Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.85 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
41
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Global Witness (GW)
EU Transparency Register
10439809375-73 First registered on 21 Aug 2012
Goals / Remit
Global Witness investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource related conflict and corruption, and associated environmental and human rights abuses. From undercover investigations, to high level lobby meetings, we aim to engage on every level where we might make a difference and bring about change.
Our work has revealed how, rather than benefiting many of the world’s worst environmental and human rights abuses are driven by the exploitation of natural resources and corruption in the global political and economic system. Global Witness is campaigning to end this.
We carry out hard-hitting investigations, expose the facts, and push for change. We are independent, not-for-profit, and work with partners around the world in our fight for justice.Main EU files targeted
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Regulation on deforestation-free products
EU gas market reform
Delegated act on green hydrogen
6th PCI list
EU Timber Regulation
EU Non Financial Reporting Directive / Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance
RePowerEU
Future packages of sanctions against RussiaAddress
Head Office
Global Witness The Green House 244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
31 Rue Commerce / Handelsstraat 31 WeWork
Brussels null - 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 50% 1 25% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.85
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Dec 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Paul HALLOWs 18 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023 Ms Giulia Bondi 16 Feb 2023 15 Feb 2024 Ms Aurelie SKROBIK 09 Feb 2023 08 Feb 2024 Ms Beate BELLER 09 Feb 2023 08 Feb 2024 Ms Aurelie SKROBIK 30 Jan 2022 28 Jan 2023 Ms Giulia Bondi 20 Nov 2021 19 Nov 2022 Mr Paul HALLOWs 15 Oct 2021 15 Oct 2022 Mr Richard GARDINER 01 Oct 2021 14 Sep 2022 Bettina GUIGUI 20 Dec 2019 20 Mar 2020 Mr Murray Worthy 28 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2020 Mr Richard GARDINER 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Giulia Bondi 31 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Ms Rachel Owens 27 Jun 2019 27 Jun 2020 Mr Ben LEATHER 21 Nov 2018 22 Dec 2018 Ms Heather IQBAL 16 Nov 2018 22 Dec 2018 Ms Nienke Palstra 29 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Mr Richard GARDINER 05 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Rachel Owens 06 Mar 2018 06 Mar 2019 Mr Murray Worthy 01 Oct 2017 22 Sep 2018 Ms Nienke Palstra 21 Sep 2017 21 Sep 2018 Ms Aleksandra Terzieva 29 Jun 2017 28 Jun 2018 Mr Murray Worthy 25 Feb 2017 24 Aug 2017 Ms Rachel Owens 25 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2018 Mr Michael Gibb 05 Sep 2016 02 Sep 2017 Mr Peter Drury 22 Aug 2016 17 Aug 2017 Mr Robert Palmer 19 Jul 2016 24 Feb 2017 Ms Anne Foata 10 May 2016 23 Aug 2016 Ms Megan MacInnes 21 Apr 2016 19 Oct 2016 Ms Jo Blackman 20 Apr 2016 19 Apr 2017 Mr Michael Gibb 17 Sep 2015 06 Sep 2016 Ms Emily Norton 17 Sep 2015 22 Apr 2016 Mr Michael Gibb 11 Mar 2015 09 Sep 2015 Ms Marie Wilke 18 Apr 2015 17 Sep 2015 Mr Emily Gibb 11 Mar 2015 01 Jul 2015 Ms Emily Norton 19 Feb 2015 17 Aug 2015 Ms Marie Wilke 18 Oct 2014 16 Apr 2015 Mr Robert Palmer 27 Sep 2013 26 Sep 2014 Ms Rosemary Sharpe 27 Sep 2013 26 Sep 2014 Ms Rosemary Sharpe 26 Sep 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mr Robert Palmer 22 Sep 2012 12 Sep 2013 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Global Witness is a member of several coalitions of organisations working on corporate accountability.
Global Witness is a member of a coalition working to tackle deforestation.
Global Witness is a member of a broad coalition working to improve EU climate policy particularly to reduce EU public funds for gas infrastructure.
Global Witness is a member of a coalition working to reduce the influence of the fossil fuel industry over EU climate policymaking.
Global Witness is a member of Climate Action Network Europe.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
12,050,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Open Society 2,980,000€ Other financial info
More detailed information for the 2021 financial year is available on our website: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/about-us/financial-statements/
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #Member #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
Responsible Business Conduct Working Group
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Presenting and advocating field based analysis and research on EU policies which impact climate, human rights and corruption in both developing and developed countries.
Meetings
Meetings
41 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 27 Sep 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU sanctions against Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2022 Location video-call Subject Discussion about RePowerEU Plan and the impacts on climate neutrality objectives Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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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 09 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Climate due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (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 12 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject EU Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 09 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Governance, hydrogen Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (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 - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Friends of the Earth Europe
- Anti-Slavery International
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Finance Watch
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Climate Disclosure Standards Board
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- International Federation for Human Rights
- International Federation for the Economy for the Common Good e. V.
- WWF Deutschland
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- European Environmental Bureau
- Frank Bold Society
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Amnesty International Limited
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Date 28 Oct 2021 Location video - conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance initiative 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 23 Sep 2021 Location online Subject proposal on sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ivana McDowell (Cabinet member)
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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 - Amnesty International Limited
- International Federation for Human Rights
- Association Sherpa
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Anti-Slavery International
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
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Date 21 Sep 2021 Location video-call Subject East Med gas projects – state of play Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2021 Location Online Subject Human Rights and Deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject upcoming deforestation regulation and human rights (meeting organized by CAB Wojciechowski) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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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 27 Jul 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jul 2021 Location Virtual 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 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 21 May 2021 Location Online meeting Subject Renewable Energy Directive / "Fit for 55" package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2021 Location Virtual Subject Discussion about Commission's legislative proposal on deforestation and forest degradation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2021 Location video-confernece Subject Deforestation 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 30 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject upcoming regulation on deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2021 Location video phone call Subject Deforestation and forest degradation. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Apr 2021 Location Online Subject EU Sustainable Corporate Governance & Corporate Due Diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Toma Sutic (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 - CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Anti-Slavery International
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
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Date 08 Mar 2021 Location Video call Subject Due diligence 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 09 Feb 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject - EU climate neutrality, role of gas - East Med gas project Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2021 Location video call Subject - EU climate neutrality, role of gas - East Med gas project Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jan 2021 Location videocall Subject TEN-E Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kitti Nyitrai (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 - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Anti-Slavery International
- Amnesty International Limited
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- ClientEarth AISBL
- International Federation for Human Rights
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
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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 - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Dreikönigsaktion - Hilfswerk der Katholischen Jungschar
- Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond van België
- Anti-Slavery International
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- Amnesty International Limited
- ActionAid
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Wereldsolidariteit - Solidarité Mondiale vzw
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Centre National de Coopération au Développement- 11 11 11
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Date 19 Dec 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Risks around EU residency and passport schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Diamond supply chain Attending - Hilde Hardeman (Head of Service)
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Date 26 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject AMLD Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium. Subject Work of Global Witness on the extractives industry in Myanmar, and negotiations on an EU-Myanmar investment protection agreement. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Finance; CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Raquel Lucas (Cabinet member)
- Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
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Date 28 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject conflict minerals Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject EU Timber Regulation, Illegal Logging Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Conflict minerals Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)