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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP)
EU Transparency Register
888745515605-77 First registered on 15 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) is a certification scheme designed for (solid) woody biomass used in industrial, large-scale energy production. SBP's purpose is to facilitate the economically, environmentally and socially responsible use of biomass enabling climate goals to be met.
Main EU files targeted
The Sustainable Biomass Program aims to inform EU stakeholders about its activities, support the work of European policy makers and regulators in integrating (solid) woody biomass use for large-scale energy production into low carbon energy policy, and provide a tool for European utilities using biomass for energy production to demonstrate compliance with regulatory, including sustainability, requirements.
The most relevant EU initiatives of interest to the SBP are
- REDII review
- Forest Strategy
- LULUCF Regulation
- Deforestation and Forest Degradation Regulation
- JRC Biomass Study
- Taxonomy Regulation
- Biodiversity StrategyAddress
Head Office
c/o PKF Littlejohn 15 Westferry Circus Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
c/o PKF Littlejohn 15 Westferry Circus Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
ISEAL Community Member
Bioenergy Europe
Wood Pellet Association of Canada
United States Industrial Pellet AssociationMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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
2,256,808€
Major funding types in closed year
Other
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 11 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Biomass Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Commission - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Biomass Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Commission - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Sustainability of biomass Commission - Jos Delbeke (Director-General)
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Date 08 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject dialogue with the Commission on how biomass can contribute to the ambitious CO2 and renewables targets laid out in the Energy Union plan Commission - Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (Director-General)
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Date 02 Jul 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Biomass Commission - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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