Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Methanol Institute (MI)
EU Transparency Register
334674912578-83 First registered on 08 Jan 2014
Goals / Remit
MI is the global trade association, representing the world’s leading methanol producers and distributors, transporters, shipowners, and technology companies. With over 100 members and offices in Washington D.C, Brussels, Delhi, Singapore, and Beijing, we serve as the voice of the global methanol industry, promoting methanol as a key chemical building block and an alternative fuel for transportation and power generation.
Main EU files targeted
The Methanol Institute is actively working with European Commission, Parliament and Council in support of positions that impact the methanol industry under the Green Deal, Fit for 55 legislative package and the energy and maritime legislations.
For road transportation MI has technical liaison status with two EU CEN TC19 working groups.
MI is represented in the Sub Group for Advanced Biofuels (DG ENER).
The development of low emission, alternative marine fuels is an important focus area, and MI is represented in the European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF; DG MOVE).
MI has also actively participated in SCOT workshops regarding CO2 utilization, and continues to work with DG ENER on the topic of CCU. The topic of CCU is strongly linked to the development of Power-to-X technologies.
The development of these and other pathways for the production of renewable methanol from sustainable resources and waste continues to be a high priority for MI.
We are also actively involved in REACH activities, and with member state chemical regulatory issues.
We work with EU bodies such as ECHA, DG Energy, DG Move, DG GROW, DG RTD, DG Tax and DG Environment.
We provide frequent comment on actions and consultations by EU bodies.Address
Head Office
Rue de la Loi 155
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue de la Loi 155
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 3 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
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 Tim EESTERMANS 23 Sep 2024 22 Sep 2025 Richard Burchill 23 Sep 2024 22 Sep 2025 Rik Servais 23 Sep 2024 22 Sep 2025 Hannah BERTHOMÉ 14 Feb 2024 14 Sep 2024 Matthias OLAFSSON 01 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024 Rafik AMMAR 07 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024 Matthias OLAFSSON 25 Oct 2022 25 Oct 2023 Rafik AMMAR 22 Oct 2022 21 Oct 2023 Complementary Information
Greg Dolan serves as CEO for the Methanol Institute (MI)
Tim Eestermans serves as MI's Managing Directors Europe
Richard Burchill serves as MI's Director for Research Strategy & Knowledge Exchange Europe
Rik Servais serves as MI's Director for Government Affairs & Institutional Strategy Europe
Kjeld Aabo serves as MI's Senior Advisor Maritime TransportPerson 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
We work closely with and/or are members of:
European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)
CEFIC
CO2 Value Europe
Dutch Sustainable Biofuel Platform
International Methanol Producers and Consumers Association (IMPCA)
European Biodiesel Board
Eurogas
ePure
European Biofuels Technology Platform, and
European Fuel Oxygenates Association
Fuels Europe
German Regenerative Methanol Network
IBIA
FASTWATER
Green Maritime Methanol
eFuels AllianceMember 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
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name macroscope strategies b.v. Closed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Sustainable Alternative Power for Shipping- Mid- to Long-Term Solutions for Maritime GHG Emissions Reductions#E02869/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100883 #MEMBER #C#IndustryEuropean Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2869 #MEMBER #C#IndustryWorking Group on the Implementation of the ETS and MRV Maritime#E02869/10#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104372 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Important policies which MI actively is following include Fit for ff, RED, FQD, AQD, Tax Directive, FuelEU Maritime, Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation, CO2 Emissions for cars and vans, ETS, CBAM, Gas Package, CCS, NZIA, Taxonomy...
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 19 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject Hydrogen Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
- Sid-ahmed Kamil Talbi (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Introducing CEO Greg Dolan and MI's contribution to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2021 Location Conference call Subject Renewable fuels to climate neutrality and economic growth Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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