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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.7 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)
EU Transparency Register
48872621093-60 First registered on 06 Feb 2009
Goals / Remit
The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) advocates for European laws that guarantee corporate accountability and transparency, and ensure justice for victims of corporate malpractice.
With 21 member groups representing over 480 organisations from 18 countries, ECCJ is the only European coalition bringing together campaigns and national platforms of NGOs, trade unions, consumer organisations and academics in order to promote corporate accountability. The coalition has been set up in 2006 and has established a coordination office in Brussels. Originally the legal entity was a foundation based in the Netherlands, but in 2018, ECCJ registered as a non-profit organisation (ASBL) under Belgian law.
We are guided by a vision of a sustainable world in which corporations’ drive for profit is balanced with the interests of society at large, and where businesses respect human, social and environmental rights.Main EU files targeted
Generally, ECCJ targets policy instruments that relate to corporate accountability, access to justice and corporate transparency.
During the new mandate of the Commission and the European Parliament, ECCJ will focus on the implementation of the review of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, the adoption of due diligence rules for the financial sector, and the development of climate due diligence standards.
ECCJ works on
DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive
Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market, COM(2022) 453
Directive as regards corporate sustainability reporting COM(2021) 189 final
Regulation on deforestation-free products, COM(2021) 706 final
EU action against abusive litigation (SLAPP) targeting journalists and rights defenders
regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending Regulation (EU)
EU action plan on human rights and democracy
Initiative on the Revision of the Union Customs CodeAddress
Head Office
Avenue des Arts, 7-8
Brussels 1210
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue des Arts, 7-8
Brussels 1210
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 25% 4 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.7
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Sabela GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA 02 Sep 2024 02 Sep 2025 Nele Meyer 26 Sep 2024 26 Sep 2025 Sabela GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA 12 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024 Virginie ROUAS 12 Sep 2023 01 Oct 2024 Marta DE VESCOVI 28 Apr 2023 27 Apr 2024 Frauke Nele MEYER 27 Apr 2023 27 Apr 2024 Christopher PATZ 12 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024 Anya VERKAMP 12 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024 Marion LUPIN 12 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024 Ms Nele MEYER 27 Apr 2023 28 Apr 2023 Ms Andriana LOREDAN 03 Feb 2023 03 Feb 2024 Ms Maria Sylvia Obregon Quiroz 13 Jan 2023 13 Jan 2024 Ms Claudia Saller 17 Sep 2022 13 Jan 2023 Marion LUPIN 06 Sep 2022 06 Sep 2023 Anya VERKAMP 03 Sep 2022 12 Sep 2023 Christopher PATZ 06 May 2022 06 May 2023 Ms Maria Sylvia Obregon Quiroz 18 Nov 2021 18 Nov 2022 Mr Alejandro GARCÍA ESTEBAN 18 Nov 2021 20 May 2022 Ms Claudia Saller 25 Feb 2020 25 Feb 2021 Ms SOFIA GUALANDI 25 Feb 2020 01 Sep 2020 Mr Alejandro GARCÍA ESTEBAN 18 Dec 2019 18 Dec 2020 Ms Bianca Colette MIZZI 17 Oct 2019 15 Feb 2020 Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 24 Sep 2019 01 Oct 2020 Christopher PATZ 06 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Ms Claudia Saller 08 Feb 2019 08 Feb 2020 Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 29 Sep 2018 24 Sep 2019 Christopher PATZ 12 Jun 2018 12 Jun 2019 Ms Claudia Saller 09 Feb 2018 07 Feb 2019 Christopher PATZ 14 Oct 2017 01 Jun 2018 Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 05 Oct 2017 23 Sep 2018 Mr Jérome Chaplier 27 Jun 2017 22 Jun 2018 Ms Sandra Juncu 27 Jun 2017 22 Jun 2018 Ms Chiara Pettinelli 22 Mar 2017 28 Jun 2017 Ms Chiara Pettinelli 15 Sep 2016 15 Mar 2017 Ms Sandra Juncu 19 Jul 2016 28 Jun 2017 Mr Jérome Chaplier 30 Jun 2016 28 Jun 2017 Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 03 Jun 2016 30 Jun 2016 Adriana ESPINOSA GONZALEZ 06 Oct 2015 02 Apr 2016 Ms Sandra Juncu 07 Jul 2015 03 Jul 2016 Mr Jérome Chaplier 22 May 2015 20 May 2016 Mr Jérome Chaplier 05 Jun 2014 22 May 2015 Ms Yolaine Delaygues 05 Jun 2014 05 Jun 2015 Mr Jérome Chaplier 18 Jun 2013 05 Jun 2014 Ms Yolaine Delaygues 18 Jun 2013 05 Jun 2014 Mr Jérome Chaplier 23 Mar 2012 02 Apr 2013 Ms Yolaine Delaygues 23 Mar 2012 02 Apr 2013 Complementary Information
The activities covered by the register are mainly conducted by the ECCJ staff based in Brussels
Our staff can be found here: https://corporatejustice.org/team/
Additionally, members of the ECCJ Board (representing 7 member organisations) may have been involved in some of the activities.
The members of the Board are:
- FIDH
- CorA.
- SOMO/MVO Platform.
- Friends of the Earth Europe.
- Corporate Justice Coalition.
- Frank Bold.
- Public EyePerson 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
- ALTER-EU (http://alter-eu.org).
- International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) (https://www.icar.ngo).Member organisations
- Netzwerk Soziale Verantwortung (NeSoVe) (Austria)
- Bulgarian Foundation for Business & Human Rights.
- CNCD-11.11.11 (Belgium).
- Frank Bold (Czech Republic).
- 92 Group Forum for Sustainable Development (Denmark).
- Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) (Europe, based in Brussels).
- Friends of the Earth Europe (Europe, based in Brussels).
- Finnwatch (Finland).
- Forum Citoyen pour la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises (France).
- CorA-Netzwerk für Unternehmensverantwortung (Germany).
- Fédération Internationale pour les Droits Humains (FIDH) (international, based in Paris).
- Trócaire (Ireland).
- Mani Tese (Italy).
- Swedwatch (Sweden).
- MVO Platform (Netherlands).
- Norwegian Forum for Development and Environment (ForUM) (Norway).
- Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business (PIHRB) (Poland).
- Observatorio de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (Spain).
- Corporate Justice Coalition (UK).
- Swiss Coalition for Corporate Justice (Switzerland).
- Initiative pour un devoir de vigilance (Luxembourg) -
Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
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
1,694,741€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Member's contributions, Public funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Laudes Fountadtion 522,432€ Contribution Wellspring 161,745€ Contribution Sigrid Rausing Trust 209,989€ Contribution Ford Foundation 88,529€ Contribution Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) 61,714€ Contribution Humanity United 120,129€ Contribution Brot für die Welt (BfdW) 47,231€ Contribution Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) 39,072€ Contribution European Climate Foundation (ECF) 14,572€ Contribution GIZ 108,958€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings
Communication activities
Meetings with Commission officials, Permanent Representations, MEPs and assistants.
Attending and speaking at events organized by national members organisations and/or co-sponsored by the European Parliament and European Commission national representations.
ECCJ publications can be found under the following link: https://corporatejustice.org/publications/
ECCJ is a member of the steering group of the Justice Is Everybody’s Business campaign, which was launched in September 2022. More information about the campaign can be found here: https://justice-business.org/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
19 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 14 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2022 Location Brussels (ZOOM) Subject Commission proposal on Sustainable Corporate Governance, looking specifically at issues of corporate liability Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2022 Location video-call Subject Sustainable corporate governance and due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2021 Location Video conference Subject Due diligence and forced labour Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance, Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Sibylle Bikar (Cabinet member)
- Kyriacos Charalambous (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
- Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance and mandatory due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 May 2021 Location video-conference Subject Due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Charmaine Hili (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject EU Sustainable Corporate Governance & Corporate Due Diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject corporate due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
- Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2021 Location Video conference Subject Substainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Jan 2021 Location Video conference Subject Substainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Dec 2020 Location video conference Subject Substainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jun 2020 Location Video-conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Human rights and business DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Tiina Astola (Director-General)