Overview
Lobbying Costs
92,362€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
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) advocates for European laws that guarantee corporate accountability and transparency, and ensure justice for victims of corporate malpractice.
With 21 member groups representing over 250 organisations from 15 countries, ECCJ is the only European coalition bringing together campaigns and national platforms of NGOs, trade unions, consumer organisations and academics in order to promote corporate accountability. The coalition has been set up in 2006 and has established a coordination office in Brussels.
We are guided by a vision of a sustainable world in which corporations’ drive for profit is balanced with the interests of society at large, and where businesses respect human, social and environmental rights.
ECCJ works as a catalyst, drawing on the expertise and experience of organisations across Europe to build a strong corporate accountability movement and provide a united voice at the European level promoting the need for legal change. We build capacities of our members to engage in the EU policy debate and connect it with discussions at national level.
We carry out research with lawyers, academics and civil society organisations in other regions of the world to make the case for greater corporate accountability
We identify and promote legal proposals and policy recommendations for the EU and its Member States to address the gaps in governance created by economic globalisation. We raise public awareness on how the EU should ensure better protection for human rights and the environment.
In particular, we have the following policy objectives
- Increase corporate transparency: mandatory disclosure of companies' risks and impacts on human rights and environment and how companies address them
- Embed the corporate duty to respect human rights into law: legal measures to make sure that companies respect human rights throughout their operations and in relation to their business relationships including outside the EU
- Address the obstacles faced by victims of corporate-related human rights abuses when trying to access judicial remedies
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
ECCJ’s 21 member organisations constitute the coalition’s General Assembly. General Assembly meetings take place once a year to approve the annual work plan and budget, and make decisions regarding core strategic and political issues.
ECCJ is is led by an elected board, called Steering Group, made up of representatives of member organisations. The Steering Group is responsible for ECCJ’s Strategic Plan and oversees its implementation through annual Operational Plans. It approves main ECCJ positions with respect to key policy developments and oversees the coalition’s financial management, ensuring its long term financial stability. The Steering Group guides the work of the Secretariat and supports its Coordinator. Members of the Steering Group may occasionally represent ECCJ in public events.Main EU files targeted
CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY
-Directive 2014/95/EU on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY / SUPPLY CHAIN RESPONSIBILITY
-EC 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
-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”
BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
-The EU strategic framework on human rights and democracy
- EU implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on BUsiness and Human Rights
- EU participation in the Open-Ended Inter-Governmental Working Group established by the UN Human Rights Council to develop a binding instrument on business and human rights
- EU action to embed Human RIghts Due Diligence into law
ACCESS TO REMEDIES
-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
- Collective redress and access to evidence
PRIVATE SECTOR IN DEVELOPMENT
-EC Communication COM(2014)263 – “A Stronger Role of the Private Sector in Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Countries”Address
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
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 06 Apr 2017
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
The activities covered by the register are mainly conducted by the ECCJ staff based in Brussels.
Additionally, members of the ECCJ Steering Group (representing 7 member organizations) have, during the reporting period, been involved in some of the activities, in particular:
- development of public statements or opinion articles
- participation with ECCJ in meetings with members or officials of the EU institutions
- interventions in public events
The members of the Steering Group are:
Maddalena Neglia (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)
The European Coalition for Corporate Justice is hosted, and its staff hired, by Friends of the Earth Europe. However as ECCJ being an autonomous legal entity and has its own entry in the register, the ECCJ staff is not included in Friend of the Earth's entry in the register.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/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
92,362€
Other financial info
- Costs attributable to activities covered by the register include
o 50% salary cost coordinator = 32,407
o 30% salary cost Comms officer = 15,360
o 50% salary costs assistant = 4,967
o 50% office costs = 11,400
o 100% advocacy and research costs = 25,778
o 50% of awareness raising and communications costs = 2,450
- Above mentioned costs have been covered by the following grants and contributions
o Sigrid Rausing Trust
o Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
o Wallace Global Fund
o Polden-Puckham Charitable Fund
o Membership fees -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
Coordination Committee of the Multistakeholder Forum on CSR
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
In 2016
- Submission to the EU consultation on non-binding guidelines for non-financial reporting (April 2016)
- Letter to Dutch Ministers Koenders and Ploumen and to members of COHOM ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council's conclusions (April 2016)
- Campaign calling on better EU implementation of the UNGPs for 5th Anniversary of UNGPs (June 2016)
- Statement on EU participation in UN meetings on a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights (October 2016)
- Statement on EU Parliament Report on Corporate liability for gross human rights abuses (October 2016)
- High Level Conference co-organized with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Business and Human Rights (May 2016)
- Media, social media and website articles
- Meetings with Members of the European Parliament
- Meetings with officials from the European Commission (DG GROW, JUST, FISMA, DEVCO) and EEAS
- Interventions in public events organized by the European Parliament and the CommissionOther 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)
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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 - ClientEarth AISBL
- Finance Watch
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Global Witness
- International Federation for the Economy for the Common Good e. V.
- Amnesty International Limited
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Anti-Slavery International
- International Federation for Human Rights
- Climate Disclosure Standards Board
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- European Environmental Bureau
- Frank Bold Society
- WWF Deutschland
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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 - Anti-Slavery International
- Amnesty International Limited
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- Global Witness
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- International Federation for Human Rights
- Association Sherpa
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
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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 - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
- Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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 - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Anti-Slavery International
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Global Witness
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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)
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Date 27 Jan 2021 Location Video conference Subject Substainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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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 - CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Anti-Slavery International
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- ClientEarth AISBL
- International Federation for Human Rights
- Global Witness
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Amnesty International Limited
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Date 05 Jun 2020 Location Video-conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Anti-Slavery International
- Amnesty International Limited
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond van België
- Centre National de Coopération au Développement- 11 11 11
- Dreikönigsaktion - Hilfswerk der Katholischen Jungschar
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Wereldsolidariteit - Solidarité Mondiale vzw
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- ActionAid
- Global Witness
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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