Umicore
Today Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group, with about 11,000 employees and a turnover of € 18 billion.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
25 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views related to the proposed occupational exposure limit for Cobalt and related initiatives
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action) and
14 Nov 2025 · Impact of EU climate policies on non-ferrous metals production
Response to Circular Economy Act
5 Nov 2025
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and Cobalt Institute
4 Nov 2025 · Cobalt
Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
21 Oct 2025 · Recycling Critical Raw Materials (CRM)
Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Vilija Sysaite (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
14 Jul 2025 · Presentation of the company, state of the batteries sector in the EU
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
2 Jul 2025 · EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity
Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič), Charlotte Merlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and International Platinum Group Metals Association
25 Jun 2025 · PGM and Germanium
Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)
6 May 2025 · Developments on critical raw materials in Europe
Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
4 Apr 2025 · Exchange on recycling project by Umicore and possible support
Meeting with Maria Isabel Garcia Catalan (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union) and
19 Mar 2025 · Physical meeting - Exchange on Draft Guidance on CAM under the EU-UK TCA
Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
12 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the South America Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Coalition of the Willing – Dialogue with private and public sector stakeholders, and financial institutions on sustainable critical raw materials value chains in Latin America.
Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Mar 2025 · Batteries and recycling
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
19 Feb 2025 · Dialogue on the future of the automotive sector – Battery Session
Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment)
13 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on the Batteries Regulation
Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and EPIA SolarPower Europe
10 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and the Batteries Regulation, specifically the Delegated Act (DA) on the methodology for the calculation and verification of the carbon footprint for electric vehicle batteries.
Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Jan 2025 · Crisis in de Europese batterij-industrie
Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Jan 2025 · CE Act and batteries
Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
13 Jan 2025 · Introduction to Umicore activities
Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Sept 2024 · Priorities for the upcoming legislative term // factory visit
Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and
2 May 2024 · Green Industrial Deal
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and
15 Apr 2024 · Meeting WEF CEO Action Group for the European Green Deal
Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and
23 Feb 2024 · Energy market
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and
28 Sept 2023 · Green Deal
Meeting with Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and BASF SE
10 May 2023 · Exchange of Views
Meeting with Tom Vandenkendelaere (Member of the European Parliament) and
10 May 2023 · Critical raw materials act
Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and AGORIA
9 May 2023 · Critical raw materials acts
Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Apr 2023 · Critical raw materials act
Meeting with Mauri Pekkarinen (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Feb 2023 · Visit to Umicore Finland
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and
14 Nov 2022 · Preparation of the critical raw materials act
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
22 Apr 2022 · Umicore presented their position on the EU battery regulation proposal in the context of recycling of batteries. It expressed support for the Commission proposal.
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and Aurubis AG
21 Apr 2022 · Strategic metals supply and recycling
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
19 Mar 2021 · Due diligence
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
18 Jun 2020 · Impacts of COVID-19
Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
3 Mar 2020 · Meeting on sustainable batteries
Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom)
23 May 2019 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU
Meeting with Piet van Nuffel (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and
6 Nov 2018 · Carcinogens batch 3
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)
7 Feb 2017 · Visit of Commissioner Vella to Umicore, Circular Economy
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and
11 May 2015 · Better Regulation
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
27 Mar 2015 · Circular economy