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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.9 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
13
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Humane Society International/Europe (HSI/Europe)
EU Transparency Register
05097472836-90 First registered on 18 Dec 2009
Goals / Remit
An affiliate of the global animal protection organisation Humane Society International (HSI), Humane Society International/Europe is a leading force for animal protection, with tens of thousands of supporters across Europe. We are an effective voice for animals, with active programmes in wildlife protection, alternatives to animal experiments, international trade and farm animal welfare.
HSI/Europe was established as a legal entity in October 2014. Our work in the European Union had previously been coordinated from the HSI/UK office in London.
Humane Society International is the international arm of The Humane Society of the United States, one of the world's largest animal protection organisations. HSI is creating a better future for animals and people through advocacy, education, and hands-on programmes. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty worldwide.Main EU files targeted
- EU animal welfare policy issues
- Wildlife trade policy and CITES
- Coexistence with large carnivores
- Environmental Crime Directive
- International Trade Policy, especially relating to SPS and Sustainable Development chapters of EU FTAs
- Policy relating to protection of marine mammals
- Sustainable food policy
- Policy relating to International Finance Institutions
- EU policy relating to use of animals in scientific research and animal alternatives
- REACHAddress
Head Office
1255 23rd Street NW, Suite 450
Washington DC 20037
UNITED STATESEU Office
Rue Belliard 40
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 2 10% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.9
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Antigoni Effraimidou 02 Oct 2024 01 Oct 2025 Sylvie Anna Lena Kremerskothen-Gleason 30 Sep 2024 29 Sep 2025 Joanna SWABE 03 Oct 2024 02 Oct 2026 Rudolf TOMBROCK 01 Jul 2024 30 Jun 2025 Helder RODRIGUES CONSTANTINO 13 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Joanna SWABE 25 Oct 2023 27 Sep 2024 Rudolf TOMBROCK 04 May 2023 04 May 2024 Joanna SWABE 04 Nov 2022 25 Oct 2023 Helder RODRIGUES CONSTANTINO 09 Sep 2022 09 Sep 2023 Mr Helder CONSTANTINO 09 Sep 2022 22 Sep 2022 Ms Stephanie MAW 31 Aug 2022 01 Oct 2022 Joanna SWABE 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Joanna SWABE 03 Apr 2020 01 May 2021 Mr Gianni VAN KEULEN 08 Feb 2020 01 Sep 2020 Ms Manon Dene 06 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Rudolf TOMBROCK 06 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Joanna SWABE 05 Apr 2019 03 Apr 2020 Ms Alexandra Clark 11 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Rudolf TOMBROCK 27 Sep 2018 06 Sep 2019 Ms Manon Dene 16 May 2018 01 Jun 2019 Joanna SWABE 14 Apr 2018 05 Apr 2019 Ms Alexandra Clark 13 Oct 2017 11 Oct 2018 Rudolf TOMBROCK 06 Sep 2017 05 Sep 2018 Joanna SWABE 25 Apr 2017 14 Apr 2018 Ms Manon Dene 25 Apr 2017 19 Apr 2018 Ms Alexandra Clark 10 Oct 2016 04 Oct 2017 Ms Zivile Pavilonyte 30 Sep 2016 21 Mar 2017 Joanna SWABE 27 Apr 2016 26 Apr 2017 Mr Loïs Lelanchon 27 Apr 2016 01 May 2017 Ms Susannah Wilks 08 Apr 2016 11 Oct 2016 Emily MCIVOR 01 Apr 2016 31 Mar 2017 Ms Manon Dene 10 Feb 2016 08 Feb 2017 Ms Alexandra Clark 26 Aug 2015 25 Aug 2016 Mr Loïs Lelanchon 20 May 2015 27 Apr 2016 Joanna SWABE 06 May 2015 27 Apr 2016 Emily MCIVOR 09 Apr 2015 06 Jan 2016 Ms Alexandra Clark 10 Sep 2014 26 Aug 2015 Ms Susannah Wilks 10 Sep 2014 08 Sep 2015 Joanna SWABE 27 May 2014 06 May 2015 Mr Loïs Lelanchon 27 May 2014 20 May 2015 Emily MCIVOR 10 Feb 2014 08 Feb 2015 Mr Troy SEIDLE 30 Aug 2013 29 Aug 2014 Mr Andrew Kelly 28 Aug 2013 10 Feb 2014 Mr Bertrand Desprez 30 Aug 2013 10 Nov 2013 Joanna SWABE 26 Jun 2013 27 May 2014 Emily MCIVOR 27 Feb 2013 11 Feb 2014 Mr Troy SEIDLE 23 Aug 2012 08 Aug 2013 Joanna SWABE 26 Jul 2012 26 Jun 2013 Mr Troy SEIDLE 12 Oct 2011 01 Oct 2012 Joanna SWABE 26 Sep 2011 01 Sep 2012 Mrs Nina Eva COHEN 20 Dec 2011 22 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
Starting 1st October 2024, HSI/Europe has two FTE paid employees working on 100% activities covered by the Transparency Register. 25% FTE of the work activities of two other paid employees related to engagement with the EU institutions.
HSI/Europe's four country directors, who are based in other EU Member States (Italy, Germany, Poland and Romania), are involved in EU lobby activities to a more limited extent. Their involvement is expressed here as 10% of their working time.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
- Convergence Animaux Politique (CAP) - France https://convergence-animaux-politique.fr/
- European Alliance for Plant-Based Foods (EAPF) https://plantbasedfoodalliance.eu/
- Fur Free Alliance (FFA) https://www.furfreealliance.com/
- Species Survival Network (SSN) https://ssn.org/
HSI is also involved in the following in connection with our work on alternatives to animal testing:
- CARACAL (Competent Authorities for REACH and Classification and Labelling) + nanomaterials sub-group
- ecopa (European Consensus Platform for Alternatives)
- ECVAM (European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods) Stakeholder Advisory Forum
- EPAA (European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing)
- ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) Risk Assessment Committee
- Human Toxicology Project Consortium
- ICAPO (International Council on Animal Protection at the OECD)
- ICAPPP (International Council on Animal Protection in Pharmaceutical Programmes)Member organisations
Humane Society International/Europe is a registered Belgian non-profit entity, which is an affiliate of Humane Society International (HSI). https://www.hsi.org/
HSI is also the international arm of the Humane Society of the United States. https://www.humanesociety.org/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
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
5,258,861€
Major funding types in closed year
Other, Donations, Grants
Funding types "other" information
HSI/Europe receives funding grants from our international affiliates HSUS/HSI and a philanthropic foundation (https://www.openphilanthropy.org/), plus the income we generate from the donations that we receive from many thousands of individual supporters who are ordinary citizens concerned with animal protection issues. See contributor detail below.
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Individual donations 1,511,654€ Contribution Humane Society International/Humane Society of the US 2,765,461€ Contribution Open Philanthropy (grant from a foundation to fund our work on farm animal welfare) 971,400€ Other financial info
Staff costs: € 271,499
Representation costs: € 18,414
Office & admin expenses: € 2,510*
* Calculation of proportion of costs of activities covered by the Transparency Register
Please note that the total budget includes the expenses for our Italian and German offices, which are primarily engaged in Member State rather than EU activities. A large proportion of these activities are not directly related to EU policymaking.
In 2023, the total figure for outsourced activity costs (i.e. fees for consultants & subcontractors) was € 52,027. HSI/Europe has contractual relationships with the following public affairs consultancies, primarily relating to national political decision-making, rather than at an EU level. We are presently working with the following entities in various Member States:
- L4E, (L Denier) - consultant assisting our work on wildlife trade issues at an EU level
- Central European Consulting (CEC) - Support of our political lobby activities in Poland, primarily directed at influencing national policy relating to animal protection
- Boldt - Strategic support & advice concerning REACH lobby at EU & German national level; support in Belgium for national Parliamentary lobby concerning trophy hunting
- Seebohm Berlin - Strategic support at a national level for farm animal campaign in Germany
- Levels - Strategic support for political campaigns at a national level in Romania
- Lumina Consult - lobby support on various campaigns at a national level in Italy
- Atrevia - lobby support on political campaigns, mainly at national level in Spain
- Hague Corporate Affairs - lobby support on REACH, primarily at a national level in the Netherlands -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Competent Authorities for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemicals (REACH) and Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP)#E02385#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2385 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Cosmetic Products#E01302#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1302 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyEU Platform on Animal Welfare#E03504#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3504 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings,Welfare and conservation of animals
Communication activities
Events:
ECI Public hearing, Fur Free Europe, 12th October 2023
Pig welfare: Achieving new minimum and gold standards, 5th July 2023
Breakfast roundtable event on EU-Australia FTA negotiations, 23rd May 2023
Trophy hunting Conservation Tool, or a Threat to Wildlife?, 12th October 2022
Various events on wildlife trade organised in partnership with MEPs for Wildlife Group 2020-2021
The Future of Meat Analogues, 5th February 2019
Achieving coexistence with large carnivores in the EU, 7th March 2018
Mislabelled & misleading: fur labelling problems in the EU market, 27th September 2017
Plant-based Alternatives: Taking a Bite out of the Meat Market? 7th June 2017
Investing in animal suffering? Debating the investment of public funds in intensive animal production outside the EU, 8th February 2017
The EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement: An Opportunity to Influence Japanese Whaling Policies? 28th June 2016
Protecting Wildlife through International Trade Policy, 5th April 2016, Brussels
An Eagle Eye on TTIP: Agriculture, research & sustainable development - what's on the horizon?, 3rd March 2015, Brussels
The Free Lunch, 29th September 2015, BrusselsOther activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
13 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 25 Oct 2022 Location Berlaymont Subject To discus Humane Society’s position concerning EU legislation on trophy hunting and EU position for the upcoming CITES CoP19. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2022 Location Virtual Subject Meeting with HSI and ALTERTOX on animal testing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Andrea Vettori (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Feb 2022 Location Virtual Subject Meeting to handover a petition regarding animal testing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Andrea Vettori (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting to handover a petition regarding animal testing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2022 Location video-call Subject Trophy hunting in relation to EU biodiversity objectives Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2022 Location Virtual Subject Trophy hunting in relation to EU biodiversity objectives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Andrea Vettori (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Oct 2021 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the TOX Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject The establishment of a second EU Reference Centre for animal welfare Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject CITES Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Sebastien Paquot (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU Protein Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject International Finance Institutions and Animal Welfare 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 - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject REACH Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject The Food Chain, Innovation and Challenges, Food Information to Consumers, Nutrition, and Food Waste, Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Plant Health Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
- Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)
- Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet member)
- Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings