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October 28, 2009 - 13:33
The changes to the lobby register announced by Commission today [1] will fix some of the weaknesses in the initial design of the register, but fundamental flaws remain. This means that EU citizens are largely left in the dark about the activities of the more than 15,000 Brussels lobbyists, according to the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) who called on the European Parliament to secure the necessary overhaul of the register.
June 8, 2009 - 16:40
ALTER-EU study shines spotlight on low compliance and dodgy data
As the European Commission prepares to review its voluntary lobby register one year after its official launch in 2008, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has published a detailed report highlighting the failures of the register and putting forward concrete proposals for improvement.
As the European Commission prepares to review its voluntary lobby register one year after its official launch in 2008, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has published a detailed report highlighting the failures of the register and putting forward concrete proposals for improvement.
June 2, 2009 - 13:57
One of the world’s largest cigarette companies spent more than €700,000 lobbying the EU last year, up to four times as much as the company declared on the EU’s register of interest representatives, new research by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has revealed [1].
The revelations come as the tobacco industry fights to retain its influence within the EU after a World Health Organisation agreement on preventing the influence of vested interests from the tobacco industry in policy making [2].
The revelations come as the tobacco industry fights to retain its influence within the EU after a World Health Organisation agreement on preventing the influence of vested interests from the tobacco industry in policy making [2].
May 27, 2009 - 18:14
Millions of euros of EU research money is being directed towards controversial projects which do not benefit the public interest, according to new research from Corporate Europe Observatory published today [1].
The report, which is launched as the European Commission hosts a conference on research in Brussels [2], says that the approval of so-many controversial projects is not surprising, given that many of the companies were also involved in writing the EU’s Strategic Research Agenda, which sets the priorities for new research.
The report, which is launched as the European Commission hosts a conference on research in Brussels [2], says that the approval of so-many controversial projects is not surprising, given that many of the companies were also involved in writing the EU’s Strategic Research Agenda, which sets the priorities for new research.
May 24, 2009 - 13:29
Copenhagen, Saturday 23 May - Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has been revealed as the winner of the Climate Greenwash Award 2009 at a ceremony in Copenhagen on the eve of the World Business Summit on Climate Change [1].
May 20, 2009 - 13:37
Big business is being given unprecedented access to the UN climate negotiations, Corporate Europe Observatory has discovered, with business leaders requesting direct access to negotiators in the climate talks [1].
Documents obtained from the Danish Government reveal that business leaders will be granted special access to key climate negotiators during the World Business Summit on Climate Change, scheduled to start this weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark [2].
Documents obtained from the Danish Government reveal that business leaders will be granted special access to key climate negotiators during the World Business Summit on Climate Change, scheduled to start this weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark [2].
May 19, 2009 - 14:21
BRUSSELS – Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has today filed a complaint with the European Ombudsman, accusing the European Commission’s Directorate General for Trade of discriminating in favour of corporate lobby groups and of attempting to obscure evidence of its close relationship with business from public scrutiny.
May 14, 2009 - 11:45
PRESS RELEASE
May 13, 2009 - 12:44
GREENWASH AWARDS PRESS RELEASE
Brussels/ Copenhagen - The most outrageous green claims made by big business are exposed today as voting opens in the Climate Greenwash Awards 2009. Six companies have been nominated for the award which will be decided by an online public vote at www.climategreenwash.org
The winner will be announced at a special ceremony in Copenhagen on 23rd May as some of the world’s biggest carbon emitters gather there for the World Business Summit on Climate Change.
Brussels/ Copenhagen - The most outrageous green claims made by big business are exposed today as voting opens in the Climate Greenwash Awards 2009. Six companies have been nominated for the award which will be decided by an online public vote at www.climategreenwash.org
The winner will be announced at a special ceremony in Copenhagen on 23rd May as some of the world’s biggest carbon emitters gather there for the World Business Summit on Climate Change.
May 13, 2009 - 11:02
Immediate release 12 May 2009
Over sixty organizations from across the world have signed an open letter to the participants of the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) [1] calling for it to be abandoned. They are taking this action because criteria to be launched by the Round Table in late May 2009 encourage soy monocultures, seek to include GM soy as sustainable and are too weak to protect vital ecosystems such as Amazon, Cerrado, and Chaco.
The open letter is very critical of the RTRS [2] proposals for allowing:
* GM soy to be included and continue unchecked
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