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)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP)
EU Transparency Register
888745515605-77 First registered on 15 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) is a certification scheme designed for (solid) woody biomass used in industrial, large-scale energy production. SBP's purpose is to expand the contribution of good biomass to the global bioeconomy.
Main EU files targeted
The Sustainable Biomass Program aims to inform EU stakeholders about its activities, support the work of European policymakers and regulators in integrating (solid) woody biomass use for large-scale energy production into low carbon energy policy, and provide a tool for European utilities using biomass for energy production to demonstrate compliance with sustainability criteria.
The most relevant EU initiatives of interest to the SBP are
- REDII review
- Forest Strategy
- LULUCF Regulation
- Deforestation and Forest Degradation Regulation
- JRC Biomass Study
- Taxonomy Regulation
- Biodiversity StrategyAddress
Head Office
71 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4BE
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
71 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4BE
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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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
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
ISEAL Community Member
Bioenergy Europe
Wood Pellet Association of Canada
United States Industrial Pellet AssociationMember organisations
None declared
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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
2,853,357€
Major funding types in closed year
Other
Funding types "other" information
SBP is funded by its Certificate Holders. Fees are levied on Certificate Holders in accordance with the published fee schedule.
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Forest and Forestry Stakeholder Platform#E03888#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3888 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The SBP certification scheme is the most relevant aspect of the SBP's work concerning the sustainable biomass supply chain. Details of the SBP certification scheme can be found on the website. Link provided below
http://www.sbp-cert.orgOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 11 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Biomass Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Biomass Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Sustainability of biomass DG Climate Action Attending - Jos Delbeke (Director-General)
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Date 08 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject dialogue with the Commission on how biomass can contribute to the ambitious CO2 and renewables targets laid out in the Energy Union plan DG Agriculture and Rural Development Attending - Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (Director-General)
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Date 02 Jul 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Biomass DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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