Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | Axel Hellman Cabinet member | Rundabordssamtals om cirkularitet | — |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Rundabordssamtals om cirkularitet | — |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Rundabordssamtals om cirkularitet | SRC |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Axel Hellman Cabinet member | Rundabordssamtals om cirkularitet | SRC |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Michael Hager Cabinet member | Simplification | SRC |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Michael Hager Cabinet member | Simplification | — |
| 06 Nov 2025 | Stella Kaltsouni Cabinet member | Decarbonisation and maintaining global competitiveness | SRC |
| 06 Nov 2025 | Stella Kaltsouni Cabinet member | Decarbonisation and maintaining global competitiveness | — |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Cecile Billaux Head of Unit | Exchange of views on the state of Play of initiatives to support the vaccines and health manufacturing ecosystem in Africa. | — |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Cecile Billaux Head of Unit | Exchange of views on the state of Play of initiatives to support the vaccines and health manufacturing ecosystem in Africa. | SRC |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Circular economy | SRC |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Circular economy | — |
| 25 Jan 2021 | Christiane Canenbley Cabinet member | Commission’s priorities for digital and industrial policy in 2021 | SRC |
| 25 Jan 2021 | Michele Piergiovanni Cabinet member | Commission’s priorities for digital and industrial policy in 2021 | — |
| 25 Jan 2021 | Christiane Canenbley Cabinet member | Commission’s priorities for digital and industrial policy in 2021 | — |
Mission & Goals
Essity is a global, leading hygiene and health company with the purpose to break barriers to well-being. Every day, we improve the hygiene and health of one billion people in 150 countries. Our leading global brands are TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo and Zewa. Essity has about 36,000 employees. Net sales 2025 was 138,5 SEK billion. The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society.
EU Legislative Interests
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation Green Claims Directive Packaging Packaging Waste Regulation Energy union including EU ETS Climate change/Fit for 55 Chemicals/REACH Review Healthcare policies Consumer policies Medical technology Transportation EU Deforestation regulation AI Act Public Procurement Unfair Commercial Practices and Fair trade topics
Communication Activities
We have been engaging in a number of issues on the EU-agenda and provided our responses in consultations, provided comments on roadmaps and interacted with decisions makers in Brussels. For example Essity EU Director Public Affairs Sofia Krigsman has participated in a number of panel talks in Brussels discussing files under the European Green Deal. On our web-site https://www.essity.com/sustainability/role-in-society/positions/you find positions and statements, including: Response to the European Commission on the European Care Strategy Biodiversity and Healthy Ecosystems Essity on Competitive Circular Economy Essity Position on the Revision of the EU Public Procurement Directives
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
CEPI: http://www.cepi.org/ ETS: http://europeantissue.com/ Edana: http://www.edana.org/ MedTech Europe: http://www.medtecheurope.org/ AIM European Brands Association: https://www.aim.be/ The Nordic Network Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e.V. - Wirtschaftsrat Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V.
Organisation Members
https://www.essity.com/sustainability/role-in-society/trade-associations-and-policy-organizations/
Additional Information
The two major posts under the estimated total costs consists of staff costs and membership fees. See below for details. 1. Staff costs: based on FTE figure declared under heading 10 Ca 1,5 milj SEK x 0,95= 1,425 milj SEK = 130 000 EUR Member ship fees: CEPI: The Confederation of European Paper Industries For more details see www.cepi.org Contributions in 2025 1.9m SEK (2024 SEK 1.9m) Medtech Europe For more details see www.medtecheurope.org Contributions in 2025 1.6 SEK (2024 SEK 1.5m) European Tissue Symposium (ETS) For more details see https://europeantissue.com Contributions in 2025 SEK 2.0m (2024 SEK 2. 3m ) AIM: European Brands Association For more details see www.aim.be Contributions in 2025 SEK 0,6m (2024 SEK 0.2m) Edana: European Disposables and Nonwovens Association For more details see www.edana.org Contributions in 2025 SEK 0,3m (2024 SEK 0.5m) We have become a member of the German Der Wirtschaftstrat (Transparency reg. nr: 176334311014-43), about 6 percent of our fee in Germany goes to the EU branch and equals to about 2500 euros. In the Transparency Register Guidelines page 24 it is stated that the members of an association should declare 60 percent of their membership fees, hence 6.4 mil SEK x 0,6 = 3.84 mil SEK = 350 000 EUR 130 000 + 350 000=480 000 euro The estimated total cost also incudes outsourced activity costs, office and administrative expenses, in-house operational expenditure, representation costs and other relevant costs.
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