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: Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.05 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Shift Project Limited (Shift)
EU Transparency Register
017407241307-21 First registered on 26 Feb 2021
Goals / Remit
Shift is the leading center of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Shift’s global team of experts works across all continents and sectors to challenge assumptions, push boundaries, and redefine corporate practice, in order to build a world where business gets done with respect for people’s dignity. Shift is a non-profit, mission-driven organization, headquartered in New York City.
Main EU files targeted
-Directive (EU) 2024/1760 on corporate sustainability due diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859
-Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive 2006/43/EC and Directive 2013/34/EU, as regards corporate sustainability reporting
-Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
COM/2022/453 final
-Directive (EU) 2019/2088 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 November 2019 on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector
-Proposal for a Regulation of the European Regulation and the Council on the transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088Address
Head Office
462 Seventh AveFloor 6
New York 10018
UNITED STATESEU Office
462 Seventh AveFloor 6
New York 10018
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 25% 2 10% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.05
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 Sep 2024
Name Start date End Date Ruben Zandvliet 15 Apr 2024 15 Apr 2026 Rachel Davis 15 Apr 2024 15 Apr 2026 Rachel Davis 03 Feb 2023 03 Feb 2024 Ruben Zandvliet 02 Feb 2023 02 Feb 2024 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
-Member, AIM-Progress Advisory Board; https://aim-progress.com/about-us#governance
-Member, Alliance for Corporate Transparency; https://www.allianceforcorporatetransparency.org/
-Member, Business Commission to Tackle Inequality; https://tacklinginequality.org/our-commissioners/
-Member, Capitals Coalition Board; https://capitalscoalition.org/the-coalition/the-board/
-Member, EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board; https://www.efrag.org/en/about-us/governance/efrag-sustainability-reporting-board
-Member, Investor Alliance for Human Rights (IAHR) Advisory Council; https://investorsforhumanrights.org/advisory-council
-Member, Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) Working Group; https://www.tisfd.org/members
-‘Ally’, World Benchmarking Alliance; https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/wba-allies/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jul 2022 - Jun 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
2,418,259€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Other
Funding types "other" information
Shift’s funding sources were as follows: Program service fees from individual engagements linked to Shift's nonprofit mission: 60.6%; private philanthropic grants (one meets 10% threshold, as disclosed below): 24.3%; government grants: 12.6%; other: 2.5%. Additional detail available at https://shiftproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shift-Project-2023-Audited-Financial-Statements.pdf
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Laudes Foundations 379,012€ Other financial info
N/A
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
On all legislative files: various written outputs available on https://shiftproject.org/what-we-do/standards/
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive:
-Meeting with Commissioner for Justice on 4 Feb 2021, together with Shift's Board Chair and author of the UN Guiding Principles
-Submission to DG JUST consultation
-Meetings with European Commission staff members (DG JUST, GROW, TRADE, INTPA, NEAR, EEAS)
-Engagement with EU Member States on results of project with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on effective enforcement of mandatory due diligence measures
-Regular engagement with EU Member States including at Permanent Representations,
-Regular engagement with (offices of) MEPs from Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and others involved with the CS3D, various presentations to EU Parliament RBC Working Group on Shift's analysis and participation in Parliament public events.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive:
-Submission to public consultation on non-financial reporting by large companies
-Participation in EFRAG Project Taskforce report
-Participation in EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board and the Financial Sector Advisory Panel
-Meetings with DG FISMA in support of Shift's role in EFRAG SRB
Forced Labour Regulation:
-Engagement with EU Member States
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation:
-Participation in SFDR Consultation 2023
ESG Ratings Regulation:
-Engagement with staff S&D GroupOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 06 Sep 2022 Location videoconference Subject Will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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