Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Fortescue (FMGL)
EU Transparency Register
123971942816-77 First registered on 19 May 2021
Goals / Remit
Fortescue is a global metals and green energy company, recognised for its culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives. It operates with two divisions – Metals and Energy. Fortescue Energy is comprised of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and WAE Technologies. FFI is committed to producing green hydrogen, containing zero carbon, from renewable electricity. Fortescue is acquiring and developing technology solutions for hard-to-decarbonise industries, while building a global portfolio of renewable green hydrogen and green ammonia projects. Fortescue is developing and acquiring the technology and energy supply to help decarbonise the Australian iron ore operations of one of the world’s largest producers of iron ore, Fortescue Metals, by 2030 (Scope 1 and 2 terrestrial emissions). We have published a fully costed roadmap and plan to achieve this.
Main EU files targeted
Fortescue aligns with the EU's proposals and policies, most notably with regard to climate neutrality and economic growth. We support the Commission's proposals with regard to renewable hydrogen in FitFor55 and REPowerEU, and are following the development of related files such as
- the Critical Raw Materials Act
- Net Zero Industries Act
- the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Market package
- the development of a certification system for renewable hydrogen
- Development of the European Hydrogen BankAddress
Head Office
Level 2 / 87 Adelaide Terrace
East Perth 6004
AUSTRALIAEU Office
Level 2 / 87 Adelaide Terrace
East Perth 6004
AUSTRALIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 17 Sep 2024
Name Start date End Date Ruairdh MACRAE 09 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Ruairdh MACRAE 16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2023 Complementary Information
None declared
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
Bruegel (think tank) Bruegel.org
The Green Hydrogen Catapult https://greenh2catapult.com/
The Green Hydrogen Organisation GH2.org
The First Movers Coalition https://www.weforum.org/first-movers-coalitionMember 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
Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
Our flagship green ammonia plant, 'FFI Holmaneset' has been selected in July 2025 by the Innovation Fund for a grant for Innovative electrification in industry and hydrogen.
The Holmaneset project is a great opportunity for FFI, Norway and Europe for early development of a significant green energy value chain, and we commend the EU for its leadership in kickstarting a green ammonia industry.
We look forward to finalising the details of our arrangements with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) in due course. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
We have taken part in the Commission's consultation on the definition of renewable hydrogen (RFNBO) for the purpose of RED II and written letters in support of our position.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
7 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 13 Feb 2024 Location Paris Subject Presentation of Fortescue's progress on renewable hydrogen projects in Norway and Brazil that they aim to supply Europe with, challenges around market creation for hydrogen & derivatives, scale up of the hydrogen market. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Attending - Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Oct 2022 Location Brussels (VC) Subject Hydrogen in Australia Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Global hydrogen investment pipeline and RePowerEU Plan Hydrogen Accelerator. EU’s vision on future hydrogen imports. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 06 May 2022 Location video-call Subject Role of hydrogen in RePowerEU Plan and the Delegated Act on Additionality Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2022 Location video-call Subject Role of green hydrogen in RePowerEU plans Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 28 Jun 2021 Location Brussels-video conference Subject Hydrogen Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 31 May 2021 Location Brussels-video conference Subject Hydrogen Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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