Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG)
EU Transparency Register
03607212990-30 First registered on 12 Jan 2010
Goals / Remit
Smurfit Kappa strives to be a customer-oriented, market-led company where the satisfaction of customers, the personal development of employees and respect for the environment are seen as being inseparable from the aim of creating value for the shareholders.
Smurfit Kappa is a world leader in paper-based packaging. The Group operates in 23 countries in Europe and is the European leader in containerboard, solidboard, corrugated and solidboard packaging and has a key position in several other paper packaging market segments. The Group also operates in 12 countries in the Americas. Smurfit Kappa is active in the USA, Canada and 10 countries of Latin America.Main EU files targeted
SKG closely follows developments regarding the policy framework for climate and energy, the circular economy and waste and waste recovery. We have a keen interest in ETS IV, fossil CO2 emission reduction targets, legislation regarding the use of renewable energy, the Green Deal legislation, Packaging Waste directive, Single-use plastic legislation, Producer responsibility directive, etc.
We believe that European climate change policies should not be tightened in the absence of international agreements. We therefore recommend that the EU gives greater priority to improving the overall competitive situation of industry in Europe towards which lowering energy prices forms an important step. In general we favour policies that promote the circular economy concept and stimulate the recovery of waste paper. Waste paper or recovered paper as it is called in our industry is the basis raw material for our base product which is paper produced on the basis of recovered papers (fibres).Address
Head Office
Beech Hill,
Clonskeagh
Dublin 4
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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
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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Smurfit Kappa is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT).ERT is an informal forum bringing together approximately 55 chief executives and chairpersons of major multinational companies of European parentage covering a wide range of industrial and technological sectors. Companies of ERT Members are widely situated across Europe, with sales to EU customers exceeding € 1,000 billion, thereby sustaining around 6.6 million jobs in the region
Smufit Kappa is also through its operating companies a member of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI). CEPI is a Brussels-based non-profit making organisation regrouping the European pulp and paper industry and championing this industry’s achievements and the benefits of its products. Its mission is to promote the member’s business sector by taking specific actions notably, by monitoring and analyzing activities and initiatives in the areas of industry, environment, energy, forestry, recycling, fiscal policies and competitiveness in general. Our Group CEO, Tony Smurfit, is a board member of CEPI
FEFCO (European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers) represents the interests of the European
Corrugated Board Manufacturers. Headquartered in Brussels, FEFCO has 17 Association members, all
European national corrugated packaging organisations. The role of the Federation is to investigate economic, financial, technical and policy issues of interest to the corrugated packaging Industry, to analyse all factors
which may influence the industry, and to promote and develop its reputation.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
We publish annually a Sustainable Development Report (SDR) in which we discuss our progress regarding certain sustainability goals. A copy can be found on our internet page www.smurfitkappa.com
Other activities
Our main interests are to promote the business interest of Smurfit Kappa and the general interests of the paper, and paper-packaging sector by taking specific actions by monitoring and analyzing activities and initiatives in the areas of industry, environment, energy, forestry, recycling, packaging, competitiveness and fiscal policies.
- 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.
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Date 10 Jan 2023 Location virtual Subject Taxonomy, ESG ratings, CSRD Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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