Swedwatch
Budget
€1,709,153
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
5
1.55 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Swedwatch is an independent, non-profit research organisation striving to empower rights holders and to promote responsible business practices. Through research and dialogue, Swedwatch highlights the impacts on people and planet by unsustainable business operations, and builds bridges between stakeholders in order to affect change.
EU Legislative Interests
Non-financial reporting (The Directive on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information (2014/95/EU)), ethical public procurement (Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement), EU Regulation on the trade with conflict minerals, discussions about Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence for companies registered in the EU following the French legislative initiative and issues regarding transparency in supply chains and traceability of goods imported to the EU; Critical Raw Materials Resilience: Charting a Path towards greater Security and Sustainability | European Economic and Social Committee; EU regulation as regards the methodology and criteria for the assessment and recognition of supply chain due diligence schemes concerning tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold; The European innovation partnership (EIP) on raw materials
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
CONCORD Sweden; International Working Group on Ethical Public Procurement (IWGEPP); OECD Watch; ERIN; The Business, Conflict and Human Rights Network; Environment, Climate, Conflict and Peace (ECCP); Defend the Defenders Coalition; European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ);
Organisation Members
Act Church of Sweden, Africa groups of Sweden, Diakonia, Fair Action, Solidarity Sweden-Latin America, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.