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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.5 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
8
High-level Commission meetings
27
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Zero Waste Europe (ZWE)
EU Transparency Register
47806848200-34 First registered on 29 Feb 2012
Goals / Remit
Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) is the European network of communities, local leaders, experts, and change agents working towards the prevention and elimination of waste in our society. We advocate for sustainable systems; for the redesign of our relationship with resources; and for a global shift towards environmental justice, accelerating a just transition towards zero waste for the benefit of people and the planet.
ZWE is participating in the international organisation Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA).Main EU files targeted
Our work at the EU level focuses on making the bridge between zero waste practices at the local level and its transposition to EU wide legislation. We foster the transition to a zero waste Europe by creating the enabling conditions in terms of policy; regulations; financial drivers; implementing zero waste solutions on the ground; and organising and mobilising other groups inside and outside the organisation, initiating coalitions to further promote our narrative.
ZWE is involved in the transposition of waste directives, including waste package (waste framework directive, the Landfill directive, ecodesign) and single-use plastics legislation (such as the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and the Sustainable Products initiative) but also product, energy and toxics & health policies (FCM regulation, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability). ZWE is also working on climate policies such as EU 2050 climate strategy, Renewable Energy Directive, EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomies. ZWE works on other issues as a member of the international network GAIA but these activities don't fall under the register.Address
Head Office
Delftlaan 189
Haarlem 2023LG
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Rue du Commerce 31
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 50% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
8 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Theresa MÖRSEN 13 May 2023 10 May 2024 Ioana POPESCU 24 Oct 2023 23 Oct 2024 Aline MAIGRET 06 Sep 2023 05 Sep 2024 Lauriane VEILLARD 12 May 2023 10 May 2024 Dorota NAPIERSKA 13 May 2023 10 May 2024 Justine MAILLOT 21 Oct 2023 20 Oct 2024 Larissa COPELLO DE SOUZA 27 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Janek Vahk 06 Feb 2024 05 Feb 2025 Mr Janek Vahk 06 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Larissa COPELLO DE SOUZA 27 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Ioana POPESCU 24 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Justine Maillot 21 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Raphaelle CATTÉ 19 Sep 2023 11 Mar 2024 Ms Aline Maigret 06 Sep 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Theresa MÖRSEN 13 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Dorota NAPIERSKA 13 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Lauriane VEILLARD 12 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Joan Marc SIMON 14 Feb 2023 15 Feb 2024 Mr Janek Vahk 19 Jan 2023 19 Jan 2024 Ms Larissa COPELLO DE SOUZA 30 Jun 2022 30 Jun 2023 Ms Emily BEST 22 Jun 2022 21 Jan 2023 Ms Theresa MÖRSEN 04 Jun 2022 13 May 2023 Ms Lauriane VEILLARD 26 May 2022 12 May 2023 Ms Dorota NAPIERSKA 25 May 2022 13 May 2023 Mr Janek Vahk 06 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Ms Larissa COPELLO DE SOUZA 04 Feb 2020 04 Feb 2021 Mr Pierre CONDAMINE 29 Jan 2020 29 Jan 2021 Ms Justine Maillot 08 Aug 2019 08 Aug 2020 Mr Janek Vahk 02 Feb 2019 06 Feb 2020 Ms Larissa COPELLO DE SOUZA 14 Nov 2018 14 Nov 2019 Ms Roberta Arbinolo 14 Nov 2018 14 Nov 2019 Mr Pierre CONDAMINE 14 Nov 2018 14 Nov 2019 Mr Ferran Rosa Gaspar 22 Jun 2018 14 Nov 2018 Ms Ariadna JANARIZ RODRIGO 24 Feb 2018 11 Oct 2018 Mr Janek Vahk 09 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Ms Delphine Lévi Alvarès 27 Apr 2017 26 Apr 2018 Mr Ferran Rosa Gaspar 25 Apr 2017 20 Apr 2018 Mr Janek Vahk 02 Feb 2017 01 Feb 2018 Mr Ferran Rosa Gaspar 05 May 2016 26 Apr 2017 Ms Delphine Lévi Alvarès 06 Apr 2016 05 Apr 2017 Mr Ferran Rosa Gaspar 20 May 2015 05 May 2016 Complementary Information
In 2023 we had 10 staff working on EU policy (including colleagues part of coalitions such as Break Free From Plastic Europe and Rethink Plastic Alliance). Overall the ZWE only staff includes a total of 23 employees.
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
ZWE is part of:
- GAIA international: https://www.no-burn.org/who-we-are/
- ECOS: https://ecostandard.org/member/zero-waste-europe/
- ZWIA: https://zwia.org/zero-waste-organizations/
- IPEN: https://ipen.org/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
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
3,847,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, EU funding, Grants, Member's contributions
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Adessium Foundation 100,000€ Contribution Break Free From Plastic 150,000€ Contribution European Climate Foundation (ECF) 33,000€ Contribution GAIA 19,000€ Contribution Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation (KGJF) 261,000€ Contribution LIFE programme 450,000€ Contribution MAVA Foundation pour la Nature 320,000€ Contribution Membership fees 10,100€ Contribution Other foundation grants (summed together) 290,000€ Contribution Plastic Solutions Fund 231,900€ Contribution Study tours 12,615€ Grant LIFE Programme 450,000€ Other financial info
Zero Waste Europe's income also comes from Donations (2 449.81€), Membership fees (10 100€), Event participation incl. speaker fees (4 122.46€), events organized by ZWE (study tours 12 615€).
More info on our funding here: https://zerowasteeurope.eu/about/our-funding/
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
2023 presented our Communications Team with a multitude of challenges and opportunities. Despite navigating significant shifts in the digital sphere and grappling with the polarisation of audiences, we are proud to announce that we achieved the majority of our key performance indicators (KPIs) for the year.
In 2023, ZWE released:
- 9 reports (Beyond Circular Fashion, The True Toxic Toll, Reimagining the Waste Framework Directive)
- 4 policy briefings (Mixed Waste Sorting to meet the EU's Circular Economy Objectives, Food Packaging: safety first, A Zero Waste Vision for Fashion)
- 32 blog posts
- 29 press releases
- 3 factsheets
- 5 policy papers (Reinventing glass, Policy recommendations for viable reuse packaging systems, etc.)
In 2023 we continued to publish one issue of the ZWE newsletter and one issue of the ZWC newsletter per month, with the exception of August due to the default holiday break month in Brussels and most of Europe. Continuing the revamp of 2022, our templates ensure our newsletters are shorter in length and easier to digest in content.
ZWE newsletters archive: https://zerowasteeurope.eu/resources/newsletter/
Impact was also reached through our major campaigns: Q1 - Textiles (Beyond Circular Fashion), Q2-Q3-Q4 - Packaging reuse. The Q1 campaign focused on textiles, in line with our efforts to relaunch our activities on sustainable textile business models. For the remainder of the year, and recognising the significance of the Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) negotiations and of the Global Plastics Treaty (GPT) negotiations for the future of the circular economy and zero waste, our campaign efforts focused on packaging reuse efforts.
Part of our movement-building pillar, the ZWE Changemakers campaign has been bringing our members and their national/local achievements closer to our audiences. As an extension, we initiated the #MeetThe Team campaign, where the focus is to highlight the behind doors work done by our team.
In 2023 we had 2,193 press mentions (a 27% increase from 2022 [472 more mentions]), we have also increased our qualitative media outreach by being featured in several worldwide- and nationally-read titles (in addition to our usual regular presence in pan-EU media) including:
BBC radio, New York Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, Marca, Daily Mail, Medium, Yahoo, La Nazione, Euronews, Delfi, Suddeutsche Zeitung, ANSA, Clarin, NDR, Norddeustcher Rundfunk, Der Standard, News18, Huffington Post, RTBF, Italy24, La Vanguardia, Adnkronos.
During 2023 we hosted 8 webinars on several key ZWE working topics - from circular fashion, safe food packaging to bio-waste collection. More info here: https://zerowasteeurope.eu/resources/events/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
27 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 02 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Circular economy and plastics, in particular proposal for the Packaging and packaging Waste Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2022 Location video-call Subject Circular economy and non-toxic plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Circular economy and non-toxic plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2022 Location video-call Subject Delivering on circular economy and moving to reuse solutions Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 26 Jan 2022 Location virtual Subject To discuss opportunities for a swift and effective transition to reuse and practical steps to achieve it, as well as EU initiatives on packaging and sustainable products. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Dec 2021 Location Bruxelles Subject VTC meeting on Circular economy and non-toxic plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2021 Location video-call Subject Circular economy and promotion of reuse Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location video-call Subject Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Virtual Subject Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2021 Location video-call Subject Implementation of the EU Plastics Strategy and single use plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2021 Location Virtual Subject Implementation of the EU Plastics Strategy and single use plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2020 Location video-call Subject circular plastics economy and single-use plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Aug 2020 Location VC Subject Circular economy, reuse and single-use plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject European Green Deal, new circular economy action plan and the circular plastics economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 06 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject discussion on sustainability and plastics Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject discussion on Plastics Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject discussion on the implementation of the Plastic Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject misalignment between JASPERS-financed projects in some central/eastern Europe MS and COM policy orientations in the waste management Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 May 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Plastics Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Single use plastic Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject discussion on single-use plastics legislation Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views regarding strategy on plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
- Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on EU Plastics Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 26 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Plastic strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Package, international and european cooperation DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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