Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
10,000€
Financial year: Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Traidcraft Exchange (TX)
EU Transparency Register
044923437351-12 First registered on 16 Feb 2020
Goals / Remit
Traidcraft Exchange are now publicly 'trading as' Transform Trade (since September 2022), however, our legal name remains Traidcraft Exchange. With a mission to fight poverty through trade, Traidcraft Exchange/Transform Trade promotes approaches to trade that help people in developing countries to transform their lives. We: 1, Deliver development projects across the developing world that enable poor producers to grow their business, find markets and engage in local and international trade – helping people to build the skills, knowledge and confidence to work their way out of poverty. 2, Raise public awareness of injustice and building public support for trade justice and corporate accountability through policy advocacy and campaigning.
The Traidcraft Exchange is a registered charity under number 1048752Main EU files targeted
- General System of Preferences
- Directive banning Unfair Trading Practices in the Agri Food Sector
- EU Textile Strategy
- Corporate Sustainable Governance
We are following these areas of EU policy but as of July 2022 are no longer targeting the EU with direct advocacy.Address
Head Office
5th Floor, 7 - 15 Pink Lane
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE15DW
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
5th Floor, 7 - 15 Pink Lane
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE15DW
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Ben VANPEPERSTRAETE 29 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021 Complementary Information
We no longer have a dedicated member of staff focused on EU advocacy, but we do occasionally discuss EU policy with FTAO.
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
Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO)
We are working with FTAO to understand how EU policies are developing in our areas of interest but we are no longer advocating to the EU. Our focus is on UK Government and global policy processes.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
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
0€ - 10,000€
Other financial info
TX has received EU funding for country programme activities but none of this has been for advocacy activities covered in the transparency register.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other 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 28 Apr 2022 Location videoconference Subject sustainable textiles strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Views of group of civil society organisations regarding the EU strategy for sustainable textiles Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Mar 2022 Location video conference Subject Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2022 Location video-call Subject Circular Economy and EU Strategy on Textiles Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2022 Location video call Subject Sustainable Textile Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
- Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists