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)
4.9 Fte (15)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
EU Transparency Register
03960197927-62 First registered on 07 Feb 2012
Goals / Remit
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) investigates and campaigns against environmental crime and abuse.
Our undercover investigations expose transnational wildlife crime, with a focus on elephants and tigers and forest crimes such as illegal logging and deforestation for cash crops such as palm oil. We work to safeguard global marine ecosystems by addressing the threats posed by plastic pollution, bycatch and commercial exploitation of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Finally, we reduce the impact of climate change by campaigning to eliminate powerful refrigerant greenhouse gases, exposing related illicit trade and improving energy efficiency in the cooling sector. We use our findings in hard-hitting reports to campaign for new legislation, improved governance and more effective enforcement.
Our field experience is used to provide guidance to enforcement agencies and we form partnerships with local groups and activists and support their work through hands-on training.Main EU files targeted
Circular economy package and Plastic Strategy, Directive on Single Use Plastics, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Ports Reception Facilities Directive, Regulation on the conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems, EU Timber Regulation, FLEGT, refit Habitats Directive, EU Action Plan for Deforestation, EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking, EU continent wide strategic approaches for wildlife conservation and EU internal security strategy, EU Directive on protection of the environment through criminal law, regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases. regulation on methane. EU Waste Shipment Regulation, EU Methane Regulation, EU Deforestation Regulation
Address
Head Office
Upper Street, 62-63
London N1 0NY
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Upper Street, 62-63
London N1 0NY
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
15
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 7 25% 4 10% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.9
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Timothy Grabiel 24 Aug 2022 24 Aug 2023 Tim Grabiel 29 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021 Mr Timothy Grabiel 19 May 2018 18 May 2019 Ms Tanya Roberts Davis 27 Jun 2017 16 Jun 2018 Mr Timothy Grabiel 12 May 2017 11 May 2018 Ms Clare Perry 28 Apr 2016 28 Apr 2017 Ms Sarah Baulch 28 Apr 2016 28 Apr 2017 Tim Grabiel 28 Apr 2016 28 Apr 2017 Mr Joel Atherton 23 Apr 2013 18 Apr 2014 Ms Natasha Hurley 18 Apr 2013 17 Apr 2014 Mr Timothy Grabiel 29 Mar 2013 28 Mar 2014 Ms Clare Perry 27 Feb 2013 22 Feb 2014 Ms Fionnuala walravens 27 Oct 2012 02 Apr 2013 Ms Natasha Hurley 14 Apr 2012 02 Apr 2013 Mr Timothy Grabiel 05 Apr 2012 29 Mar 2013 Mr Alasdair Cameron 04 Apr 2012 02 Apr 2013 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
EIA is a member of the Species Survival Network (SSN), UK LINK whales and marine groups, CAN-Europe, Ecosystems Climate Alliance, the Forest Legality Alliance, EEB Waste Working Group, Seas at Risk and a number of marine litter coalitions.
There are too many informal NGO relationships to detail, but EIA works or has worked in close proximity with many environmental charities.Member organisations
Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, Forest Movement Europe (FME)
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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
6,143,037€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Donations, Public financing
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #Member #C#Civil society#Consultation Forum according to Art. 23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases#X03338#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3338 #Member #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#Anti-corruption#Biodiversity, hunting, countryside
Communication activities
Implementation of F-Gas Regulation, EU Plastic Strategy, Directive on Single Use Plastics, EU Timber Regulation, EU position related to International Whaling Commission (IWC) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora (CITES), EU Deforestation Regulation, EU Environmental Crime Regulation, EU Methane Regulation
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
12 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 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2021 Location Virtual Subject Discussion about Commission's legislative proposal on deforestation and forest degradation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2021 Location video-confernece Subject Deforestation 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 30 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject upcoming regulation on deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2021 Location video phone call Subject Deforestation and forest degradation. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Sep 2020 Location Video call Subject The Green Deal implemetation with view to external relations Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
- Damyana Stoynova (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 03 Jul 2019 Location Brusels Subject discussion on EU action on fighting deforestation 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 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 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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