Essity Aktiebolag (publ)
Budget
€500 — €0
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
8
1.2 FTE
EU Grants
€6,920,000
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 2024 was 146 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
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 you find the most important policy positions: https://www.essity.com/sustainability/role-in-society/positions/ Hygiene and health - Accelerating Action on Hygiene & Health for all - Response to the European Commission on the European Care Strategy Environment - Biodiversity - Essity on Competitive Circular Economy - Essity response to the European Commission Consultation on the Green Claims proposal
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 1,2= 1,8 milj SEK = 165 100 EUR Member ship fees: CEPI: The Confederation of European Paper Industries For more details see www.cepi.org Contributions in 2024 SEK 1,9m (2023 SEK 2.6m) Medtech Europe For more details see www.medtecheurope.org Contributions in 2024 SEK 1,5m (2023 SEK 1.5m) European Tissue Symposium (ETS) For more details see https://europeantissue.com Contributions in 2024 SEK 2,3 (2023 SEK 1.8m ) AIM: European Brands Association For more details see www.aim.be Contributions in 2024 SEK 0,2m (2023 SEK 0.3m) Edana: European Disposables and Nonwovens Association For more details see www.edana.org Contributions in 2024 SEK 0,5m (2023 SEK 0.8m) 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 The estimated total cost also incudes outsourced activity costs, office and administrative expenses, in-house operational expenditure, representation costs and other relevant costs. 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. Complementary information on Financial data and funding received from the EU> From January 2022, under the Innovation Fund, Essity has been approved to receive EU funding for a total amount of EUR 4 200 000. https://www.essity.com/media/news-features/2022/essity-receives-eu-funding-for-sustainable-development/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.