Humane World for Animals Europe
Budget
€7,899,754
EP Access
4
accredited persons
Staff
8
2.9 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Humane World for Animals Europe (formerly called Humane Society International/Europe (HSI)) addresses the most deeply entrenched forms of animal cruelty and suffering. As a leading voice in the animal protection space, we work to end the cruelest practices, care for animals in crisis and build a stronger animal protection movement. Driving toward the greatest global impact, we aim to achieve the vision behind our name: a more humane world. HSI was established as a legal entity in Belgium in October 2014. On 14th February 2025, we changed our name globally to Humane World for Animals to better convey the broad focus of our work to end animal cruelty and suffering across many species and geographies. The legal name change has also been made in Belgium. Our programme and lobby activities remain the same.
EU Legislative Interests
- EU animal welfare policy issues - farm animal welfare (Laying Hen, Pig and Broiler Directives) and fur farming - Animal agriculture and sustainable food policy - Wildlife trade policy and CITES - Biodiversity policy, especially coexistence with large carnivores - Policy relating to protection of marine mammals, especially EU Seal Product Trade Regulation - EU policy relating to use of animals in scientific research and animal alternatives, including chemicals policy (REACH), biomedical science, pharmaceuticals, etc. - International Trade Policy, especially relating to SPS and Sustainable Development chapters of EU FTAs - Policy relating to International Finance Institutions
Communication Activities
Events: The Cost of Fur Farming, 15th October 2025 Non-Animal Testing under REACH Revision, 14th October 2025 Stolen Wildlife, 14th October 2025 Chicken welfare roundtable, 26th March 2025 From resilience to recovery: The role of animals in humanitarian crises, 18th February 2025 ECI Public hearing, Fur Free Europe, 12th October 2023 Pig welfare: Achieving new minimum and gold standards, 5th July 2023 Breakfast roundtable event on EU-Australia FTA negotiations, 23rd May 2023 Trophy hunting Conservation Tool, or a Threat to Wildlife?, 12th October 2022 Various events on wildlife trade organised in partnership with MEPs for Wildlife Group 2020-2021 The Future of Meat Analogues, 5th February 2019 Achieving coexistence with large carnivores in the EU, 7th March 2018 Mislabelled & misleading: fur labelling problems in the EU market, 27th September 2017 Plant-based Alternatives: Taking a Bite out of the Meat Market? 7th June 2017 Investing in animal suffering? Debating the investment of public funds in intensive animal production outside the EU, 8th February 2017 The EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement: An Opportunity to Influence Japanese Whaling Policies? 28th June 2016 Protecting Wildlife through International Trade Policy, 5th April 2016, Brussels An Eagle Eye on TTIP: Agriculture, research & sustainable development - what's on the horizon?, 3rd March 2015, Brussels The Free Lunch, 29th September 2015, Brussels
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
- Convergence Animaux Politique (CAP) - France https://convergence-animaux-politique.fr/ - European Alliance for Plant-Based Foods (EAPF) https://plantbasedfoodalliance.eu/ - Fur Free Alliance (FFA) https://www.furfreealliance.com/ - Species Survival Network (SSN) https://ssn.org/ Humane World for Animals is also involved in the following in connection with our work on alternatives to animal testing: - CARACAL (Competent Authorities for REACH and Classification and Labelling) + nanomaterials sub-group - ecopa (European Consensus Platform for Alternatives) - ECVAM (European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods) Stakeholder Advisory Forum - EPAA (European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing) - Observer - ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) Risk Assessment Committee - Human Toxicology Project Consortium - ICAPO (International Council on Animal Protection at the OECD) - ICAPPP (International Council on Animal Protection in Pharmaceutical Programmes)
Organisation Members
Humane World for Animals (formerly Humane Society International/Europe) is a registered Belgian non-profit entity. The global headquarters of the organisation of which we are a branch is based in Washington DC, USA. https://www.humaneworld.org/en We do not have members per se, but have supporters and receives donations from individuals from across all EU Member States and beyond
Additional Information
Staff costs: € 247,743 Representation costs: € 88,748 Office & admin expenses: € 3,624* * Calculation of proportion of costs of activities covered by the Transparency Register Please note that the total budget includes the expenses for our Italian and German offices, which are primarily engaged in Member State rather than EU activities. A large proportion of these activities are not directly related to EU policymaking. In 2024, the total figure for outsourced activity costs (i.e. fees for consultants & subcontractors) was € 88,748. Humane World for Animals Europe has contractual relationships with the following public affairs consultancies, primarily relating to national political decision-making, rather than at an EU level. We are presently working with the following entities in various Member States: - L4E, (L Denier) - consultant assisting our work on wildlife trade issues at an EU level - Central European Consulting (CEC) - Support of our political lobby activities in Poland, primarily directed at influencing national policy relating to animal protection - Boldt - Strategic support & advice concerning REACH lobby at EU & German national level; support in Belgium for national Parliamentary lobby concerning trophy hunting - Seebohm Berlin - Strategic support at a national level for farm animal campaign in Germany - Levels - Strategic support for political campaigns at a national level in Romania - Lumina Consult - lobby support on various campaigns at a national level in Italy - Atrevia - lobby support on political campaigns, mainly at national level in Spain - Hague Corporate Affairs - lobby support on REACH, primarily at a national level in the Netherlands
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.