Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Financial year: Jul 2020 - Jun 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
EU Transparency Register
5519077766-10 First registered on 11 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit https://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands.
Main EU files targeted
Here are the main EU policy areas where P&G is active:
- EU Chemicals policy (Chemical strategy for sustainability; REACH ; Microplastics restriction; CLP; Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Detergent Regulation Revision, Cosmetic Regulation Review)
- EU Circular economy (Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive Revision, Sustainable Products Initiative, Batteries Regulation, Radio Equipment Directive)
- EU Corporate Governance Policy (Deforestation Free Value Chain Regulation, Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, Taxonomy Regulation, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive)
- EU Consumer Policy (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive Review, General Product Safety Regulation, Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition, Regulation on substantiating environmental claims using the Product/ Organisation Environmental Footprint methods, Sales of Goods Directive Revision)
- EU Digital Policy ( Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, ePrivacy, GDPR)
- Copyright & Intellectual Property (Anti-counterfeiting)
- EU Competition Policy (Territorial Supply Constraints, Horizontal & Vertical block exemption regulations)
- EU Trade Policy
- EU Tax Policy (Council Directive on Ensuring a Global Minimum Level of Taxation for Multinational Groups in the Union, Un-shell Directive, Debt-equity Bias Reduction Allowances Initiative, Proposal on Implementation of the OECD global agreement on re-allocation of taxing rights)Address
Head Office
Procter & Gamble Plaza, 1
Cincinnati OH 45202
UNITED STATESEU Office
Tesmselaan 100
Strombeek-Bever 1853
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 3 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 May 2022
Name Start date End Date Michal Apoloniusz PENKALA - NOWICKI 15 Nov 2023 14 Nov 2024 Vincent VANDEPITTE 15 Nov 2023 14 Nov 2024 Mr Michal Apoloniusz PENKALA - NOWICKI 15 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 15 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Joris Pollet 24 Mar 2023 23 Mar 2024 Mr Luca IBELLI 16 Nov 2022 16 Nov 2023 Ms Katerina KOLAITIS 11 Nov 2022 11 Nov 2023 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 11 Nov 2022 11 Nov 2023 Mr Michal Apoloniusz PENKALA - NOWICKI 09 Nov 2022 09 Nov 2023 Mr Luca IBELLI 17 Nov 2021 16 Nov 2022 Mr Michal Apoloniusz PENKALA - NOWICKI 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Mr Joris Pollet 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Mr Simon Webb 30 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2022 Mr Joris Pollet 08 Oct 2020 08 Oct 2021 Mr Simon Webb 02 Oct 2020 02 Oct 2021 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 02 Oct 2020 02 Oct 2021 Mr Luca IBELLI 02 Oct 2020 02 Oct 2021 Ms Katerina KOLAITIS 02 Oct 2020 02 Oct 2021 Mr Michal Apoloniusz PENKALA - NOWICKI 02 Oct 2020 02 Oct 2021 Mr Simon Webb 09 Oct 2019 02 Oct 2020 Mr Joris Pollet 09 Oct 2019 08 Oct 2020 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 09 Oct 2019 02 Oct 2020 Ms Katerina KOLAITIS 29 Aug 2019 29 Aug 2020 Mr Michal Apoloniusz PENKALA - NOWICKI 29 Aug 2019 29 Jul 2020 Mr Simon Webb 13 Oct 2018 09 Oct 2019 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 13 Oct 2018 09 Oct 2019 Mr Andrea De Gioia 12 Oct 2018 20 Jul 2019 Mr Joris Pollet 12 Oct 2018 09 Oct 2019 Mr Andrea De Gioia 10 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018 Mr Simon Webb 10 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018 Mr Joris Pollet 10 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 10 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018 Mr Andrea De Gioia 15 Oct 2016 10 Oct 2017 Mr Joris Pollet 15 Oct 2016 10 Oct 2017 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 15 Oct 2016 10 Oct 2017 Mr Simon Webb 14 Oct 2016 10 Oct 2017 Mr Simon Webb 04 Nov 2015 14 Oct 2016 Mr Joris Pollet 09 Oct 2015 05 Oct 2016 Mr Andrea De Gioia 01 Oct 2015 23 Sep 2016 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 01 Oct 2015 29 Sep 2016 Ms Véronique SCAILTEUR 16 Jan 2015 23 Apr 2015 Mrs Véronique SCAILTEUR 16 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015 Mr Simon Webb 18 Dec 2014 04 Nov 2015 Mr Andrea De Gioia 17 Sep 2014 15 Sep 2015 Mr Joris Pollet 17 Sep 2014 15 Sep 2015 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 02 Sep 2014 27 Aug 2015 Mr Simon Webb 21 Dec 2013 18 Dec 2014 Mrs Véronique SCAILTEUR 21 Dec 2013 20 Dec 2014 Mr Joris Pollet 07 Sep 2013 06 Sep 2014 Mr Andrea De Gioia 14 Jun 2013 11 Jun 2014 Mr Vincent Vandepitte 06 Mar 2013 02 Mar 2014 Mr Simon Webb 25 Jan 2013 19 Dec 2013 Mrs Véronique SCAILTEUR 11 Jan 2013 19 Dec 2013 Mr Andrea De Gioia 09 May 2012 17 Jun 2013 Mr Simon Webb 08 May 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Berna PASIN 16 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Véronique SCAILTEUR 16 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
P&G experts and representatives from national markets may occasionally have contacts with EU officials.
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
AIM - European Brands Association (www.aim.be/)
AESGP - European Self-Medication Industry (www.aesgp.eu)
AMCHAM EU (www.amchameu.eu)
AISE - Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products (www.aise.eu)
AECA - The American European Community Association (www.aeca.org)
APPLIA - Home Appliance Europe (https://www.applia-europe.eu/)
Business Europe (www.businesseurope.eu)
CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council (www.cefic.org)
Cosmetics Europe - European Cosmetics Association (https://www.cosmeticseurope.eu)
EDANA - The Non-wovens Association (www.edana.org)
EJF – European Justice Forum (https://europeanjusticeforum.org/)
EUROPEN - European Association for Packaging & Environment ( www.europen-packaging.eu)
Friends of Europe (www.friendsofeurope.org)
SEAP - Society of European Affairs Professionals (www.seap.be)
WFA - World Federation of Advertisers (www.wfanet.org)Member 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 2020 - Jun 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€ - 699,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant 5G-SOLUTIONS 80,657€ Grant CLUSTERS 2.0 51,305€ Grant CORPO 92,314€ Grant DAP2CHEM 14,923€ Grant FENIX 11,018€ Grant HUB'N'SPOKE 24,909€ Grant ICONET 82,176€ Grant INQBET ACCELERATOR 945,557€ Grant MIM2 36,000€ Grant MMICAS 22,329€ Grant ONTOTRANS 71,464€ Grant SAMPCAPS 117,922€ Grant SENSE 14,839€ Grant ECOCARE 178,678€ Grant FLEXFUNCTION2SUSTAIN 11,450€ Grant PIUS INNOVATIV 29,343€ Grant DIY4U 9,045€ Grant BIOCLEAN 69,777€ Grant SMARTMEM 110,520€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant FENIX 14,077€ Grant ICONET 36,970€ Grant MMICAS 22,063€ Grant ECOCARE 112,582€ Grant PIUS INNOVATIV 60,890€ Grant ARGUS 98,036€ Grant SAMCAPS 73,468€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount rud pedersen 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name rud pedersen Closed year Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Other financial info
In the section regarding the grants received in the current financial year, the data reflect only the grants received up to date when this submission is finalized.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
VAT Expert Group#E02813#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2813 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
P&G is also member of European Technology Platforms such as Alice (http://www.etp-logistics.eu); EU Robotics, (http://www.eu-robotics.net); Suschem (http://www.suschem.org); NANOfutures (http://nanofutures.info); Textile ETP (http://www.textile-platform.eu); New Plastics Economy (https://newplasticseconomy.org). P&G is also member of the Bio-Based Industries Consortium/CBE-Circular Biobased Europe (https://biconsortium.eu), Processes4Planet/SPIRE (https://www.spire2030.eu). P&G participates to EPAA: the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/epaa)”. P&G also participates in the Mission Assembly for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters (https://ec.europa.eu/info/horizon-europe-next-research-and-innovation-framework-programme/mission-area-healthy-oceans-seas-coastal-and-inland-waters_en#relatedlinks)
Meetings
Meetings
9 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 12 Jul 2022 Location video-call Subject Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2022 Location video-call Subject revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject discussion on Plastics Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
- Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject Business Europe CEO day DG Secretariat-General Attending - Alexander Italianer (Secretary-General)
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