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Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.35 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
14
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Cobalt Institute
EU Transparency Register
635532237570-09 First registered on 07 Mar 2020
Goals / Remit
The Cobalt Institute (CI) is a non-profit trade association composed of producers, users, recyclers, and traders of cobalt. We promote the sustainable and responsible production and use of cobalt in all its forms.
The Cobalt Institute acts as a knowledge centre for governments, agencies, industry, academia, the media and civil society on all matters concerning cobalt. The CI represents the voice of the cobalt industry on all cobalt related issues and challenges including health, safety and environment, sustainability and responsible sourcing, among others.
The Cobalt Institute also promotes co-operation between all stakeholders and provides a mechanism for the development and dissemination of independent information concerning the resources, production and uses of cobalt.Main EU files targeted
Industrial policy, innovation as well as policies and regulations in relation to:
- Environment
- Climate and energy
- Chemicals management
- Sustainable use of natural resources, raw materials, responsible sourcing
- Implementation of the European Green Deal
- Transport
- Consumer protection and product-related regulatory issues (e.g. buildings and construction, materials in contact with food and drinking water)
- Occupational health and safety
- Science-based decision making, “better regulation” initiatives (REFIT).Address
Head Office
Cobalt Institute 18 Jeffries Passage
Guildford GU1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Avenue Marnix 13/17
Brussels • 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.35
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Sarah SCHNEIDER 02 Sep 2024 01 Sep 2025 Sarah SCHNEIDER 27 Jul 2023 27 Jul 2024 Dinah MCLEOD 27 Jul 2023 27 Jul 2024 Michael BLAKENEY 27 Jul 2023 27 Jul 2024 Mr Mike BLAKENEY 27 Jul 2023 14 Nov 2023 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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Eurometaux
International Council on mining & metals (ICMM)
North American Metals Council (NAMC)
European Risk and Innovation Forum (ERIF)
CII (Cross Industry Initiative for better regulation in chemicals management)
RECHARGE
CRM Alliance
AsmorMember 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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount eu focus group 50,000€ - 99,999€ rud pedersen 25,000€ - 49,999€ flint europe 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name flint europe Closed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Raw Materials Supply Group#E01353#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1353 #Not a member #C#Industry#Working Group "Defining Critical Raw Materials"
Groups (European Parliament)
Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment
Communication activities
Please see our website www.cobaltinstitute.org
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
14 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 16 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the implementation of the Critical Raw Materials Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject EU and supply chain for cobalt Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jul 2023 Location Virtual Subject Introductory meeting with the Cobalt Institute to discuss the cobalt industry’s views on the Critical Raw Materials Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 May 2023 Location Videoconference Subject Critical Raw Materials Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 May 2023 Location Videoconference Subject will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Raw materials, chemical legislation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet member)
- Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2023 Location video conference Subject Critical Raw Materials Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Critical raw materials Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Apr 2022 Location video call Subject Responsible minerals, due diligence, forced labour Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
- Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Batteries Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Sep 2020 Location video conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject Batteries and REACH restriction on cobalt salts Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Courtesy meeting introducing Cobalt Institute and discuss future Industry policy DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Gwenole Cozigou (Acting Director-General)