Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
21
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO))
EU Transparency Register
00475641564-03 First registered on 23 Apr 2009
Goals / Remit
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, one of the world's most valuable and recognizable brands, our Company's portfolio features 20 billion-dollar brands including, Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia, Dasani, FUZE TEA and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of more than 1.9 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities we work.
Main EU files targeted
European Green Deal
Circular Economy Action Plan and waste management legislation
Water legislation
Farm to Fork Strategy
Food and Nutrition legislation
Nutrition & Health Claims Regulation/Establishment of Nutrient Profiles
Food Information to Consumers - Labelling
Audiovisual Media Services
New Deal for Consumers, Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
Consumer legislation, including empowering consumers in the green transition
Green Claims
Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act
Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base
Revision of Directive as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches
Anti Tax Avoidance Package
Reform of VAT Directive
EU Sugar Policy
Legislation related to food supply chain
Unfair Trading Practices Directive
Competition legislation
Youth policies
Sustainable Corporate Due Diligence, including human rights
MFFAddress
Head Office
Coca-Cola Plaza, 1
Atlanta GA 30313
UNITED STATESEU Office
Chaussée de Mons 1424
Brussels 1070
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 11 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 15 May 2024 14 May 2026 Aldo MARINO 23 May 2024 23 Apr 2026 Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 18 May 2023 18 May 2024 Aldo MARINO 23 May 2023 23 May 2024 Aldo MARINO 24 May 2022 23 May 2023 Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 21 May 2022 18 May 2023 Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 24 May 2019 23 May 2020 Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 20 Mar 2018 20 Mar 2019 Mr Uwe Wolfgang Kleinert 23 Mar 2017 22 Aug 2017 Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 23 Jan 2017 11 Jan 2018 Mr Uwe Wolfgang Kleinert 22 Aug 2016 04 Jan 2017 Nikolaus TACKE 03 Mar 2016 02 Mar 2017 Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 25 Sep 2015 23 Sep 2016 Nikolaus TACKE 10 Mar 2015 03 Mar 2016 Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 20 Sep 2014 18 Sep 2015 Sofia CHRYSOPOULOU 20 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Nikolaus TACKE 01 Mar 2014 03 Mar 2015 Nikolaus TACKE 13 Feb 2013 12 Feb 2014 Nikolaus TACKE 07 Mar 2012 13 Feb 2013 Mrs Susanne Irmgard KETTLER 01 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Nikolaus TACKE 07 Mar 2012 09 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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
The following list comprises only those organizations that focus on EU policies and European institutions and are relevant for this register:
I. Associations, thinks tanks, platforms
AECA - American European Community Association
AIJN - European Fruit Juice Association
AIM - European Brands Association
AmCham EU - American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
BIER - Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable
Bonsucro - Better Sugarcane Initiative
CIUS - Committee of Industrial Users of Sugar
CSR Europe - The European business network for CSR
EFLA - European Food Law Association
EU Pledge
European Food & Drinks Council
EUROPEN - European Organization for Packaging and the Environment
EUTECA - European Technical Caramel Association
EWP - European Water Partnership
FoodDrinkEurope
Friends of Europe
FFA- Forum for the Future of Agriculture
GPAC- Global Public Affairs Council
ISA - International Sweeteners Association
Tea and Herbal Association
TPN - Transatlantic Policy Network
UNESDA - Union of European Beverages Associations
WFA - World Federation of Advertisers
II. Consultancies
Dentons Global Advisors
ZN Consulting
Covington & Burling LLPMember 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
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount zn consulting 50,000€ - 99,999€ covington & burling llp 100,000€ - 199,999€ dentons global advisors 200,000€ - 299,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name zn consulting covington & burling llp dentons global advisors Closed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Other financial info
The estimated costs consist of personnel costs, consultancy fees and costs for events & publications. Costs for membership fees paid to the organizations listed above are not included in the total costs listed above.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings
Communication activities
- Circular Plastics Alliance
- https://www.coca-cola.eu/homeOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
21 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 06 Feb 2024 Location BERL Subject water resilience Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Attending - Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject Water resilience Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jan 2024 Location Davos Subject Water use; circular economy; obesity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Attending - Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Jan 2024 Location Davos Subject Packaging and water resilience Sugar and Coca Cola’s own role in the climate transition Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Attending - Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Sep 2023 Location Berlaymont Subject To exchange views on improving the sustainability of packaging, including on challenges and opportunities in reducing waste and increasing recycled content. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Jan 2023 Location Davos Subject Exchange of views on on EU circular economy proposals (Packaging and Waste Packaging Regulation and targets). Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Simonas ŠATŪNAS (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 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 14 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Oct 2022 Location video-call Subject Implementation of circular economy and the revision of 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 16 Feb 2021 Location video-call Subject EU Circular Economy Action Plan, including plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2020 Location Davos, Switzerland Subject Green Deal and Sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 20 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy, plastics strategy and single-us plastics DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 12 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Unfair Commercial Practices Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Apr 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject Discussion on the implementation of the Plastic Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Evolved pan-European nutrition labelling scheme Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
- Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject The Evolved Nutrition Label initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Coca-Cola and EU trade Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Health and environment Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Apr 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium Subject Intro meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Healthy lifestyle action of Coca-Cola Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)