023 Complementary Information
Two FTE:s working with Global Public Affairs with approximately 0.5 resp. 0.25 of their time with activities covered by the register. App. 12 FTE:s working approx. 0,05 of their time with the activities described under heading 9, Hence during 2021 total of 1,35 FTE:s working on activities related to the register.
During 2022, we will expand our work with EU-affairs e.g. from august 2022 we will have a person full-time placed in Brussels.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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
CEPI: http://www.cepi.org/
ETS: http://europeantissue.com/
Edana: http://www.edana.org/
MedTech Europe: http://www.medtecheurope.org/
AIM European Brands Association:
https://www.aim.be/Member organisations
https://www.essity.com/sustainability/role-in-society/trade-associations-and-policy-organizations/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant European Regional Development Fund For The Outermost Regions 1,245,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount rud pedersen and kreab ab 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Other financial info
c) The two major posts under the estimated total costs consists of staff costs and membership fees. See below for details. 1. Staff costs: based on FTE figure declared under heading 10
Ca 1,5 milj SEK x 1,4= 2,1 milj SEK = 196 600 EUR
6. Member ship and related fees
European Tissue Symposium (ETS)
The European Tissue Symposium (ETS) is a trade association, based in Brussels, Belgium. https://europeantissue.com
Contributions in 2021 SEK 1.8m (2020: SEK 1.9m)
CEPI: The Confederation of European Paper Industries
CEPI is the pan-European association representing the forest fiber and paper industry. www.cepi.org
Contributions in in 2021 SEK 1.5m (2020: SEK 1.6m)
Medtech Europe
MedTech Europe is the European trade association representing the medical technology industries,
from diagnosis to cure. www.medtecheurope.org
Contributions in 2021 SEK 1.3m (2020: SEK 1.4m)
AIM: European Brands Association
AIM is the European Brands Association representing brand manufacturers in Europe on key issues
which affect their ability to design, distribute and market their brands. www.aim.be
Contributions in 2021: SEK 0.2m (2020: SEK 0.4m)
Edana: European Disposables and Nonwovens Association
EDANA is the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries for more than
40 years. www.edana.org
Contributions in 2021 SEK 0.4m (2020: SEK 0.7m)In the Transparency Register Guidelines page 24 it is stated that the members of an association should declare 60 percent of their membership fees, hence 5,2 mil SEK x 0,6 = 3,12 mil SEK = 292 140 EUR
The estimated total cost also incudes outsorced activity costs, office and administrative expenses, in-house operational expenditure, representation costs and other relevant costs.
d) These grants are co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund For The Outermost Regions, pursuant to Article 12 of EU Regulation Nr 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the European Council. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
We have bee engaging in a number of issues on the EU-agenda and provided our responses in consultations, provided comments on roadmaps and interacted with decisions makers in Brussels.
On our web-site you find the most important policy postitions:
https://www.essity.com/sustainability/role-in-society/positions/
Covering the following areas:
- Accelerating Action on Hygiene & Health for all
- Response to the European Commission Roadmap on New Circular Economy Action Plan
- Response to the European Commission on Substantiating green claims
- Response to the European Commission Sustainable Products Initiative
- Policy Position on the Circular Economy Action Plan 2020-2021, read more
- Essity Statement on EC Public Consultation on the Sustainable Products InitiativeOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 25 Jan 2021 Location Brussels Subject Commission’s priorities for digital and industrial policy in 2021 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
- Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
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