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Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
4C Services GmbH (4C)
EU Transparency Register
781953240315-70 First registered on 26 Nov 2020
Goals / Remit
As an independent, stakeholder-driven, internationally recognized sustainability standard for the entire coffee sector, 4C aims at anchoring sustainability in coffee supply chains across environmental, social and economic dimensions. 4C is a credible and robust system, applying innovative audit and risk assessment procedures, and is strengthened by a comprehensive integrity program. 4C brings real impact on the ground, enabling continuous improvement and enhancing smallholder livelihoods, and supports companies in achieving and keeping their sustainability commitments.
4C contributes to the protection of landscapes with high biodiversity and carbon values, the protection of natural resources and better working conditions along the supply chain. Improved agricultural practices and the participation in sustainable global supply chains significantly improves the livelihoods of farmers, their families, and the whole community.Main EU files targeted
Deforestation and forest degradation - reducing the impact of products placed on the EU market
Address
Head Office
Hohenzollernring 72
Cologne 59672
GERMANY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Other organisations
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Networking
Affiliation
4C is a member of the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) and custodian of its Baseline Common Code. 4C is a member of the Technical Committee of GCP and contributes to the Global Coffee Platform with technical input from a certification perspective to processes such as standard development and/or revision and interpretation.
4C is a member of the German Coffee Association (DKV).
4C supports ISEALS mission to strengthening sustainability standards system for the benefit of people and the environment.
4C is a partner in the Sustainable Coffee Challenge.
Further information on memberships and recognitions can be found on the 4C website:
https://www.4c-services.org/about/recognitions-memberships/Member organisations
4C certification is applied in 23 countries with nearly 400,000 coffee farmers certified, of which more than 80% are smallholder coffee producers.
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
4C has receives only public funding from KfW/DEG for one project (200,000 Euros). 4C is funded by contributions of its system users from 2020 onwards.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Fighting against poverty#Biodiversity, hunting, countryside#Children's rights#Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#Green New deal
Communication activities
Participation in the public consultation on the legislative framework "Deforestation and forest degradation - reducing the impact of products placed on the EU market.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared