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Food & agriculture

The need for an EU-wide ban on the export of banned pesticides and hazardous chemicals

24.11.2022
Although many pesticides and hazardous chemicals are banned in the European Union in order to protect human health and the environment, huge quantities of these very same toxic products are still produced and exported by EU companies to third countries, where often safety regulations are weaker and less strictly implemented. CEO is organising - with a coalition of NGO's - a series of actions to urge the EU to stop this double standard,
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Climate

How the gas lobby is fuelling the cost-of-living crisis

24.11.2022
A series of critical decisions on tax, energy infrastructure, and regulation have put fossil fuel industry profits above the interests of millions.
No more bankrolling climate action
Climate

COP27: 90% of sponsors have fossil fuel ties

17.11.2022
18 out of 20 COP27 sponsors directly support or partner with the fossil fuel industry, helping it to advance its climate-wrecking agenda.
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Fishy business

16.11.2022
Corporate Europe Observatory and the French association Bloom have today made a complaint to the EU lobby register secretariat regarding the French and EU fishing industry and its use of the revolving door.
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Climate

COP27: just Kick Big Polluters Out

11.11.2022
Join us in the new episode of EU Watchdog Radio, where Pascoe Sabido talks to Aderonke Ige about the campaign Kick Big Polluters Out, and the absurd presence of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27.
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Climate

COP27: 100 more fossil fuel lobbyists than last year

10.11.2022
New research from CEO, Corporate Accountability and Global Witness shows there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than representatives of the ten nations most impacted by the climate crisis registered to attend COP27.
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Issues we work on

Food & agriculture

How do agribusiness corporations impact decisions on our food system?

Trade

How is big business using the EU's trade and investment agreements to sideline people, planet and democracy?

Lobbying the EU

How vulnerable are the EU institutions to undue corporate influence, and what gaps exist in EU lobbying and ethics rules?

Finance

What influence does the financial lobby have over banking regulation and other financial markets?

Climate

How are polluting industries lobbying against real climate action?

Other battles

Online privacy, clean air, affordable housing, whistleblower protection and much more: which other corporate lobby fights are putting EU public interest on the line?

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EU Watchdog Radio Episode 39: COP27: just Kick Big Polluters Out
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Flagship reports

Lobby Planet Brussels

29.06.2017
There are an estimated 25,000 lobbyists working in Brussels; most of whom are representing the interests of corporations and their lobby groups. CEO’s Lobby Planet Guide takes you on a tour of the EU Quarter to explain the many – and often shady – methods of corporate lobbying used to influence decision making in the European Union.
Captured States report

Captured states

06.02.2019
Member states play a hugely important role in EU decision-making, but too often they act as middlemen for corporate interests. This report combines case studies, original research, and analysis to illustrate the depth of the problem – and what you can do about it.
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Inside job

08.06.2022
Find out how a proposed EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for abuses in their supply chains has been watered down by corporate lobbyists, with assistance from the EU's business-friendly ‘Better regulation’ agenda.
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A loud lobby for a silent spring

17.03.2022
In order to tackle the grave threat of the biodiversity crisis, the EU will table a proposal for targets for the reduction of pesticide use. This has put the pesticide industry into survival mode. A new leaked document from pesticides lobby group CropLife Europe shows that while it talks a big talk about backing the Green Deal, in reality it is employing a wide variety of lobbying tactics to undermine ambitious, binding targets.
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Under the influence (II)

20.12.2021
In January 2022, France will take on the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU. Yet this Presidency has been prepared in close collaboration with the French corporate sector, and is setting a policy agenda that strongly reflects business demands. It looks set to be a captured presidency.
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Under the influence (I)

12.10.2021
In January France will take over the Presidency of the EU Council for six months. But the early signs are worrying that this will be a pro-corporate presidency which prioritises a handful of corporate ‘champions’, and an ever greater role for big business in policy-making.
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