Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) (RTRS)
EU Transparency Register
325215237586-55 First registered on 09 Mar 2020
Goals / Remit
Founded in 2006 in Zürich, Switzerland, the Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) is a global multi-stakeholder non-profit organization promoting the growth of production, trade, and use of responsible soy through cooperation with those in, and related to, the soy value chain, from production to consumption, in an open multi-stakeholder dialogue including producers, suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, financial institutions, civil society organizations and other relevant actors.
RTRS also sets the standards for responsible soy and chain of custody. Particularly the RTRS Standard for Responsible Soy Production scheme ensures that RTRS soy not only meets the highest environmental criteria (including a guarantee of third party-verified zero deforestation and zero conversion) but also a wide-reaching set of social and labor requirements.Main EU files targeted
EU Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World´s Forest.
Member of the European Commission´s Platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue on deforestation, forest degradation and on sustainably increasing world's forest cover.
European Union Commission proposal for a Regulation on deforestation-free products.
Additionally, following up: Green Claims Directive; CSDDD and CSRD.Address
Head Office
UTOQUAI 29/31
ZURICH 8008
SWITZERLANDEU Office
UTOQUAI 29/31
ZURICH 8008
SWITZERLANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The resources are from the RTRS Secretariat:
Luiza Bruscato, RTRS Global Executive Director, since March 2024 & Laura Villegas, Markete Development & Stakeholder Engament Manager since November 2020.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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
HCV Network: https://hcvnetwork.org/
Global Compact: signatory members https://www.unglobalcompact.org/
ISEAL - Community Member: https://www.isealalliance.org/Member organisations
http://www.responsiblesoy.org/about-rtrs/members/?lang=en
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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
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount hill & knowlton international belgium 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name hill & knowlton international belgium Closed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Other financial info
They support RTRS in monitoring and mapping strategic agendas and stakeholders.
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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#Other
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Several meetings with EU representatives about European Union Commission proposal for a Regulation on deforestation-free products.
Frequent participacion in European Commission´s Platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue on deforestation, forest degradation and on sustainably increasing world's forest cover meetings, online and face-to-face.
Several meetings with EU representatives about European Union Commission proposal for a Directive on Green Claims and Corporate due Diligence and Corporate Reporting.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 17 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject the forthcoming proposal on deforestation-free regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location Virtual Subject The value of certification in due diligence systems Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location video-call Subject The value of certification in due diligence systems’ Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists