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: Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Shift Project Limited (Shift)
EU Transparency Register
017407241307-21 First registered on 26 Feb 2021
Goals / Remit
Shift is the leading center of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Shift’s global team of experts works across all continents and sectors to challenge assumptions, push boundaries, and redefine corporate practice, in order to build a world where business gets done with respect for people’s dignity. Shift is a non-profit, mission-driven organization, headquartered in New York City.
Main EU files targeted
-Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
-Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
-Consultation on renewed sustainable finance strategyAddress
Head Office
902 Broadway Floor 6
New York 10010
UNITED STATESEU Office
902 Broadway Floor 6
New York 10010
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 01 Feb 2023
Name Start date End Date Ruben Zandvliet 15 Apr 2024 15 Apr 2026 Rachel Davis 15 Apr 2024 15 Apr 2026 Rachel Davis 03 Feb 2023 03 Feb 2024 Ruben Zandvliet 02 Feb 2023 02 Feb 2024 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
Shift is a member of the Alliance for Corporate Transparency: https://www.allianceforcorporatetransparency.org/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jul 2021 - Jun 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
2,571,130€
Major funding types in closed year
Other, Grants
Funding types "other" information
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive:
-Meeting with Commissioner Reynders on 4 Feb 2021, together with Shift's former Chair John Ruggie, author of the UN Guiding Principles
-Submission to DG JUST consultation: https://shiftproject.org/shift-submission-dgjust-feb2021/ and https://shiftproject.org/resource/signals-draft1/
-Engagement with EU Member States on results of project with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on effective enforcement of mandatory due diligence measures: https://shiftproject.org/resource/enforcement-mhrdd-design/
-Analysis of Feb 2022 Commission proposal: https://shiftproject.org/resource/eu-csdd-proposal/shifts-analysis/
-Regular engagement with EU Member States, offices of MEPs Heidi Hautala and Lara Wolters, presentations to EU Parliament RBC Working Group on Shift's analysis
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive:
-Submission to public consultation on non-financial reporting by large companies: https://shiftproject.org/nfrd/
-Participation in EFRAG Project Taskforce report: https://shiftproject.org/statement-efrag-march2021/
-Response to draft CSRD: https://shiftproject.org/response-eu-commission-corporate-sustainability-directive/Other activities
David Vermijs, Senior Advisor with Shift, is a member of the European Lab Project Taskforce on preparatory work for the elaboration of possible EU non-financial reporting standards, mandated to EFRAG by the European Commission.
- Meetings
Meetings
1 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.
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Date 06 Sep 2022 Location videoconference Subject Will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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- Schneider Electric
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- Accenture PLC
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- Telefonica, S.A.
- Microsoft Corporation
- Meetings