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WWF European Policy Programme

EUDR

The EU Deforestation Regulation requires companies to prove products are not linked to deforestation before selling them in Europe.
WWF pushes for strong enforcement and opposes industry efforts to delay implementation.
Delays would allow continued import of products driving forest destruction in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.
Recent Activity
19 NovMeeting with Yvan Verougstraete (MEP)

Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)

Light-duty vehicle CO2 standards

Sets carbon emission limits for new cars and vans.
Transport and Environment opposes industry efforts to weaken 2030 targets and delay phase-out of combustion engines.
This determines speed of shift to electric vehicles.
Recent Activity
13 NovMeeting with Ingeborg Ter Laak (MEP)

ExxonMobil Petroleum Chemical

Omnibus

The Omnibus package aims to simplify and reduce bureaucratic burdens in existing EU environmental and climate regulations.
ExxonMobil pushes for looser rules and delays in implementation timelines.
This would reduce their compliance costs and enforcement requirements.
Recent Activity
8 OctMeeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

European Environmental Bureau

CAP Reform

The Common Agricultural Policy provides billions in EU farm subsidies annually.
The EEB demands overhauling how green spending is tracked, arguing current methods misleadingly count non-environmental payments toward climate targets.
They want at least 50 percent of the EU budget dedicated to climate and environmental investments.
Recent Activity
7 NovEnvironmental groups demand 50% green budget amid harmful subsidy concerns

Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs

Retail Investment Strategy

EU strategy to encourage retail investment and financial product distribution.
BEUC pushes for bans on inducements to financial advisers, which critics say skew advice toward products that pay higher commissions rather than those best suited to consumers.
Recent Activity
7 NovMeeting with Vincent Hurkens (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

BUSINESSEUROPE

CBAM

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism places a carbon price on imported products to prevent carbon leakage.
BusinessEurope urges maintaining existing carbon leakage protections alongside border adjustment, arguing replacing current protections with an untested mechanism creates considerable uncertainties.
Recent Activity
28 OctMeeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and 41 other attendees

BP p.l.c.

Carbon capture and storage

Carbon capture and storage involves trapping carbon dioxide emissions from industry and storing them underground.
BP urges the EU to create business models and subsidies to support carbon storage infrastructure.
This would benefit their carbon capture investments and help justify continued fossil fuel production by claiming emissions can be captured.
Recent Activity
28 OctMeeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General DG CLIMA)

Apple Inc.

Digital Markets Act

The Digital Markets Act forces large online platforms (gatekeepers) to follow strict rules on how they operate their services and treat competitors.
Apple lobbies against provisions requiring it to allow competing app stores and payment systems on iPhones.
This would reduce Apple's control over its ecosystem and cut revenue from app store commissions.
Recent Activity
11 SeptMeeting with Ann-Sofie Ronnlund (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)

Google

AI Act

The AI Act sets safety and transparency rules for artificial intelligence systems based on risk levels.
Google lobbies for flexible definitions, self-assessment instead of third-party reviews, and shared responsibility with deployers who actually use the AI systems.
Recent Activity
21 OctMeeting with Kilian Gross (Head of Unit DG CNECT)

European Chemical Industry Council

REACH revision

REACH is the EU law governing registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals.
The chemical industry opposes major system overhauls and pushes for incremental reforms that would ease compliance burdens, streamline testing requirements, and extend data protection periods.
This would reduce costs for manufacturers while potentially weakening safety checks on chemical hazards.
Recent Activity
30 SeptMeeting with Ana Maria Blass Rico (Acting Head of Unit DG GROW)

Shell Companies

Carbon capture and storage

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) involves capturing carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and storing it underground.
Shell urges the EU to prioritize subsidies and tax breaks over regulation for building CO2 transport infrastructure.
This would lower the cost of their CCS projects.
Recent Activity
17 OctMeeting with Vicky Pollard (Head of Unit DG CLIMA)

European Banking Federation

Banking regulation

Banks lobby on various prudential rules governing capital, liquidity, and resolution frameworks.
Key positions include opposing EU-wide non-performing loan provisioning rules, seeking permanent favorable treatment for repo transactions, and pushing for penalties instead of forced buy-ins for failed securities settlements.
Recent Activity
14 OctMeeting with Almoro Rubin De Cervin (Head of Unit DG FISMA) and 3 other attendees