Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)
EU Transparency Register
48872621093-60 First registered on 06 Feb 2009
Goals / Remit
The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) is a coalition of NGOs, trade unions and other civil society groups campaigning for greater corporate social responsibility and corporate accountability. Our members are mainly national platforms from European countries, with individual organisations participating if no platform yet exists in their country. A full list of members is available on our website http://www.corporatejustice.org/-mitglieder-.html?lang=en. Altogether we represent over 250 NGOs, trade unions and CSOs across Europe.
ECCJ has three concrete objectives:
1. To increase European co-operation amongst NGOs working on Corporate Accountability and to influence policies within the EU and its member states.
2. To raise public awareness about Corporate Justice and policies of the EU and to promote a consistent viewpoint from civil society.
3. To build capacity and knowledge among NGOs in Europe with regard to corporate justice and accountability policies.
In addition to this the coalition calls for better EU regulation to ensure that European companies consider their social and environmental impacts and mitigate them where they are negative. In order to achieve this, we advocate the extension of parent company liability, the establishment of a duty of care for companies over their sphere of influence and greater transparency through mandatory social and environmental reporting and clarification of corporate lobbying activities.
In relation to this last aim, we consider this register to be insufficient. The ECCJ believes that this register fails basic transparency standards and that it does not provide EU lobbying transparency. When registering, we have therefore chosen to give all relevant information that we consider necessary for lobbying transparency. A credible EU lobbying transparency register should include names of individual lobbyists and the issues that they try to influence, provide precise and comparable financial information on lobbying, and have effective sanctions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed. In an effort to arrive at a more objective way of calculating lobbying expenditures, we follow guidelines that result from consultations with public interest organisations, professionals working on lobby transparency as well as experts of US lobby disclosure legislation. Our registration is therefore providing a more comprehensive calculation of our expenses for activities that aim to influence the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions, and a list of those who, on behalf of the European Coalition for Corporate Justice, carry out such activities. Our registration is based on the guidelines for transparent registration developed by the Civil Society Contact Group and ALTER-EU. Find the guidelines on http://www.act4europe.org/register or http://www.alter-eu.orgMain EU files targeted
- Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups
- European Commission Communication COM(2011) 681 – “final A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility”
- European Commission flagship initiative on responsible supply chains in the textile sector
- The EU strategic framework on human rights and democracy
- 2014/0059(COD) – “Union system for supply chain due diligence self-certification of responsible importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas”
- European Commission Communication COM(2014)263 – “A Stronger Role of the Private Sector in Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Countries”
- Consultation on The European Commission’s strategy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 2011-2014: achievements, shortcomings and future challenges
- Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II)
- Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
- EU plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- Collective redress and access to evidenceAddress
Head Office
Rue d'Edimbourg, 26
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2015
Name Start date End Date Ms Sabela GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA 12 Sep 2023 11 Sep 2024 Ms Virginie ROUAS 12 Sep 2023 30 Sep 2024 Ms Anya VERKAMP 12 Sep 2023 11 Sep 2024 Ms Marion LUPIN 12 Sep 2023 11 Sep 2024 Mr Christopher PATZ 12 Sep 2023 11 Sep 2024 Ms Marta DE VESCOVI 28 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Frauke Nele Meyer 27 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Nele MEYER 27 Apr 2023 28 Apr 2023 Ms Andriana LOREDAN 03 Feb 2023 03 Feb 2024 Ms Maria Sylvia Obregon Quiroz 13 Jan 2023 13 Jan 2024 Ms Claudia Saller 17 Sep 2022 13 Jan 2023 Ms Marion LUPIN 06 Sep 2022 06 Sep 2023 Ms Anya VERKAMP 03 Sep 2022 12 Sep 2023 Mr Christopher PATZ 06 May 2022 06 May 2023 Ms Maria Sylvia Obregon Quiroz 18 Nov 2021 18 Nov 2022 Mr Alejandro GARCÍA ESTEBAN 18 Nov 2021 20 May 2022 Ms Claudia Saller 25 Feb 2020 25 Feb 2021 Ms SOFIA GUALANDI 25 Feb 2020 01 Sep 2020 Mr Alejandro GARCÍA ESTEBAN 18 Dec 2019 18 Dec 2020 Ms Bianca Colette MIZZI 17 Oct 2019 15 Feb 2020 Ms Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 24 Sep 2019 01 Oct 2020 Mr Christopher PATZ 06 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Ms Claudia Saller 08 Feb 2019 08 Feb 2020 Ms Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 29 Sep 2018 24 Sep 2019 Mr Christopher PATZ 12 Jun 2018 12 Jun 2019 Ms Claudia Saller 09 Feb 2018 07 Feb 2019 Mr Christopher PATZ 14 Oct 2017 01 Jun 2018 Ms Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 05 Oct 2017 23 Sep 2018 Mr Jérome Chaplier 27 Jun 2017 22 Jun 2018 Ms Sandra Juncu 27 Jun 2017 22 Jun 2018 Ms Chiara Pettinelli 22 Mar 2017 28 Jun 2017 Ms Chiara Pettinelli 15 Sep 2016 15 Mar 2017 Ms Sandra Juncu 19 Jul 2016 28 Jun 2017 Mr Jérome Chaplier 30 Jun 2016 28 Jun 2017 Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 03 Jun 2016 30 Jun 2016 Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 06 Oct 2015 02 Apr 2016 Ms Sandra Juncu 07 Jul 2015 03 Jul 2016 Mr Jérome Chaplier 22 May 2015 20 May 2016 Mr Jérome Chaplier 05 Jun 2014 22 May 2015 Ms Yolaine Delaygues 05 Jun 2014 05 Jun 2015 Mr Jérome Chaplier 18 Jun 2013 05 Jun 2014 Ms Yolaine Delaygues 18 Jun 2013 05 Jun 2014 Mr Jérome Chaplier 23 Mar 2012 02 Apr 2013 Ms Yolaine Delaygues 23 Mar 2012 02 Apr 2013 Complementary Information
On behalf of the ECCJ the persons listed below have had, during the reporting period, four or more contacts with members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions; or they have spent 20% or less of their working time on behalf of the ECCJ carrying out such activities:
Geneviève Paul (FIDH)
Marion Cadier (FIDH)
Johanna Kusch (Germanwatch)
Suzan van der Meij (MVO Platform)
Paul de Clerck (Friends of the Earth Europe)
Marilyn Croser (CORE Coalition)
Filip Gregor (Frank Bold)
Sandra Cossart (Sherpa)
Sanne Borges (Amnesty International Denmark Section)
Richard Dyer (Friends of the Earth EWNI)
Christopher Halburd (Frank Bold)
Paige Morrow (Frank Bold)
Stefan Scheuer (external consultant)Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Jerome Chaplier (Coordinator)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Jerome Chaplier (Coordinator)
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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
ALTER-EU http://alter-eu.org/
GoodElectronics http://goodelectronics.org/Member organisations
Netzwerk Soziale Verantwortung,
Research Group for an Alternative Economic Strategy - GRESEA,
Franck Bold,
92 Group Forum for Sustainable Development,
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO),
Friends of the Earth Europe,
Karat Coalition,
Jesuit European Office,
Finnwatch,
Forum Citoyen pour la Responsabilité Sociale,
CorA,
Fédération Internationales des ligues des droits de l’Homme,
Manitese,
MVO Platform,
Forum for Environment and Development (ForUM),
CentrumCSR.pl,
Observatorio de RSC,
Swedish Coalition for Corporate Justice,
The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition,
Access Info,
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
EU grant income for closed financial year
6,883 € (Source: DG Justice JUST/2013/JCIV/AG)
Other financial info
ECCJ's own budget in 2012 was of approx. €163,773.
About €57130 was allocated for lobby related activities.
ECCJ relies on voluntary contributions by the members of the Steering Committee and other members of the coalition. Our members contribute in-kind (staff time) and share the costs for specific activities (rent of venues, cost of adverts and publications). Friends of the Earth Europe notably is hosting ECCJ secretariat and its staff and Frank Bold Society has been particularly active in providing legal expertise.
Further information on ECCJ staff and activity expenditures can be found on Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) and frank Bold Society register profiles.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
Coordination committee of the multistakeholder forum on CSR
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
- Civil justice in the Context of Transnational Business Activities & Human Rights (project funded by DG Justice) http://www.corporatejustice.org/Access-to-Justice-Project.html?lang=en As part of this call:
o Conference in the European parliament jointly with MEP Richard Howitt: The EU’s business? Ensuring remedy for corporate human rights abuses http://www.corporatejustice.org/The-EU-s-business-Ensuring-remedy.html?lang=en
o Outcome of the conferences: http://www.corporatejustice.org/New-report-identifies-recommended.html?lang=en
- Non-financial reporting initiative
o Analysis http://www.corporatejustice.org/Corporate-transparency.html?lang=en
- UNGPs
o ECCJ & ICAR Release Assessments of Current National Action Plans on Business & Human Rights http://www.corporatejustice.org/ECCJ-ICAR-Release-Assessments-of.html?lang=en
- Human Rights Due Diligence Report translated in 7 languages http://www.corporatejustice.org/Human-Rights-Due-Diligence-Report.html?lang=enOther activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
19 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 14 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject 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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Date 02 Feb 2022 Location Brussels (ZOOM) Subject Commission proposal on Sustainable Corporate Governance, looking specifically at issues of corporate liability Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2022 Location video-call Subject Sustainable corporate governance and due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 29 Nov 2021 Location Video conference Subject Due diligence and forced labour 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 25 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance, Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Sibylle Bikar (Cabinet member)
- Kyriacos Charalambous (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Climate Disclosure Standards Board
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Amnesty International Limited
- Finance Watch
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Global Witness
- Frank Bold Society
- WWF Deutschland
- International Federation for the Economy for the Common Good e. V.
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- International Federation for Human Rights
- European Environmental Bureau
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Anti-Slavery International
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Date 22 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Global Witness
- International Federation for Human Rights
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Association Sherpa
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Amnesty International Limited
- Anti-Slavery International
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Date 17 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
- Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 14 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance and mandatory due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 May 2021 Location video-conference Subject Due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Charmaine Hili (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject EU Sustainable Corporate Governance & Corporate Due Diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject corporate due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
- Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Anti-Slavery International
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Global Witness
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
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Date 18 Mar 2021 Location Video conference Subject Substainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 27 Jan 2021 Location Video conference Subject Substainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 04 Dec 2020 Location video conference Subject Substainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Global Witness
- Amnesty International Limited
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Anti-Slavery International
- ClientEarth AISBL
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- International Federation for Human Rights
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Date 05 Jun 2020 Location Video-conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- ActionAid
- Global Witness
- Anti-Slavery International
- Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond van België
- Centre National de Coopération au Développement- 11 11 11
- Amnesty International Limited
- Dreikönigsaktion - Hilfswerk der Katholischen Jungschar
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Wereldsolidariteit - Solidarité Mondiale vzw
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Date 13 May 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Human rights and business DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Tiina Astola (Director-General)
- Meetings