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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: Sep 2023 - Aug 2024
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.25 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
16
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)
EU Transparency Register
206816021848-17 First registered on 19 May 2016
Goals / Remit
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a charity with the mission to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. The Charity’s communication efforts and insight and analysis are applied across four key areas:
● Business
● Systemic Initiatives
● Institutions, Governments & Cities
● Learning
The Charity aims to have inspired global action at scale and to have created unstoppable momentum towards a circular economy: an economy based on the principles of designing out pollution and waste, keeping products and materials in use and regenerating natural systems. It is an economy that is regenerative by design, distributed, diverse, inclusive and underpinned by renewable materials and renewable energy.Main EU files targeted
As a NGO regulated by the UK charity commission, the Foundation does not represent sectorial or industrial interests, and interacts with EU institutions as provider of economic analysis, case studies and insights on the specific topic of circular economy - for which the Foundation is the globally leading reference point. In the context of the EU's Circular Economy Action Plan from March 2020, the Foundation regularly meets with various DG's of the European Commission, and participates in discussions and events organised by the European Parliament. In 2024, the Foundation plans to engage on a few key EU policy initiatives including the EU Textile Strategy, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, and the revision of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. The Foundation also supports the Global Alliance on Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy (GACERE) which was initiated by the European Commission, UNEP and UNIDO in February 2021.
Address
Head Office
The Sail Loft42 Medina Road
Cowes PO31 7BX
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Rue d'Arlon 25c/o Topos Parliament
Ixelles 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Matteo Magnani 14 Nov 2024 14 Nov 2025 Jocelyn Bleriot 14 Nov 2024 14 Nov 2025 Eline BOON 14 Nov 2024 14 Nov 2025 Bahar KOYUNCU 29 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Valerie BOITEN 05 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024 Eline BOON 16 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Jocelyn BLÉRIOT 29 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Carsten WACHHOLZ 29 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Ambrogio MISEROCCHI 29 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Ambrogio MISEROCCHI 14 Jul 2022 13 Jul 2023 Ms Valerie Julie BOITEN 14 Jul 2022 13 Jul 2023 Jocelyn BLÉRIOT 14 Jul 2022 13 Jul 2023 Carsten WACHHOLZ 25 May 2022 25 May 2023 Complementary Information
0.25 FTE Executive Lead
1 FTE Senior Research Analyst
1 FTE Senior Policy Manager
2 FTE Senior Policy Officers (for Plastics and for Fashion)Person in charge of EU relations
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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
Partnerships
- International Resource Panel at UNEP
- Latin America and the Caribbean Circular Economy Coalition
- African Circular Economy Alliance
- Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE)
- Globe EU
Advisory roles outside EU
- First Minister’s Environmental Council (UK/Scotland)
- Stakeholder Advisory Group on Env bill and CE working group (UK/England - Defra)
- China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (SPS green value chains programme)
- Canadian Council of Academies
Advisory roles - Policy orgs
- IEEP CE and Trade report phase2
- Chatham House including CE and trade working group
Advisory roles - cities
- One World Living, Reducing London's Consumption Emissions - Steering Group
- ICLEI Europe Circular Cities Declaration
- Canadian Circular Cities & Regions Initiative
- Circular City Innovation Challenge
- Danish Circular Cities
Other collaborations and contributions
- UNEP (New Plastics Economy Global Commitment)
- UNECE (69th Commission, as invited CE expert)
- OECD (Environmental Policy Committee)
- WTO - Informal Dialogue on Plastics
- ICLEI, Circle Economy, Metabolic and Ellen MacArthur Foundation Circle Lab for CitiesMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Sep 2023 - Aug 2024
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
24,695,861€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Member's contributions
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution The Schmidt Family Foundation 4,874,485€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings
Communication activities
The Foundation has recently produced and published a number of relevant pieces of research:
Jan 2016 - The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics
Mar 2017 - Urban BioCycles
Aug 2017 - Cities in the Circular Economy
Nov 2017 - A New Textiles Economy - Redesigning fashion's future
Dec 2017 - The New Plastics Economy - Rethinking the future of plastics and Catalysing Action in french
Apr 2018 - UK Plastics Pact
May 2018 - Make Fashion Circular launch
June 2018 - New Plastics Economy Global Commitment
Sept 2018 - Snapshot report of circular economy learning offerings available in higher education institutions globally
Sept 2018 - The Circular Economy Opportunity for Urban and Industrial Innovation in China
Oct 2018 - NPEC Global Commitment: a common vision for circular economy for plastics (packaging)
Jan 2019 - Circular Economy for Food in Cities
Jan 2019 - Initial exploration of how artificial intelligence could accelerate the transition to a circular economy
Feb 2019 - Launch of French National Plastics Pact
March 2019 - online suite of resources, Circular Economy in Cities, a reference point for urban policymakers
March 2019 - First Global Commitment report detailing details of industry and government efforts to tackle plastic waste and pollution.
April 2019 - Launch of Chilean National Plastics Pact
June 2019 - Second Global Commitment report showing commitments of key consumer goods companies and retailers to increase recycled content in their plastic packaging to an average of 25% by 2025
June 2019 - Launch of Food Initiative
Sept 2019 - Paper: Completing the Picture: How the Circular Economy Tackles Climate Change
Sept 2019 - Launch of Finance Initiative
Oct 2019 - Global Commitment progress report
2020: Further National Plastics Pacts in South Africa, Netherlands and Portugal and first regional Plastics Pact in Europe.
2020: Launch of Circulytics, a freely-available digital measuring tool which gives companies a fully comprehensive picture of their circularity across all operations.
September 2020: Financing the circular economy
October 2020: The circular economy: a transformative Covid-19 recovery strategy
February 2021: Universal circular economy policy goals
February 2021: A low carbon and circular economy for Europe (together with IEEP as part of the Think2030 policy paper series)
August 2021: A new UN treaty to address plastic pollution supporting the transition to a circular economy for plastics
September 2021: The Nature Imperative: How the circular economy tackles biodiversity loss
September 2021: The big food redesign
November 2021: Circular business models - Redefining growth for a thriving fashion industry
July 2022: Building a circular economy for textiles supported by common rules on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the EU - Recommendations and open questions for the upcoming revision of the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD)
September 2023: Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Unlocking a reuse revolution: scaling returnable packaging.
June 2024 - Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Pushing the boundaries of EPR policy for textiles
July 2024 - Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Building Prosperity, Unlocking the potential of a nature-positive circular economy for Europe.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
16 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 09 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Circular economy and climate action Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jun 2023 Location video-call Subject Implementation of the Green Deal, in particular its circular economy and biodiversity pillars Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of the European Green Deal and priorities of the Foundation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Oct 2022 Location Berlaymont Subject To exchange on the commitments of the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, including sustainability and information requirements for textiles, tackling green-washing and promoting circular business models Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2022 Location virtual Subject To discuss key challenges and opportunities for business in the context of the green transition to more sustainable and circular textiles Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject implementation of the EU circular economy action plan Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on circular economy 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 21 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject discussion on circular economy 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 16 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject discussion on circular economy policies 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 02 Apr 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
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Date 22 Feb 2018 Location Bruxelles Subject Circular Economy DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 25 Jan 2018 Location Davos Subject Circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 08 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, BERL Subject Discussion on a circular economy for 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 06 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, BERL Subject Meeting on a circular economy for 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 22 Jun 2017 Location Brussel Subject 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 02 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject The Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation report's : "The New Plastics Economy", Circular Economy DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)