Growing Media Europe
Budget
€600 — €0
EP Access
4
accredited persons
Staff
11
4.85 FTE
EU Grants
€18,322,483
Mission & Goals
Growing Media Europe AISBL is an international non-profit organisation representing the producers of growing media and soil improvers at European level. Our main objective is to promote optimum legislation for the manufacturing as well as the free trade of growing media and soil improver within Europe and beyond. Coordinating our work with the member companies and associate members all over Europe, we aim to ensure a single voice for the industry. We provide scientific information as well as technical expertise on the use of growing media products and act as focal point for political decision makers and stakeholders inside and outside the European Institutions. Growing Media Europe is committed to the highest environmental standards, to the sustainable use of natural resources and to contributing to the competitiveness of the European horticultural sector by providing high quality growing media products.
EU Legislative Interests
Organic Farming Regulation Soil Health Plant Health One Health including mental health CE-marked Fertilising Product Regulation Circular Economy Common Agricultural Policy LULUCF Food Security Food Safety Food Waste Climate law, climate policy Carbon farming Trade policies Farm to Fork Strategy Biodiversity Strategy Forest Strategy Life Cycle Assessment, PEFCR Plastic Strategy, SUP, Mircoplastic Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Green Claims Directive EU Taxonomy Nature Restoration Targets Bioeconomy Urban greening Urban farming Vertical farming Greenhouse growing, CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) Sustainable Reporting Standards (ESRS) CSRD, CSDDD Nature credits
Communication Activities
- Events in the European Parliament (conferences, breakfast/lunch or cocktail receptions, exhibitions) - Field trips for site visits - Public affairs webinars - Personal meetings with MEPs, assistants and other EP staff as well as with representatives of the European Commission and Council, including Permanent Representations of the Member States - Publications: position papers/resolutions, briefings, joint statements, handouts/flyers, letters, press releases, website, presentations, LinkedIn posts, job offers, posters - Presentations at events of members or related stakeholders - Annual Reports
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
GME has joined the Farm Tech Society as a "Scientific Member". https://farmtechsociety.org/ GME has joined the International Peatland Societey (IPS). https://peatlands.org/ GME is a member of the TC223 of the CEN.
Organisation Members
See our website: www.growing-media.eu
Additional Information
GME has for the first time been accepted as a consortium partner for a call under the HORIZON Europe grant. The project is called Hort2thefuture and has officially started in June 2024. We did receive a first payment in 2024 but our accounts of 2024 are not yet finalised. We will update the section on financial information as soon as our accounts 2024 are available.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.