Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 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 Corporation is a listed trading sector company. It manages retail store chains and efficiently produces services for retail store chains' purchasing, logistics, network development and data management. Kesko's operations include the food, home and speciality goods, building and home improvement, and car and machinery trades. Its divisions and chains act in close cooperation with retailer entrepreneurs and other partners. Kesko has about 2,000 stores engaged in chain operations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus.
Main EU files targeted
Retail action plan, supply chain, labeling rules, product safety, payment systems, competition law
Address
Head Office
Sörnäistenkatu, 2
Helsinki FI00580
FINLAND -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Anne Leppälä-Nilsson (EVP, Group General Counsel)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Mikko Helander (President and CEO)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Federation of Finnish Commerce, BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative), Independent Retail Europe, Finnish Chambers of Commerce
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
High Level Group on Retail Competitiveness
NoneACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
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 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 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 - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Mes (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)
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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)