Overview
Lobbying Costs
700,000€ - 799,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
14
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE)
EU Transparency Register
57004293853-27 First registered on 12 Jul 2010
Goals / Remit
ACE – The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment – provides a European platform for beverage carton manufacturers and their paperboard suppliers to benchmark and profile beverage cartons as a safe, circular, and sustainable packaging solution with low carbon benefits.
The ACE members are committed to providing a safe, circular, and sustainable packaging solution suitable for the needs of today and the future. Through the sourcing of renewable materials from sustainably managed forests and recycling at end-of-life, our packaging has a reduced environmental footprint and contributes to a low carbon circular economy, which makes it a smart and sustainable choice.Main EU files targeted
Directive 2018/852 amending Directive 94/62/EC Packaging and Packaging Waste
Directive 2018/851 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
Directive 2018/850 amending Directive 1999/31/EC on landfill of waste
Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (EU Timber Regulation)
Regulation EC 1935/2004 on food contact materials
Study “Guidelines on the Cascading Use of Biomass”
Updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy
Communication on the Circular Economy, EU Climate Law
Following updates related to Farm to Fork, Biodiversity, European Green Deal
Forestry Action Plan
Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
Revision of EU rules on food contact materials
Deforestation and forest degradation – reducing the impact of products placed on the EU market
Waste Framework Directive
Green Claims
ESPR
Safety of recycled plastic in food packaging
Bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics policy frameworkAddress
Head Office
Avenue Louise, 250
Bruxelles 1050
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue Louise, 250
Bruxelles 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 7 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Melina Raso 04 Sep 2024 04 Sep 2025 Ms Melina RASO 16 Feb 2023 16 Feb 2024 Ms Annick CARPENTIER 02 Feb 2023 02 Feb 2024 Mr Luca IBELLI 27 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2020 Maja DRCA 22 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Annick CARPENTIER 22 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Sarah Melina SIEBEL 10 Mar 2018 09 Nov 2018 Maja DRCA 31 Aug 2017 23 Aug 2018 Ms Annick CARPENTIER 31 Aug 2017 23 Aug 2018 Sarah Melina SIEBEL 21 Feb 2017 11 Feb 2018 Maja DRCA 30 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Ms Annick CARPENTIER 13 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Sarah Melina SIEBEL 01 Mar 2016 22 Feb 2017 Maja DRCA 20 Aug 2015 21 Aug 2016 Mr Bertil Heerink 24 Apr 2015 22 Apr 2016 Ms Albane Florence Marie SIRAMY 19 Jul 2014 17 Jul 2015 Maja DRCA 26 Aug 2014 20 Aug 2015 Mrs Albane Florence Marie SIRAMY 19 Jul 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Anna Katarina Molin 07 Dec 2013 06 Dec 2014 Mrs Anna Katarina Molin 17 May 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Albane Florence Marie SIRAMY 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Paper Recycling Council (ERPC): http://www.paperforrecycling.eu/
CEN TC 261 (Packaging), CEN TC261 SC4
CEN TC 411 (Bio-based products)
https://bioeconomyalliance.eu/
https://www.eugreensource.org/
https://www.fibre-packaging.eu/
https://www.cetie.org/en/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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
700,000€ - 799,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount kreab 100,000€ - 199,999€ sec newgate 25,000€ - 49,999€ chapter 4 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name kreab sec newgate chapter 4 Closed year Costs
700,000€ - 799,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board#E03710#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3710 #MEMBER #C#IndustryExpert Group on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues#E01356#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1356 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Workshop on life-cycle assessment (LCA) and biodiversity in Gimo Herrgard, Sweden (October 2018)
Study visit to a waste sorting center and a beverage carton recycling plant (2017, 2018)
ACE event in the European Parliament on the Circular Economy Package (February 2016)
ACE external newsletters with contributions from key external stakeholders
"We're Not Just Square, We're Circular" recycling campaign - four months October (February 2019 / 2020)
Event with POLITICO Europe - (November 2020)
Circular Analytics: Supporting evidence - Environmental performance of beverage cartons (December 2020)
ACE converters self-commitment on third-party verified traceability systems for wood fibres 10th annual report
(2019 figures) - (December 2020)
Revision of EU rules on food contact materials -Inception impact assessment (January 2021)
ACE position paper on the review of the EU requirements for packaging and other measures to prevent packaging waste (January 2021)
Launch of ten year industry roadmap (March 2021)
THE BEVERAGE CARTON INDUSTRY SUPPORTS EU ACTION TOWARDS DEFORESTATION-FREE PRODUCTS (December 2022)
ACE IS CONCERNED ABOUT MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WOOD BASED PRODUCTS (June 2021)
Roland Berger 2022: Impact assessment study of an EU-wide collection for recycling target of beverage cartons
European beverage carton industry position on the certification of carbon removals (May 2022)
Resumption of "We're Not Just Square, We're Circular" recycling campaign (2022)
ACE POSITION ON COLLECTION AND DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEMES (August 2022)
ACE’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE REVISION OF THE PACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE DIRECTIVE (September 2022)
Beverage carton industry calls for a 90% mandatory collection target (2023)Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
14 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 10 Nov 2022 Location video-call Subject Draft proposal of a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2022 Location video-call Subject Circular economy and the revision of the EU packaging rules Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 May 2022 Location Online Subject Meeting with Fibre Packaging Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2022 Location video-call Subject EU circular economy implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2022 Location Virtual Subject EU circular economy implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
- Andrea Vettori (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2022 Location Online Subject Sustainable Products Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2021 Location video-call Subject European Green Deal and carton industry’s vision for sustainable packaging Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Green Deal and circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
- Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 17 Nov 2015 Location Bruxelles Subject Circular Economy DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 15 Oct 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Circular Economy DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 22 Jun 2015 Location Berlaymont Subject circular economy package Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)