Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management Group

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Registration as it was on 29 Aug 2024
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

25,000€ - 49,999€

Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.1 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management Group   (AFIRM Group)

    EU Transparency Register

    477838445914-27 First registered on 22 Mar 2022

    Goals / Remit

    To reduce the use and impact of harmful substances in the apparel and footwear supply chain.

    To provide a forum to advance the global management of restricted substances in apparel and footwear, communicate information about RSL to the supply chain, discuss concerns, and exchange ideas for improving RSL management.

    Main EU files targeted

    REACH Annex 17 Restriction of chemicals in products, including the EU Sensitizer Restriction Proposal, Bisphenol Restriction Proposal, and PFAS Restriction Proposal (among others)

    REACH Revision Consultation

    Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and delegated act for textiles

    Address

    Head Office
    320 Overhill Road
    Orinda, CA 94563
    UNITED STATES
    EU Office
    320 Overhill Road
    Orinda, CA 94563
    UNITED STATES

    Website

    https://afirm-group.com/

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    10%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.1

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management Group (AFIRM)
    Apparel + Footwear Quality Association (AFQA)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    25,000€ - 49,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    NameAmount
    kreab 10,000€ - 24,999€

    Intermediaries for current year

    Name
    kreab

    Closed year Costs

    25,000€ - 49,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None declared

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Green new deal

    Communication activities

    REACH Annex 17 restriction of chemicals in products: AFIRM has submitted many rounds of comments related to various proposals in the past. AFIRM has also participated in webinars for the Commission and Member State Representatives and has attended in-person workshops hosted by the Commission.

    REACH Revision Consultation: We have responded to the consultation and provided a position paper.

    We have engaged the Commission at Cabinet level as well as REACH Member State Competent Authorities regarding the EU Sensitizer Restriction Proposal. As part of this we submitted a Briefing Memo with Annex containing relevant technical details. In April 2024, AFIRM along with other industry stakeholders hosted and event with EU Commission decison-makers to discuss REACH restriction implications for circular supply chains in the apparel and footwear industry.

    AFIRM is working on comments for Commission consideration for the planned ESPR delegated act for textiles.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • 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.

    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.

    • Date 12 Oct 2022 Location Virtual
      Subject REACH restriction proposal on skin sensitisers in textiles and its implications
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
      Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
      Attending
      • Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
      • Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
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