European Coalition for Corporate Justice

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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

  • 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 timeLobbyists
    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 10 Oct 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)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    ALTER-EU http://alter-eu.org/

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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 Commission

    Other 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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