Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,500,000€ - 1,749,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.45 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
25
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Syngenta Crop Protection AG
EU Transparency Register
16822412339-79 First registered on 25 Sep 2009
Goals / Remit
Syngenta is one of the world’s leading agriculture companies, comprised of Syngenta Crop Protection and Syngenta Seeds. Our ambition is to help safely feed the world while taking care of the planet. We aim to improve the sustainability, quality and safety of agriculture with world-class science and innovative crop solutions. Our technologies enable millions of farmers around the world to make better use of limited agricultural resources. Syngenta Crop Protection and Syngenta Seeds are part of Syngenta Group with 57,000 people in more than 100 countries working to transform how crops are grown. Through partnerships, collaboration and The Good Growth Plan, we are committed to accelerating innovation for farmers and nature, striving for carbon neutral agriculture, helping people stay safe and healthy, and partnering for impact. To learn more visit www.syngenta.com and www.goodgrowthplan.com
Main EU files targeted
Activities in the policy areas of agriculture and legislation relevant for crop protection products, biotechnology, biostimulants and seeds. Syngenta also follows policies in the area of environment, trade, development, innovation and research. These include:
- Communication COM(2019) 640 final. The European Green Deal
- Communication COM(2020) 381 final. A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
- Communication COM(2020) 380 final. EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
- Legislative framework for sustainable food systems
- Initiative on plants obtained by targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis
- Revision of the plant and forest reproductive material legislation
- Soil health – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils Communication COM(2021) 800 final. Sustainable Carbon Cycles
- Communication COM(2021) 400 final; EU Action Plan: “Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil’
- Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
- Biopesticides – approval criteria for microbial active substances
- Revision of the sustainable use of pesticides Directive
- Regulation (EC) 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin
- Proposal for a regulation. Conversion of FADN to a Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)
- Communication COM(2020) 667 final. Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. Towards a Toxic-Free Environment
- Revision of REACH Regulation to help achieve a toxic-free environment
- Measures aiming to reduce the presence in the environment of unintentionally released microplastics
- Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures
- Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investmentAddress
Head Office
Rosentalstrasse, 67
Basel CH-4058
SWITZERLANDEU Office
Avenue Louise 489
Brussels 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 3 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.45
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Jul 2024
Name Start date End Date Hannah FARMELO 11 Jan 2024 10 Jan 2025 Ian WHEALS 17 Jan 2024 16 Jan 2025 Christopher SIELER 28 Apr 2023 27 Apr 2024 Laila PINHEIRO 13 Oct 2023 11 Oct 2024 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 28 Jun 2023 28 Jun 2024 Ms Hannah Phillips 11 Jan 2024 16 Jan 2024 Hannah FARMELO 05 Jan 2023 01 Jan 2024 Ian WHEALS 05 Jan 2023 01 Jan 2024 Ms Hannah Phillips 05 Jan 2023 11 Jan 2023 Laila PINHEIRO 03 Sep 2022 01 Oct 2023 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 20 May 2022 20 May 2023 Christopher SIELER 21 Apr 2022 21 Apr 2023 Mr Mark BALL 13 May 2021 13 May 2022 Ms Miruna Marchis 13 May 2021 02 Apr 2022 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 13 May 2021 13 May 2022 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 31 Mar 2020 31 Mar 2021 Ms Miruna Marchis 22 Aug 2019 22 Aug 2020 Mr Mark BALL 26 Apr 2019 25 Apr 2020 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 16 Mar 2019 14 Mar 2020 Anastasia BAKOLA 22 Jan 2019 22 Jan 2020 Ms Miruna Marchis 19 Oct 2018 22 Aug 2019 Mr Mark BALL 27 Apr 2018 26 Apr 2019 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 10 Mar 2018 09 Mar 2019 Anastasia BAKOLA 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Ms Miruna Marchis 05 Oct 2017 04 Oct 2018 Mr Mark BALL 12 May 2017 27 Apr 2018 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 20 Mar 2017 10 Mar 2018 Anastasia BAKOLA 23 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2018 Ms Miruna Marchis 30 Sep 2016 29 Sep 2017 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 01 Apr 2016 21 Mar 2017 Ms Miruna Marchis 04 Sep 2015 02 Sep 2016 Mr Angus Kelly 04 Sep 2015 01 Apr 2016 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 11 Feb 2015 27 Jan 2016 Ms Miruna Marchis 26 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Mr Thoralf KUECHLER 28 Oct 2014 15 Jul 2015 Mr Gerard Meijerink 09 Oct 2014 06 Oct 2015 Mrs Miruna Marchis 26 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Angus Kelly 26 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Alain-Dominique QUINTART 09 Jan 2014 08 Jan 2015 Jessica BROBALD 08 Oct 2013 16 May 2014 Jessica BROBALD 09 Nov 2012 26 Sep 2013 Jessica BROBALD 27 Mar 2012 01 Nov 2012 Jessica BROBALD 27 Mar 2012 31 Oct 2012 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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Syngenta is member of the following industry associations:
- CropLife Europe
- Euroseeds
- International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA)
- European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC)
- European Association of Professional Trained Pest Managers (CEPA)
Syngenta is a member of:
- American chamber of commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU)
- EconomieSuisse
- Biocontrol Coalition (https://biocontrolcoalition.eu/members/)
Syngenta participates to following bodies:
- Transantlantic Policy Network (TPN),
- European Technology Platform (ETP) Plants for the Future
- The Glyphosate Renewal Group (GRG)
- European Regulation and Innovation Forum (ERIF).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
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,500,000€ - 1,749,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
1,500,000€ - 1,749,999€
Other financial info
The estimated costs are calculated based on the activities, including The Forum for the Future of Agriculture 2022, and the portion of working time spent by Syngenta associates on representing interests to the EU institutions in 2022, following the Transparency Register Implementation Guidelines.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
Communication activities
Forum for the Future of Agriculture:
Since 2008 Syngenta and the ELO (European Landowners' Organization) have jointly initiated the Forum for the Future of Agriculture to contribute to the debate on agriculture and the environment. The Forum is now supported by additional strategic partners from the private and NGO sectors. The forum is firmly established as the premier event where agriculture and environment meet each year attracting more than 1'000 participants from all over Europe.
To learn more visit www.forumforagriculture.com.
Good Growth Plan:
Building on the progress we made and the lessons we learned from the first Good Growth Plan, we launched a new Good Growth Plan in June 2020. This new plan puts the urgent fight against climate change and biodiversity loss at the heart of farming’s productive future and the global economic recovery.
Under the new Good Growth Plan, Syngenta makes four ambitious commitments and targets for 2025:
- To accelerate our innovation to provide solutions for farmers to make agriculture more resilient and sustainable.
- To strive for carbon neutral agriculture, while continuing our work to enhance biodiversity and soil health.
- To reinforce our existing commitment to help people stay safe and healthy in our operations and on the field.
- To achieve these commitments in partnership with others and through open dialogue about the value of agriculture innovation for farmers, nature and society.
Full details of the Good Growth Plan and our other activities can be found in our 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report (ESG Report) - https://www.syngenta.com/sites/syngenta/files/sustainability/reporting-sustainability/Syngenta-AG-ESG-Report-2022.pdf
Land and Soil Management Award:
This award has been launched in 2008 by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO), under the auspices of the European Commission (DG Environment and the Joint Research Centre) and in association with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) of Vienna, Syngenta, as well as the Centre for Soil and Environmental Sciences of the Ljubljana University. Since then, the award jury has selected outstanding achievements throughout the European Union in the field of sustainable soil and land management.
To learn more visit http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/land-and-soil-management-award
Other activities:
We engage in other global groups such as World Economic Forum, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Imagine Food Collective, who also seek dialogues with EU policy makers.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
25 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 30 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject Green engagement of Syngenta; Environmental Monitoring; Green Deal implementation; Chemical Strategy for Sustainability. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Attending - Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Workshop on the transition towards sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject To discuss the contribution of innovative plant breeding to food security and sustainability to achieve the green deal objectives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member)
- Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2022 Location BERL Subject Ukraine and Food Security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Andreas Schneider (Cabinet member)
- Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Reducing the use and risk of chemical pesticides Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2021 Location video-call Subject Discussion on investments into carbon removals with business representatives Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 09 Jul 2021 Location Video-call Subject Sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 May 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 May 2020 Location Brussels Subject European Green Deal DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 17 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable use of pesticides Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject New Techniques in Biotecnology Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Aug 2019 Location Brussels Subject The Future of EU policy on PPP and GMOs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Innovation in the field of plant protection products Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject Agri Matters Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 12 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject GMO import approvals and new breeding techniques Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Plant Breeding Innovation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable farming, plant protection products Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Approval of plant protection products Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Plant protection products Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Plant protection products Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
- Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2016 Location Brussels, BERL 08/304 Subject general AGRI business + Syngenta issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject New breeding techniques, innovation in seeds Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
- Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Glyphosate Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Maria Da Graca Carvalho (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject New College and Better Regulation DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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