World Business Council for Sustainable Development

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The following entries are flagged as duplicates of this organisation: 074000219282-17 255062911996-61

Overview

Lobbying Costs

800,000€ - 899,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

6 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

3

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    World Business Council for Sustainable Development   (WBCSD)

    EU Transparency Register

    979997228097-02 First registered on 25 Aug 2017

    Goals / Remit

    WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. We help make our member companies more successful and sustainable by
    focusing on the maximum positive impact for shareholders, the environment and societies.

    Our member companies come from all business sectors and all major economies, representing a combined revenue of more than $8.5 trillion and 19 million employees. Our Global Network of almost 70 national business councils gives our members unparalleled
    reach across the globe. WBCSD is uniquely positioned to work with member companies along and across value chains to deliver impactful business solutions to the most
    challenging sustainability issues.

    Together, we are the leading voice of business for sustainability: united by our vision of a world where more than nine billion people are all living well and within the boundaries of our planet, by 2050.

    Main EU files targeted

    Policies encouraging sustainable practices by the corporate sector, in particular around climate change and the implementation of the SDGs, including Circular Economy, Climate Change (science based targets), Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Cities, Transport (Sustainable Mobility), Water, Food and Land Use, biodiversity. Also public / private sector partnerships to address these issues.

    Address

    Head Office
    Avenue du Bouchet 2bis
    Geneva 1209
    SWITZERLAND
    EU Office
    Avenue du Bouchet 2bis
    Geneva 1209
    SWITZERLAND

    Website

    http://www.wbcsd.org

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%6

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    6

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    There are 6 full time space working within the Policy, Advocacy and Member Mobilization team at WBCSD. The team operates at the cross section between business, multilateral institutions, and partner organizations to influence the global policy agenda with progressive advocacy and strategy work

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    We have a global network of more than 60 affiliated business organizations. More information on these is located here:
    http://www.wbcsd.org/Overview/Global-Network

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    800,000€ - 899,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Grant Agreement number: 821303 — EU-VNP-Net — H2020-SC5-2018-2019-2020/H2020-SC5-2018-1 4,459€
    Grant Project 101060320 SUSTAIN 240,893€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    800,000€ - 899,999€

    Other financial info

    Information up to date for 2022.
    Awaiting final information for 2023 figures.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    We have multiple publications available on our website. Specific to the areas engaged with in the EU, we have the following activities and publications available:

    Climate Action: https://www.wbcsd.org/Imperatives/Climate-Action
    Equity Action - https://www.wbcsd.org/Imperatives/Equity-Action
    Nature Action - https://www.wbcsd.org/Imperatives/Nature-Action
    Built Environment - https://www.wbcsd.org/Pathways/Built-Environment
    Energy- https://www.wbcsd.org/Pathways/Energy
    Food & Agriculture - https://www.wbcsd.org/Pathways/Food-Agriculture
    Health and Wellbeing - https://www.wbcsd.org/Pathways/Health-and-Wellbeing
    Products and Materials - https://www.wbcsd.org/Pathways/Products-and-Materials
    Transport & Mobility: https://www.wbcsd.org/Pathways/Transport-Mobility

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    3 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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