Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000,000€ +
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (GAR)
EU Transparency Register
542373727099-18 First registered on 08 May 2017
Goals / Remit
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (GAR) as a leading global agribusiness and the second largest palm oil producer in the world seeks to educate and inform different stakeholders in the European Union of the efforts underway to achieve long-term sustainable palm oil production for the benefit of humankind in a variety of uses - food, fuel, feed and oleochemicals. Through our GAR Social and Environmental Policy we have been a leader in the drive for greater sustainability in the palm oil sector, voluntarily stopping new development in our estates, setting aside 72,000ha an area the size of Singapore for forest conservation, and working with communities to prevent fires and improve livelihoods. The European Union has long been a driver of global sustainability standards and practice and this is true in palm oil where demand for sustainably produced vegetable oil has helped companies like GAR move its supply chain towards more responsible practices.
Main EU files targeted
Renewable Energy Directive II - the future role of palm oil and its derivatives in helping the EU achieve rapid decarbonisation of transport fuels, including in the heavy transport, shipping and aviation sectors where biofuels will still have a role to play. DG Environment reports on how the EU can play a role in halting global deforestation by supporting sustainable agriculture practices in a range of commodities including palm oil. Other areas of interest: health, food safety and labelling; trade relations with specific reference to the relationship between Indonesia and the EU.
Address
Head Office
Golden Agri-Resources 108 Pasir Panjang Road #06-00 Golden Agri Plaza
Singapore 118535
SINGAPOREEU Office
Princenhof Park 22 3972 NG Driebergen-Rijsenburg
Netherlands
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
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 Petrus VAN DIJK 05 Sep 2017 01 Sep 2018 Complementary Information
As head of the GAR Policy and Advocacy Mr Ian Suwarganda leads our outreach programme with various stakeholders in the EU including members of the European Union institutions. He is based in our Netherlands office. He is supported by Ms Gisela Putri as required.
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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Global Agribusiness Alliance https://globalagribusinessalliance.com/
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil https://rspo.org/
International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) https://www.iscc-system.org/
Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO)
Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) https://www.tropicalforestalliance.org/
High Conservation Value Resource Network (HCVRN) https://hcvnetwork.org/
AVPN https://avpn.asia/
High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA) https://highcarbonstock.org/Member 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 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
10,000,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
Communication activities
Publications: Annual Report (April); Sustainability Report (June)
GAR's latest Annual Report: https://www.goldenagri.com.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GAR-AR-2020.pdf
GAR's latest Sustainability Report: https://www.goldenagri.com.sg/sustainability/sustainability-report/
Disclosures: RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (see RSPO website); ZSL SPOTT (https://www.spott.org/); CDP in Forests and Climate;
GAR joined the Sustainable Palm Oil Choice https://www.sustainablepalmoilchoice.eu/
Please refer to the GAR website for other publications: https://goldenagri.com.sg/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 30 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Biodiversity and Deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Sebastien Paquot (Cabinet member)
- Andrew Bianco (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Feb 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium. Subject Palm Oil sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)