Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Kesko Corporation
EU Transparency Register
670048014882-93 First registered on 07 Nov 2014
Goals / Remit
Kesko is a Finnish listed trading sector company. Kesko operates in the grocery trade, the building and technical trade and the car trade. Its divisions and chains act in close cooperation with retailer entrepreneurs and other partners. Kesko has approximately 1,800 stores engaged in chain operations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.
Main EU files targeted
Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, Data Protection and International Data Transfers, Horizontal Rules & Guidelines Assessment, Vertical Rules & Guidelines Assessment, Unfair trading practices Directive, Alliances, New Deal for Consumers (Omnibus), Whistleblowing Directive, Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive, EU Taxonomy, Sustainable Corporate Governance, Directive on Pay Transparency, Corporate Due Diligence Directive, Green Deal
Address
Head Office
Työpajankatu, 12
Helsinki FI00580
FINLANDEU Office
Työpajankatu, 12
Helsinki FI00580
FINLANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
Independent Retail Europe https://independentretaileurope.eu/en/membership
EuroCommerce https://www.eurocommerce.eu/
Finnish Chambers of Commerce https://kauppakamari.fi/en/
Federation of Finnish Commerce https://kauppa.fi/en/
BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative) https://www.amfori.org/content/amfori-bsciMember 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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 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 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject IRA package and GD Industrial Plan, EU Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
- Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject European competitiveness and the Green Deal Industrial Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject food suply chain Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Single market opportunities on the food and wholesale sectors Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 18 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Retail sector and food supply chain Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Country specific recommendations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)