Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.85 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Growing Media Europe (GME)
EU Transparency Register
01873234294-62 First registered on 05 Oct 2010
Goals / Remit
Growing Media Europe AISBL is an international non-profit organisation representing the producers of growing media and soil improvers at European level.
Our main objective is to promote optimum legislation for the manufacturing as well as the free trade of growing media and soil improver within Europe. Coordinating our work with the member companies and associate members all over Europe, we aim to ensure a single voice for the industry. We provide scientific information as well as technical expertise on the use of growing media products and act as focal point for political decision makers and stakeholders inside and outside the European Institutions.
Growing Media Europe is committed to the highest environmental standards, to the sustainable use of natural resources and to contributing to the competitiveness of the European horticultural sector by providing high quality growing media products.Main EU files targeted
Organic Farming
Soil Health
Plant Health
CE-marked Fertilising Product Regulation
Circular Economy
Common Agricultural Policy
LULUCF
Food Security
Food Safety
Food Waste
Climate law, climate policy
Carbon farming
Protected cropping
Farm to Fork Strategy
Biodiversity Strategy
Forest Strategy
Life Cycle Assessment, PEFCR
Plastic Strategy, SUP, Mircoplastic
Packaging
Mental health
EU Taxonomy
Nature Restoration Targets
Bioeconomy
Urban greening
Urban farming
Vertical farming
Greenhouse growing, CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture)Address
Head Office
Rue Belliard
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Belliard
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 25% 1 10% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.85
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Geoffrey BENNETT 14 Nov 2023 13 Nov 2024 Cecilia Luetgebrune 14 Nov 2023 13 Nov 2024 Mr Geoffrey BENNETT 14 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 14 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Geoffrey BENNETT 17 Nov 2022 14 Nov 2023 Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 09 Nov 2022 09 Nov 2023 Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 28 Oct 2021 28 Oct 2022 Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 01 May 2019 01 May 2020 Mr Ignacio Gentiluomo 13 Feb 2018 14 Feb 2019 Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 15 Jan 2018 22 Dec 2018 Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 15 Nov 2016 12 Nov 2017 Complementary Information
Growing Media Europe AISBL has three employees (one full time Secretary General, one full time Public Affairs Advisor and since March 2023 one full-time Science Coordinator). Our 5 Board Members are working for the association (not remunerated) on an honorary basis for maybe 10% of their working time. Since June 2019 and September 2020, we also work with two external consultants (self-employed), who work a few hours per month for GME (indicated above by ticking the 25% and again the 10% box).
As we have internal working groups within the association, some representatives of our members are involved in the activities described under heading 9. However, this would be less than 10% of their working time (as they have all other full time jobs at our member companies or member associations).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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
GME has joined the Farm Tech Society as a "Scientific Member". https://farmtechsociety.org/
GME has joined the International Peatland Societey (IPS). https://peatlands.org/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount rud pedersen public affairs brussels 50,000€ - 99,999€ blonk consultants https://blonksustainability.nl/ 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name blonk consultants https://blonksustainability.nl/ rud pedersen public affairs brussels Closed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
GME has for the first time been inserted as a partner in different grant proposals (in September 2023) and for the first time submitted applications to different calls under the HORIZON Europe grant (deadline was 20 September 2023). However, as we do not yet have information on acceptance, we have not included the expected costs in the annual update finalised on 21 September 2023. We will update the information accordingly in due time.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group EU Fertilisers Market Observatory#E03899#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3899 #Observer #C#Industry#Commission expert group on Fertilising Products #E01320#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1320 #Observer #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
- Events in the European Parliament (conferences, receptions, exhibitions)
- Parliamentary Evenings/Lunch events/Breakfast events
- Field trips for site visits
- Public affairs webinars
- Personal meetings with MEPs, assistants and other EP staff as well as with representatives of the European Commission and Council, including Permanent Representations of the Member States
- Publications: Position papers/resolutions, Joint Statements, handouts, letters, press releases, website, presentations,
LinkedIn posts, job offers, flyers, posters
- Presentations at events of members or related stakeholders
- Annual ReportsOther activities
Internal projects:
- Developing a Code of Practice for sustainability for GM products
- Applying for a revision of the EU Ecolabel criteria for growing media and soil improver
- Data gathering on the socio-economic impact of the growing media sector in Europe (data on components, data on types of usage of growing media etc)
- Study on Life Cycle Assessment, developing a PEFCR guideline for growing media and an LCA tool
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 28 Apr 2021 Location video phone call Subject Raw materials and sustainable food production. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject single market harmonisation in view of the importance of horticulture Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Peter Power (Cabinet member)