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)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Rainforest Alliance (RA)
EU Transparency Register
60554685648-73 First registered on 13 Apr 2011
Goals / Remit
The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organization working in more than 60 countries at the intersection of business, agriculture and forests. The organization aims to create a better future for people and nature by making responsible business the new normal. By bringing farmers, forest communities, companies and consumers together it addresses some of the most pressing social and environmental challenges of today. The organization changes the way the world produces, sources and consumes, with a focus on cocoa, coffee, tea, bananas, forest products and palm oil through its certification program, tailored supply chain services, landscape and community work and advocacy. In 2018, seven million hectares of land are under Rainforest Alliance or UTZ agricultural certification and more than 2 million certified farmers are certified with one of these two standards, which are designed to improve economic, environmental and social sustainability.
Main EU files targeted
The Rainforest Alliance follows the policy areas of agriculture, food labeling, public procurement, sustainable development, human rights and related subjects. Key EU policies include: the EU regulation on deforestation, the Corporate sustainability due diligence directive and green claims.
Address
Head Office
De Ruyterkade, 6 bg
Amsterdam 1013 AA
NETHERLANDSEU Office
De Ruyterkade, 6 bg
Amsterdam 1013 AA
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Jul 2024
Name Start date End Date Fanny GAUTTIER 21 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024 Fanny GAUTTIER 02 Jul 2022 01 Jul 2023 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
The Rainforest Alliance is a full member of the ISEAL Alliance, an international non-profit membership organisation that codifies best practices for the design and implementation of international, voluntary social and environmental standards systems.
The Rainforest Alliance is taking part in several sustainable cocoa initiatives at the national level, and participates in the EU cocoa coalition, a coalition gathering cocoa stakeholders willing to take ambitious positions on key EU policies.
Lastly, the Rainforest Alliance is part of the steering committee of the Accountability Framework Initiative, which is a coalition of NGOs to support companies in how to operationalize supply chain sustainability commitments along with a common approach to monitoring, verifying and reporting on the progress and outcomes.Member organisations
Through our certification programs, we work with all actors in the supply chain, from smallholder farmers to traders, to global manufactures, retailers and to consumers. These are not members that we represent, but participants in our certification program. This concerns over 5000 companies worldwide and more than 2 million farmers.
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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
42,016,106€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Annemieke Wijn 20,000€ Contribution Lavazza 22,000€ Contribution DEFRA 469,072€ Contribution GIZ 83,355€ Contribution RVO 971,514€ Contribution IKEA 1,294,746€ Contribution FVO 51,525€ Other financial info
Public grants used on specific projects which are not linked to operating costs and do not finance EU advocacy work
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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#Other
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Position papers on the proposed EU deforestation-free products regulation: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/our-response-to-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products/ and https://www.fern.org/fileadmin/uploads/fern/Documents/2022/Including_smallholders_in_the_EU_regulation_on_deforestation-free_products-FINAL.pdf
Position papers on the proposed EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/position-of-the-rainforest-alliance-on-the-proposal-for-an-eu-directive-on-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence/ and https://fairtrade-advocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/final.pdf
Position paper on Banning the EU Export of Hazardous Pesticides: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/banning-the-eu-export-of-hazardous-pesticides/#:~:text=The%20Rainforest%20Alliance%20calls%20on,sustainable%20and%20regenerative%20agricultural%20practices.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.
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 09 Jan 2023 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the commitment in Chemicals Strategy to ban the export of hazardous chemicals Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject Forestry and deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
- Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative - inclusion of smallholder farmers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member)
- Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject the forthcoming proposal on deforestation-free regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location Virtual Subject The value of certification in due diligence systems Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location video-call Subject The value of certification in due diligence systems’ Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists