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[[File:Logo epc.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Logo of the [[European Policy Centre]], circa November 2011]]
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The [[European Policy Centre]] (EPC) is a pro-business European think tank, founded in 1996/7. It was formerly known as the [[Belmont European Policy Centre]] created in 1991. It is committed to making European integration work and enjoys an influential position within European politics and business circles. Its members include companies, professional and business federations, trade unions, diplomatic missions, regional and local bodies, as well as NGOs representing a broad range of civil society interests, foundations, international and religious organisations.<ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/about.php About Us: Mission Statement] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref> The EPC defines its mission as "contributing to the construction of Europe", and to achieve this it "encourages a debate among all significant interest groups and channels the results to policy-makers". It makes no secret of placing "special emphasis on strengthening the interface of government with business". <ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/about.php About Us: Mission Statement] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref> The EPC is one of the most prominent EU think tanks it relies on both corporate funding and public money. EPC spokespeople often appear in the media as neutral commentators. <ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://archive.corporateeurope.org/docs/lobbycracy/lobbyplanet.pdf Lobby Planet: Brussels the EU Quarter] July 2005, accessed 1st November 2011 </ref>

The [[European Policy Centre]] is based in Résidence Palace 155 rue de la Loi Brussels, a formerly a luxury apartment block that now contains offices for the [[Council of the European Union]], the [[European Council]] and some Belgian government offices. Others who use the building include media organisations, think tanks including [[Lisbon Council]] and the journo-lobbying website [[TechCentralStation]] (that [[Corporate Europe Observatory]] describes as "an aggressive US journo-lobbying website funded by companies like [[Microsoft]], [[Exxon]] and [[McDonalds]]. The website www.Tech CentralStation.be is full of the kind of furious attacks on environmental and social legislation that are more commonly associated with radio talkshows from the US mid-west". <ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://archive.corporateeurope.org/docs/lobbycracy/lobbyplanet.pdf Lobby Planet: Brussels the EU Quarter] July 2005, accessed 1st November 2011 </ref> The EPC makes no secret of its pro business stance "We are action oriented and we believe that business must be more involved in public policies."<ref> Quoted in "Crossing the Business and Political Divide", by Rory Watson, the European Voice 9-15 July 1998. </ref>

==History==
The Centre, as the EPC calls itself, was established in January 1997 by a trio of prominent public affairs people, [[Stanley Crossick]], godfather of Brussels lobbying; [[Max Kohnstamm]], former vice president of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; and [[John Palmer]], former European editor of The ''Guardian''. In 1991 Crossick, Kohnstamm and Palmer had founded the [[Belmont European Policy Centre]], which was the predecessor of the EPC.

The EPC's bias towards industry is well reflected in the composition of its advisory board, which together with the advisors' team helps the three founders run the Centre, and also in its membership. The Centre claims to include trade unions, but in fact the only representative is [[Emilio Gabaglio]], secretary-general of the [[European Trade Union Confederation]] (ETUC), well-known for its constructive approach towards neo-liberal European Union policies.

There are no other representatives of 'civil society' involved. However, the board does include six European parliamentarians, five former directors-general and a vice president of the [[European Commission]], journalists from newspapers such as ''Le Monde'' and the ''Financial Times'', corporate directors from [[Philips]] and [[Mars]], and influential industrialists such as [[Peter Sutherland]] (former European commissioner and [[GATT]] director and current chairman of [[British Petroleum]] and [[Goldman Sachs]] International); the former and current [[ERT]] secretary generals [[Keith Richardson]] and [[Wim Philippa]]; [[UNICE]] secretary general [[Dirk Hudig]], and [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] from the executive board of the [[European Central Bank]]. The EPC enjoys significant financial support from its corporate members such as [[ABB]], [[BAT]], [[BP]], [[British Telecom]] and [[Solvay]] -- all members of the [[European Roundtable of Industrialists]] (ERT) -- and other large corporations such as [[Dow]], [[DuPont]], [[Philip Morris]] and [[SmithKline Beecham]]. In exchange, these corporate donors are provided services such as regular contact with decision makers.<ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://archive.corporateeurope.org/docs/lobbycracy/lobbyplanet.pdf Lobby Planet: Brussels the EU Quarter] July 2005, accessed 1st November 2011 </ref>

==Lobbying Transparency==
The EPC were the first major Think Tank to sign up to the EU's voluntary transparency register. Although they claim that the only interest they represent is the interest of the EU as a whole. <ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/press_room_details.php?release_id=4 EPC signs up to Transparency Register] 14 January 2010, accessed 8th November 2011 </ref>

==EPC & Science ==
The European Policy Centre analysed the role of science in the decision-making of the European Union and made a number of recommendations
on how to the improve the use of science by EU institutions. <ref> Editorial [http://toxminds.biz/pdf_publications/TP-Editorial-RTP-2006.pdf Science and politics: From science to decision making] ''Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology'', 44 (2006) 1–3, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref> <ref> Bruce Ballantine, [http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/Files/ISN/.../doc_10849_290_en.pdf EPC Working Paper No 17. Enhancing the role of science in the decision-making of the European Union] ''European Policy Centre'', 2005, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

==EPC: Roundtable on Alcohol Related Harm==
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In 2001 the European Commission had begun the process of developing an alcohol strategy for Europe, which initially involved gathering information on the extent of alcohol related harm and possible policy solutions. By 2006 the initial European Alcohol Strategy were being slowly introduced. The alcohol industry were against a Europe wide strategy, but were keen for any action to be based on self regulation of the industry.

In 2005 and 2006, just before the introduction of the strategy, DG Sanco asked the European Policy Centre (EPC) to host four meetings between the alcohol industry and health NGOs. These Round Table on “Alcohol related harm: ways forward” aimed to reach consensus on policy interventions and to ‘identify areas of agreement between the stakeholders as to actions that can contribute effectively to the reduction of alcohol-related harm and indicate where and why there is disagreement, and in so doing help create confidence between stakeholders’.<ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer2/epc.html Part One: The European Policy Centre] European Think Tank Series, Issue 2, October 1998, </ref> According to the [[Institute of Alcohol Studies]] these meetings were "At the behest of the [alcohol] Industry, DG SANCO officials organised roundtable discussion through the aegis of the European Policy Centre, between representatives of the Commission, Member States, Industry and NGOs to discuss the draft proposals for a European Alcohol Policy Strategy". <ref> Rutherford, D. (2006) [http://www.ias.org.uk/What-we-do/Publication-archive/The-Globe/Issue-3-2006/Editorial.aspx AIS Editorial] The Globe Issue accessed 28th October 2013 </ref>

The meetings involved working through 78 issues or policy proposals related to alcohol harm reduction that were presented by the [[European Commission]] in an informal draft of their communication on Alcohol. Participants graded each item using a traffic lights system, green issues were broadly agreeable to all present, amber a possibility and red a clear no. 68 of the measures were marked green, Seven were amber, indicating no overall agreement but that some compromises might be reached. Three were categorised as red issues where the industry simply refused to negotiate. <ref> Anderson & Baumberg, [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01713.x Alcohol Policy: Who should sit at the table?] ''Addiction Volume'' 102, No. 2 pp 335-336 (online subscription required)</ref>

Dr [[Peter Anderson]], author of the Alcohol In Europe report (2006) commented “The European Policy Centre (EPC) describes itself as ‘an independent, not-for-profit think tank, committed to making European integration work’. Its independence is, of course, ensured by the fact that its prime corporate members and sponsors include [[InBev]], the world’s largest brewer and [[Philip Morris]] International”. <ref> Anderson & Baumberg, [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01713.x Alcohol Policy: Who should sit at the table?] ''Addiction Volume'' 102, No. 2 pp 335-336 (online subscription required)</ref> The final outcome of this process, and other consultations resulted in the launch of the [[European Alcohol and Health Forum]].

In 1998 [[Diageo]] and The [[Weinberg Group]] helped set up a [[European Policy Centre]] Forum. Correspondence shows a representative of [[Diageo]] trying to organise a discount for a booking made by [[Weinberg Group]] for a forum run by the EPC. <ref> Legacy Library, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/l/m/g/lmg63a99/Slmg63a99.pdf Fax to Sarah Bennett BLRA from Andrea Livett of Diageo] 10th March 1998, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>. [[Weinberg Group]] are well known for their work assisting tobacco, alcohol and chemical industry.

==Tobacco Industry Work==
According to ASH:
:"The European Policy Centre (EPC) is a well respected Brussels based think tank that BAT has used as the key consultancy group, sometimes alongside the [[Weinberg Group]] to help with lobbying to ensure policy makers are legally obliged to include tobacco companies’ opinions in European policymaking development and decision making processes. The EPC had the particular advantage that it had developed a broad profile and received funding from the European Commission allowing it to acquire insider status in policy making circles" <ref> ASH, [http://www.ash.org.uk/SmokeFilledRoom Smoke Filled Room] 2010, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

The EPC were part of a policy network used by [[British American Tobacco]] (BAT) to make changes to EU treaties in order to minimise legislative burdens on business. From 1995 BAT organised other corporate actors, including the EPC, [[Shell]], [[Zeneca]], [[Tesco]], [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Bayer]] and [[Unilever]], to mount a multi-year lobby campaign aiming at shaping the EU's impact assessment, to ensure regulations would undermine public health rather than reduce the profitably of business. This rendered EU policy even more pro-business. BAT's use of a policy network distanced the tobacco industry form the lobbying efforts and obscuring the tobacco industry's involvement. The research also found evidence of tobacco and chemical industries using the changes to delay or weaken legislation to improve public health. <ref> Katherine E. Smith Gary Fooks, Jeff Collin, Heide Weishaar, Sema Mandal1, Anna B. Gilmore, [http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/comments/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000202;jsessionid=85CF08459ECA45C816B0D270B1277B95.ambra02 Working the System”—British American Tobacco's Influence on the European Union Treaty and Its Implications for Policy: An Analysis of Internal Tobacco Industry Documents] ''Public Library of Science'', 12th January 2010, accessed 7th November 2011</ref> The [[European Policy Centre]] and the [[Weinberg Group]] were central to [[British American Tobacco]]'s approach. <ref> Leigh Phillips, [http://euobserver.com/19/29252 Big tobacco distorted EU treaty, scientists say] ''EUobserver'' 13th January 2010, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

BAT were also helped by a UK consultancy, [[Charles Barker]],

:to work out the advantages of pushing such an approach at the UK and EU levels, the study says. According to the scientists, the firm warned BAT that they would need to tread carefully, lobbying through a 'front' organisation and enlisting other 'big industry names'<ref> Katherine E. Smith1 Gary Fooks, Jeff Collin, Heide Weishaar, Sema Mandal1, Anna B. Gilmore, [http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/comments/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000202;jsessionid=85CF08459ECA45C816B0D270B1277B95.ambra02 Working the System”—British American Tobacco's Influence on the European Union Treaty and Its Implications for Policy: An Analysis of Internal Tobacco Industry Documents] ''Public Library of Science'', 12th January 2010, accessed 7th November 2011</ref>

Ultimately it was the EPC that provided the front.

[[David Byrne]], Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection 1999-2004 was reportedly shocked: ‘I would be absolutely astonished and would find it very difficult to believe if there was any available information which tended to indicate that the European Policy Centre was advocating on behalf of the tobacco industry – that would be shocking’. <ref> Campaign against Euro-federalism, [http://www.caef.org.uk/d123howlbby.html Working the system Lobbying by transnational corporations] May/June 2011 (no. 123), accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

==Funding==
The EPC is financed by membership and subscription fees, grants from philanthropic organisations and from EU funds. In 2010 donations amounting to € 800,000 were received from three philanthropic foundations, the [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] (based in Turin) the [[King Baudouin Foundation]], based in Brussels and the [[Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation]] in Portugal. The EPC also received an operating grant of €145,556 from the EU budget under the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme.<ref> European Union, [http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=89632641000-47 European Policy Centre] ''Transparency Register'', 29th July 2011, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

==Affiliations==
*EPC are members of the [[European Economic Governance Monitor]] which is a consortium of think tanks based in Belgium [[European Policy Centre]] (EPC), France [[Institut Francais des Relation Internationales]] (IFRI), the French Institute of International Relations; Italy [[Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale]] (ISPI), the Institute for International Political Studies; [[Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik]] (SWP) the German Institute of International and Security Affairs; and in the UK, [[Chatham House]]. <ref> European Union, [http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=89632641000-47 European Policy Centre] ''Transparency Register'', 29th July 2011, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>
*The [[Weinberg Group]]

==People==
===Governing Board===
====Circa 2011====
*'''Chair''' [[Meglena Kuneva]] Former European Commissioner for Consumer Protection
*'''Members''': [[Marionne Barge-Van Engelen]] Executive Search, [[Russell Reynolds Associates]] | [[Giancarlo Chevallard]] Chairman of the Board; [[Paralleli]], Turin | [[Anna Fornalczyk]] Partner, [[COMPER Fornalczyk & Partners General Partnership]]; former President of the Anti-monopoly Office in Poland | [[Hans Martens]] Chief Executive, [[European Policy Centre]] Secretary (non-voting) | [[Umberto Morelli]] Director, [[Centro studi sul Federalismo]], Turin | [[Gerrit Rauws]] Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[Louis Verbeke]] Member of the Brussels Bar, Chairman and Professor at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School<ref>EPC [http://www.epc.eu/about_board.php Governing Board], accessed 8 November 2011</ref>

===Advisory Council===
*'''EPC Advisory Board 2011'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President); Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International; Chairman of [[BP]] plc | Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, [[John Kerr]] (Vice-President) Former UK Ambassador to the EU | [[Erika Mann]] (Vice-President) Senior Fellow, [[Atlantic Council]]; former Member of European Parliament | [[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc | [[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]] | [[Jaimini Bhagwati]] Ambassador, Embassy of India to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg & The Mission of India to the European Union | [[Hans Blix]] Chairman, [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] | [[Olivier Boutellis-Taft]] Chief Executive, [[Federation of European Accountants]] | [[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador, Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities | [[Philippe de Buck]] Director General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[Andrew Duff]] Member of the [[European Parliament]] | [[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest | [[Jan Eliasson]] Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and President of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] | [[José Gregório Faria]] Special Adviser, [[Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian]] | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Hanns Glatz]] Partner, [[CNC]] - Communications & Network Consulting AG | [[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at [[CERI]] (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels) Member of [[European Parliament]] President of European Movement in France | [[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]] | [[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador, Canadian Mission to the European Union | [[Danuta Maria Hübner]] Member of the [[European Parliament]]; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | [[Hywel Ceri Jones]] Former Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]], Director of the [[Network of European Foundations]] (NEF) | [[Jan Karlsson]] Former Minister for Migration and Development Cooperation; former Co-Chair of the Global Commission for International Migration | [[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund]] of the United States | [[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]] | [[Joost Lagendijk]] Senior Adviser, [[Istanbul Policy Center]] | [[Allan Larsson]] Former [[European Commission]] Director-General for DG Employment | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Finland's Bank]]; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | [[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Alan Mayhew]] Jean Monnet Professor and Professorial Fellow, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex | [[Rory Montgomery]] Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union | [[John Monks]] Secretary-General of [[European Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Rainer Mûnz]] Head of Research & Development, [[Erste Bank]] | [[Jan Niessen]] Director, [[Migration Policy Group ]] | [[Dáithí O'Ceallaigh]] Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin | [[Dick Oosting]] Chief Executive Officer, [[European Council of Foreign Relations]] | [[John Palmer]] Former Political Director, [[European Policy Centre]] | [[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] Former President of the Party of European Socialists, European Parliament | [[Scott C Ratzan]] Vice President, Global Health, [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force | [[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolff]]-Director, Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] | [[André Sapir]] Professor of Economics, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles | [[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | [[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs | [[Wolfgang Schüssel]] Former Federal Chancellor of Austria | [[Peter Semneby]] Former EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus | [[Jamie Shea]] Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, [[NATO]] | [[Larry Stone]] President Group Public and Government Affairs, [[BT]] | [[Ingmar Streese]] Head of Public Affairs Europe, [[Mars]], [[Public Affairs Europe]] | [[Rita Süssmuth]] President, [[German Bundestag]] | [[Pavel Swieboda]] President, [[demosEUROPA]] – [[Centre for European Strategy]] | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]] | [[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President, [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]] | [[John Vassallo]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA | [[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs | [[Helen Wallace]] Director, [[European University Institute]], Florence, School of Economics and Political Science [[London School of Economics]] | [[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
*'''EPC Advisory Board June-September 2010'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International | [[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the [[European University Institute]], Florence | Lord [[John Kerr]] of Kinlochard (Vice-President) Former UK Ambassador to the EU | [[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc | [[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated | [[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]] | [[Jaimini Bhagwati]] Ambassador, Embassy of India to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg & The Mission of India to the European Union | [[Hans Blix]] Chairman, [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] | [[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador, Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities | [[Stanley Crossick]] Founding Chairman, [[European Policy Centre]] | [[Philippe de Buck]] Director General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[Gijs de Vries]] Former EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator | [[Alan Dukes]] Former Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin | [[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Paul Gillespie]] Foreign Editor, The [[Irish Times]] | [[Hanns Glatz]] Partner, CNC – [[Communications & Network Consulting AG]] | [[Sylvie Goulard]] Member of the European Parliament, President of [[European Movement in France]] | [[Borut Grgic]] Director, [[Institute for Strategic Studies]], Slovenia | [[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]] | [[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador, Canadian Mission to the European Union| [[Hywel Ceri Jones]] Former Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]], Director of the [[Network of European Foundations]] (NEF) | [[Jan Karlsson]] Former Minister for Migration and Development Cooperation; former Co-Chair of the [[Global Commission for International Migration]] | [[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | [[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]] | [[Joost Lagendijk]] Senior Adviser, [[Istanbul Policy Center]] | [[Allan Larsson]] Former European Commission Director-General for DG Employment | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Bank of Finland]] | [[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Erika Mann]] Senior Fellow,[[Atlantic Council]]; former Member of European Parliament | [[John Monks]] General Secretary, [[European Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Rainer Mûnz]] Head of Research & Development, [[Erste Bank]] | [[Jan Niessen]] Director, [[Migration Policy Group]] |[[Nobutake Odano]] Ambassador, Japanese Mission to the EU | [[Dick Oostings]] [[European Council of Foreign Relations]] | [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Italian Minister of Economy and Finance | [[John Palmer]] Former Political Director, [[European Policy Centre]] | [[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] former President of the [[Party of European Socialists]], European Parliament | [[Scott C Ratzan]] Vice President, Global Health, [[Johnson and Johnson]] | [[Conny Reuter]] President, [[Platform of European Social NGOs]] | [[Gaêtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]] | [[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolff]]Director, Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] | [[André Sapir]] Professor of Economics, ECARES, Université Libre de [[Bruxelles | [[Witold Sartorius]] President, ]Foundation for Economic Education]] (Poland) | [[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs | [[Jamie Shea]] Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, [[NATO]] | [[Larry Stone]] President Group Public and Government Affairs, [[BT]] | [[Pavel Swieboda]] President, [[demosEUROPA]] - Centre for European Strategy | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]] | [[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President, [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]] | [[John Vassallo]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA | [[Helen Wallace]] Centennial Professor, [[European Institute]], [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] | [[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Policy Adviser to the Board of Management, [[Deutsche Post DHL]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | [[John Wyles]] former Senior Partner, [[GPlus Europe]] | Ex-officio [[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force | [[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs.
*'''EPC Advisory Council December 2008'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs International]]; Chairman of [[BP]] plc | [[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the European University Institute, Florence | Lord [[John Kerr]] of Kinlochard (Vice-President) Former UK Ambassador to the EU | [[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc | [[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated | [[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]] [[Karel Van Miert]] (Vice-President) Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy | [[Hans Blix]] Chairman [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] | [[Jocelyne Cesari]] Professor of Islamic Studies, [[Harvard University]] | [[Dipak Chatterjee]] Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union | [[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador of the Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities | [[Stanley Crossick]] Founding Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]] | [[Philippe de Buck Secretary General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent]] Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU | [[Gijs de Vries]] Former EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator | [[Stéphane Ducable]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA | [[Alan Dukes]] Director General [[Institute European Affairs]] Dublin | [[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest | [[Gareth Evans]] President, [[International Crisis Group]] | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Paul Gillespie]] Foreign Editor The [[Irish Times]] | [[Xavier Gizard]] General Secretary [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]] | [[Sylvie Goulard]] President [[French European Movement]] | [[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]] | [[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador of Canada to the EU | [[Hywel Ceri Jones]] Former Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]] and Director of the [[Network of European Foundations]] (NEF) | [[Craig Kennedy]] President [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | [[[[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]] |[[Ivan Krastev]] Chair of Board for [[Liberal Strategies]], Sofia | [[Joost Lagendijk]] Chair of the EU-Turkey Delegation, European Parliament | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Bank of Finland]] | [[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Rory Macmillan]] Director Government Affairs [[Nike]] EMEA | [[Erika Mann]] Member of European Parliament, Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] | [[John Monks]] General Secretary, [[European Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Nobutake Odano]] Ambassador of Japanese Mission to the European Union | [[Dick Oosting]] Europe Director, [[International Center for Transitional Justice]] | [[[[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Italian Minister of Economy and Finance | [[John Palmer]] Former Director [[European Policy Centre]] | [[[[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] President of the [[Party of European Socialists]], European Parliament | [[[[Scott C Ratzan]] Vice President, Government Affairs, Europe, [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[Conny Reuter]] President of the [[European Social NGOs]] | [[Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]] | [[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolff-Director]], Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] | [[André Sapir]] Senior Fellow, [[BRUEGEL]] | [[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | [[[[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of EP Committee on Foreign Affairs | [[Jamie Shea]] Director, Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, [[NATO]] | Sir [[David Sieff]] Non-executive Director [[Marks and Spencer]] | [[Chris Spear]] Vice President Government Relations Europe, Middle East and Africa, [[Honeywell]] | [[Marc Spelman]] Head of European Strategy, [[Accenture]] UK | [[Larry Stone]] President Group Public & Government Affairs [[BT]] | [[Pavel Swieboda]] President [[demosEUROPA]]- Centre for European Strategy | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]] | [[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President of the [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]] | [[Helen Wallace]] Centennial Professor, [[European Institute]], [[London School of Economics and Political Science | [[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of [[Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | [[John Myles]] Senior Partner [[GPlus Europe]] | Ex-officio [[[[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the [[University of Lisbon]], Member of the European Employment Task Force | [[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs
*'''EPC Advisory Council September 12th 2007'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International; Chairman of [[BP]] plc | [[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the [[European University Institute]], Florence | [[Karel Van Miert]] (Vice-President) Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy | [[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc | [[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated | [[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]] | [[Hans Blix]] Chairman, [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] | [[Jocelyne Cesari]] Professor of Islamic Studies, [[Harvard University]] | [[Dipak Chatterjee]] Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union | [[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador of the Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities | [[Philippe de Buck]] | Secretary General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent]] Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU | [[Stéphane Ducable]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA | [[Alan Dukes]] Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]] Dublin | [[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest | [[Gareth Evans]] President, [[International Crisis Group]] | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Bronislaw Geremek]] Member of the European Parliament | [[Paul Gillespie]] Foreign Editor, The [[Irish Times]] | [[Xavier Gizard]] General Secretary, [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]] | [[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at [[CERI]] (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Bruges) | [[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]] | [[[[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador of Canada to the European Union | [[Takekazu Kawamura]] Ambassador of Japanese Mission to the European Union | [[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | Lord [[John Kerr]] of Kinlochard Former UK Ambassador to the EU | [[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]] | [[Ivan Krastev]] Chair of Board for [[Liberal Strategies]], Sofia | [[Joost Lagendijk]] Member of Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, European Parliament | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Bank of Finland]] | [[Tony Long]] Director, [[WWF]] European Policy Office | [[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Rory Macmillan]] Director Government Affairs EMEA [[Nike]] | [[Erika Mann]] Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] | [[John Monks]] General Secretary, [[European Trades Union Confederation]] | [[Dick Oosting]] Director, [[Amnesty International]] EU Office | [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Former Member of the Executive Board, [[European Central Bank]] | [[Anne-Sophie Parent]] President, [[Platform European NGOs]] | [[Robin Pauley]] President, European Affairs, [[BT]] Group | [[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] President of the [[Party of European Socialists]], European Parliament | [[Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]] | [[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolf]] Director, Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] | [[André Sapir]] Senior Fellow, [[BRUEGEL]] | [[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | [[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of EP Committee on Foreign Affairs | [[Jamie Shea]] Director Policy Planning Private Office of the Director General [[NATO]] | Sir [[David Sieff]] Non-executive Director [[Marks and Spencer]] | [[Marc Spelman]] Head of European Strategy, [[Accenture]] UK | [[Pavel Swieboda]] President [[demosEUROPA]] - Centre for European Strategy | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]] | [[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President of the [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]] | [[Miguel Veiga-Pestana]] Vice President Global External Affairs, [[Unilever]] | [[Helen Wallace]] Centennial Professor, [[European Institute]], [[London School of Economics]] and Political Science | [[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament; Chairman of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] | [[Maja Wessels]] Senior Vice-President Government Relations, [[Honeywell]] | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | [[John Wyles]] [[GPlus Europe]] | Ex-offcio [[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the [[University of Lisbon]], Member of the European Employment Task Force | [[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affair
*'''Advisory Council 2nd May 2007 12th September 2007'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs International]]; Chairman of [[BP]] plc | [[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the Jean Monnet Action Committee; former President of the European University Institute, Florence| [[Karel Van Miert]] Vice President) Former Commissioner for Competition Policy| [[Antonio Vitorino]] (Vice-President) Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs| [[David Arkless]], Senior Vice President [[Manpower]] inc | [[Stephen Badger]] Vice President [[Mars]] Incorporated | [[Anthony Burgmans]] Chairman [[Unilever]] NV & Vice Chair [[Unilever]] plc | [[HE Dipak Chatterjee]] Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union | [[Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent]] Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU | [[Stéphane Ducable]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft EMEA]] | [[Alan Dukes]] Director General [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin | [[Gareth Evans]] President [[International Crisis Group]] | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Xavier Gizard]] Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe | [[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at CERI (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels) | [[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Finland's Bank]]; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | [[Tony Long]] Director, [[WWF]] European Policy Office | [[Donald MacInnes]] [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Rory Macmillan]] Director Government Affairs [[Nike]] EMEA | [[Erika Mann]] Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] | [[John Monks]] Secretary-General of [[European Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Former Member of the Executive Board, [[European Central Bank]] | [[Robin Pauley]] President, European Affairs, [[BT]] Group | [[Wim Philippa]] Secretary General [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]] | [[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the [[University of Lisbon]], Member of the European Employment Task Force |[[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | Sir [[David Sieff]] Non-Executive Director, [[Marks and Spencer]] | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[Helen Wallace]] Director, [[European University Institute]], Florence | [[Maja Wessels]]
Senior Vice-President Government Relations, [[Honeywell]] | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy |

==Membership Fees==
'''Circa 2011'''
Platinum membership is the highest offered by the EPC, however it appears that you are unable to pay for platinum level entry. Subscription charges are for one year’s membership. Gold membership is open to large multi-national businesses and costs €10, 000 per annum; silver membership is open to medium sized businesses and costs €5, 000 each year, while bronze membership is open to small businesses and costs €2,500. Professional and Business association membership costs€1 000. Foundations and Religious organisations can subscribe for €500. Diplomatic Representations are open to missions, embassies and permanent representations the subscription cost ranges between €500 and €1 250. For Inter-Governmental and Governmental Organisations Regional Bodies and Local Authorities subscription costs €1 000 NGOs can join for €500 while Platforms of Non-Governmental Organisations costs slightly more at €1 000. <ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/benefits_and_fees.php Benefits & Fees] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref>

Members listed on The EPC's Website include:
*'''5 Platinum Members''': [[BT]], [[Johnson & Johnson]], [[Manpower]], [[Mars]] (founder company), [[Microsoft]]
*'''Former Platinum Members''': [[Accenture]] | [[Honeywell]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] (founder) [[Nike]] | [[Unilever]]
*'''53 Gold Members''': [[ABB Europe]] | [[Air Liquide]] | [[Amgen]] | [[BASF Aktiengesellschaft]] | [[BAT]] | [[Boeing]] | [[BP]] | [[CEZ Group]] | [[COWI A/S]] | [[DAIMLER AG]] | [[Deutsche Post DHL]] | [[Deutsche Telekom]] | [[Dow]] | [[DuPont]] | [[Elia System Operator]] | [[EMBRAER, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica]] | [[eni]] | [[Ernst and Young]] Europe | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[Ferrero Group]] - Soremartec | [[Finmeccanica]] | [[GE]] | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[Goldman Sachs]] | [[IKEA]] | [[Intel]] | [[International Business Machines of Belgium]] (IBM Belgium) | [[ Kraft Foods International]] | [[LUKOIL Belgium]] | [[Michelin]] | [[Nestlé]] | [[Nokia Corporation]] | [[Norsk Hydro ASA]] | [[OMV Aktiengesellschaft]] | [[Oracle Corporation]] | [[Philip Morris]] International | [[Philips]] | [[Procter & Gamble]] | [[RTL Group]] | [[Sanofi-Aventis]] | [[Solvay]] | [[Statoil ASA]] | [[Suez Environnement]] | [[Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd]] | [[Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson]] | [[Telenor ASA]] | [[Total]] | [[Toyota]] | [[Türk Telekom]] | [[United Technologies]] | [[UPS]] | [[Vodafone]] | [[White & Case]]
*'''3 Silver Members''': [[APCO Worldwide]] | [[EPPA]] | [[Trans Adriatic Pipeline]]
*'''16 Bronze Members''': [[Burson-Marsteller]] | [[Corporate Public & Strategy Advisory Group]] (CPS) | [[Edelman]] ¦ The Centre | [[FIPRA]] | [[Fleishman-Hillard]] | [[FTI Consulting]] | [[GALLUP]] | [[GPlus Europe]] | [[Grayling]] | [[Hill & Knowlton]] | [[IFOK GmbH]] | [[Kreab Gavin Anderson]] | [[MHP Communications]] | [[Nicholas Phillips Associates]] | [[The Brussels Office]] | [[Weber Shandwick]]
*'''76 Professional & Business Associations''': [[American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union]] (AmCham EU) | [[Assemblée des Chambres Françaises de Commerce et d'Industrie]] (ACFCI) | [[Association of Chartered Certified Accountants]] (ACCA) | [[Association of Commercial TV in Europe]] (ACT) | [[Association of European Chambers of Commerce & Industry]] (EUROCHAMBRES) | [[Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises]] (SETE) | [[Brazilian Business Affairs]] | [[Brussels Office of the Swedish Trade Unions]] | [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[CEFIC]] | [[Comité des Fabricants de Levure de Panification de l'Union Européenne]] (COFALEC) | [[Confederation of British Industry]] (CBI) | [[Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey]] (TUSKON) | [[Confederation of Danish Industry]] (DI) | [[Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers]] (CECCM) | [[Confederation of European Paper Industries]] (CEPI) | [[Confederation of Finnish Industries]] EK | [[Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers]] (VNO-NCW) | [[Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise]] (NHO) | [[Confederation of Swedish Enterprise]] | [[Danish Chamber of Commerce]] | [[Delegation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Paris]]/Ile de France | [[EUCOMED]] | [[EU-Japan Centre for Industrial cooperation]] | [[EuroCommerce]] | [[EuropaBio]] | [[European Automobile Manufacturers Association]] (ACEA) | [[European Cement Association]] (CEMBUREAU) | [[European Coil Coating Association]] (ECCA) | [[European Committe for Cooperation of the Machine Tool Industries]] (CECIMO) | [[European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies]] (Euro-CIETT) | [[European Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association]] (COLIPA) | [[European Crop Protection Association]] (ECPA) | [[European Dairy Association]] (EDA) | [[European Federation for Retirement Provision]] (EFRP) | [[European Federation of Accountants]] (FEE)| [[European Federation of the Ceramics Industry]] (CERAME-UNIE)| [[European Financial Services Round Table]] (EFR) | [[European Flavour and Fragrance Association]] (EFFA) | [[European Foundation for Management Development]] (EFMD) | [[European Landowners' Organisation]] (ELO) | [[European Livestock and Meat Trading Union]] (UECBV) | [[European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment]] (EUROPEN) | [[European Petroleum Industry Association]] (EUROPIA) | [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] (ERT) | [[European Smart Metering Industry Group]] (ESMIG) | [[European Trade Union Confederation]] (ETUC) | [[European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association]] (ETRMA) | [[Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique]] (FEB) | [[Fertilizers Europe]] | [[Foreign Trade Association]] (FTA) | [[Gas Infrastructure Europe]] (GIE) | [[German Savings Banks and Giro Association]] (Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband) (DSGV) | [[Industrial Minerals Association]] (IMA-Europe) | [[International Federation for Animal Health]] (IFAH) | [[International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations]] (IFRRO) | [[ International Fur Trade Federation]] (IFTF) | [[International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee]] (CIRFS) | [[Irish Business Bureau]] (IBB) | [[Japan Center for International Finance]] (JCIF) | [[Japan External Trade Organization]] (JETRO Brussels Center) | [[ORGALIME]] | [[PostEurop]] | [[Swiss Business Federation]] (economiesuisse) | The [[Brewers of Europe]] | The [[Confederation of Danish Employers]] (DA) | The [[Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists in Belgium]] (DJØF Belgium) | The [[ European Wind Energy Association]] (EWEA) | The [[Institute for the Accountancy Profession Sweden]] (Far AB)| [[The Oil Companies' European Organisation for Environment, Health and Safety]] (CONCAWE) | The [[Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees]] | [[Turkish Industry & Business Association]] (TÜSIAD) | [[Unico Banking Group]] | [[Union of EU Soft Drinks Associations]] (UNESDA-CISDA) | [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] | [[Verband der Chemischen Industrie]] (VCI) |
*'''27 FOUNDATIONS''': [[Bertelsmann Stiftung]] | [[British Council Brussels]] | [[Centre for European Studies]] | [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[EGMONT - The Royal Institute for International Relations]] | [[European Climate Foundation]] | [[European Cultural Foundation]] (ECF) | [[European Foundation Centre]] (EFC) | [[European Foundation for Democracy]] | [[European Institute of Public Administration]] (EIPA) | [[Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung]] | [[Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian]] | [[Fundación Academia Europea de Yuste]] | [[Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo]] | [[Generation Europe]] | [[Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung]] | [[Institute of European Affairs]] (IEA) | [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung]] | [[Madariaga European Foundation]] | [[Nationale Postcode Loterij]] | [[Open Society Institute]] – Brussels | [[Secure World Foundation]] (SWF) | [[Stiftung Mercator]] | [[Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum]] | [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] (TPN) | [[Ukrainian Foundation for Democracy "People First"]]
*'''4 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS''': [[Bundesagentur für Arbeit]] | [[European Institute of Romania]] | [[Finnish Innovation Fund]], (SITRA) | [[Representative Office of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank]]
*'''15 INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS''': [[Council of Europe]] | [[EFTA Secretariat]] | [[EFTA Surveillance Authority]] (ESA) | [[European Cooperation in Science and Technology]] (COST) | [[European Investment Bank]] (EIB) | [[International Centre for Migration Policy Development]] (ICMPD) | [[International Institute of Administrative Sciences]] (IIAS) | [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) | [[Japan Bank for International Cooperation]] | [[NATO]] Parliamentary Assembly | [[Regional Cooperation Council]] | [[Secretariat of the Energy Charter]] | [[United Nations]] Office in Brussels| [[World Bank]] EU Office | [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)
*'''58 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS''': [[AARP]] | [[Action for Global Health Brussels]] | [[ADEME]] | [[Amnesty International]] | [[ARI Movement]] | [[CARE for Europe]] | [[Caritas Catholica Vlaanderen]] | [[Caritas Europa]] | [[Central Europe Energy Partners]] | [[CHP]] (Turkish social democratic party) EU Office | [[Club of Madrid]] | [[Confrontations Europe]] | [[DCAF Brussels]] | [[EastWest Institute]] | [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] | [[EU-Georgia Business Council]] (EUGBC) | [[EU-Japan Forum]] | [[EU-Korea Institute]] (EKI) | [[EurActiv.com]] | [[EuroAcademic - European Academic Studies Center]] | [[European Academy of Sciences and Arts]] | [[European Bahá'í Business Forum]] | [[European Centre for Research in Africa, Asia and Latin America]] (ECRAAL) | [[European Confederation of Junior Enterprises]] (JADE) | [[European Council on Refugees and Exiles]] (ECRE) | [[European Forum of Muslim Women]] | [[European Movement - Cyprus Council]] | [[European Office of Cyprus]] | [[European Renewable Energies Federation]] (EREF) | [[European Stability Initiative]] | [[European Youth Forum]] | [[EU Ukraine Business Council]] | [[Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU]] (FACE) | [[Federation of Islamic organisations in Europe]] (FIOE) | [[Independent Diplomat]] | [[Institute for Economics and Peace]] | [[Institute for European Environmental Policy]] | [[Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation]] | [[Institute for International and European Policy]] | [[Institute of European Studies Macau]] | [[Intercultural Dialogue Platform]] (IDP) | [[International Association for Human Values]] | [[International Center for Transitional Justice]] | [[International Crisis Group]] (ICG) | [[International Security Information Service]] Europe (ISIS) | [[Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation]] (NEF) ) | [[NGO "Corporate Relations Research Center"]] | [[ONE]] | [[Platform of European Social NGOs]] | [[Search for Common Ground]] | The [[Danish European Movement]] | The [[European Azerbaijan Society]]| The [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | The [[International Fund for Cooperation and Partnership "Black Sea-Caspian Sea"]] | The [[Pew Environment Group]] | The [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] (WOSM) | [[Transparency International]] | [[WWF]] European Policy Office
*'''37 REGIONAL BODIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES''': [[Assembly of European Regions]] (AER) | [[Central Denmark EU Office]] | [[City of Aarhus]] | [[City of Vienna - Liaison Office]] | [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]] (CRPM) | [[East-Netherlands Provinces]] | [[East Sweden EU Office]] | [[EUROCITIES]] | [[European Affairs Fund]] | [[Fundación Galicia Europa]] | [[Government of Catalonia]] – Representation to the EU | [[Hanse-Office]] | [[Helsinki EU Office]] | [[Ile-de-France]] - Europe | [[Liaison Agency Flanders]] -Europe | [[Mid-Norway European Office]] | [[North Norway European Office]] | [[North Sweden]] | Office of the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] | [[Oslo Region European Office]] | [[Province of Limburg]] | [[Representation Office of Carinthia]] | [[Representation of Lower Saxony to the EU]] | [[Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union]] | [[Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union]] | [[Representation of the State of Bremen to the EU]] | [[Republic of Srpska Representation in Brussels]] | [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Scottish Government]] EU Office | [[Skåne European Office]] | [[South Denmark European]] | [[Steiermark-Büro]] | [[Tampere Region EU Office]] | [[Turkish Cypriot Representation in Brussels]] | [[TURKU-Southwest Finland European Office]] | [[West Finland European Office]] | [[West Norway Office]] | [[West Sweden EU and Representation Office]]
*'''6 Religious Organisations''': [[Church and Society Commission of CEC]] | [[Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EC]] (COMECE) [[European Evangelical Alliance]] | [[Jesuit European Office]], Brussels (OCIPE) | [[Jesuit Refugee Service]] – Europe | [[Rabbinical Centre of Europe]]
*'''3 Others''': [[Aarhus University]], Denmark | [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] | [[Maastricht University]] <ref> EPC, [http://www.epc.eu/members_list.php Our Members] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref>

==Resources, Publications, Contact, Notes==
===Resources===
*Corporate Europe Observatory [http://archive.corporateeurope.org/observer2/epc.html EUROPEAN THINK TANK SERIES Part One: The European Policy Centre], ''Corporate Europe Observer'', Issue 2, October 1998

===Notes===
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European Gaming and Betting Association

2015-02-26T15:39:28Z

Claire Harkins:

==Sponsored Research==
The [[European Gaming and Betting Association]], the [[European Sports Security Association]] and the [[Remote Gambling Association]] jointly commissioned [[Coventry University]]’s [[International Centre for the Business of Sport]] to produce a report on their behalf. ''The Prevalence of Corruption in International Sport: A Statistical Analysis''.<ref name="Gorse"> Samantha Gorse & Simon Chadwick, [http://www.egba.eu/pdf/Report-FINAL.pdf The Prevalence of Corruption in International Sport: A Statistical Analysis] Coventry University’s International Centre for the Business of Sport, 11th November 2011, accessed 26th April 2012 </ref> found that corruption cases in sport were predominantly accounted for by incidences of doping, 96%, and that betting related (and non-betting related) match fixing accounted for 3% and misuse of insider information 1.5% of all corruption in sport.<ref name="Gorse"/>

Investigative journalist and academic Declan Hill described the research as 'Dreadful' and claimed that the data set used was incomplete, there were problems with data collection, survey design and sample bias. Reported corruption had been used to compile the data without considering unreported or undetected cases of corruption.<ref name="Hill">Declan Hill, [http://www.playthegame.org/news/detailed/dreadful-research-and-the-private-european-gambling-industry-5312.html Dreadful Research and the (Private) European Gambling Industry], ''Play The Game'', 20 December 2011, accessed 26th April 2012 </ref> Hill also states that the report should not be described as academic as it was not peer reviewed. Hill concludes his assessment of the report: 'So in my opinion, the Coventry Report does serve a useful purpose. It is so bad, it is so heavily supported by commercial interests outside of academia, that it is a great red-flag warning. If you are a politician or a sports official or a journalist and someone cites the research then you can immediately question their findings' <ref name="Hill"/>

== Members ==
*[[Bet-at-home.com]]
*[[BetClic]]
*[[Bwin.party]]
*[[Digibet]]
*[[Expekt]]
*[[Interwetten]]
*[[Unibet]]<ref> European Gaming and Betting Association, [http://www.egba.eu/en/about/members Members] accessed 26th April 2012 </ref>

==References==
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Allen & Overy

2015-02-26T15:05:12Z

Claire Harkins:

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'''Allen & Overy''' (A&O) is a leading international law firm.

==Advising on Horizon Nuclear Power nuclear sale in the UK==
Allen & Overy (A&O) advised Japanese energy and engineering company [[Hitachi]] on its £696m purchase of [[Horizon Nuclear Power]] from [[E.ON]] and [[RWE]], which had set up the UK joint venture in November 2009. A&O energy co-head [[Gareth Price]] and corporate partner [[John Geraghty]] led the team advising Hitachi.

According to ''The Lawyer'' magazine, A&O 'has worked with Hitachi for 20 years on corporate and competition matters and has a longstanding relationship with the company’s power systems division'.
Other law firms involved in the sale were:

:[[Clifford Chance]], which had previously advised Horizon, is understood to have had a small role acting for the joint venture helping with due diligence. [[Freshfields]], led by corporate partners [[Andrew Hutchings]] and [[James Wood]] and IP partner [[Chris Forsyth]], advised E.ON, while [[CMS]] partner Charles Currier advised RWE. <ref> James Swift, [http://www.thelawyer.com/ao-cms-and-freshfields-land-mandates-on-696m-uk-nuclear-sale/1015294.article A&O, CMS and Freshfields land mandates on £696m UK nuclear sale], ''The Lawyer'', 31 October 2012, acc 16 Sept 2013 </ref>

== Advising the Food Industry ==
Food industry clients include: [[Nestlé]], [[Danone]], [[Kraft]], [[Bahlsen]], [[Diamond Foods]], [[Arla Foods]], [[Unilever]], [[United Biscuits]], [[Associated British Foods]], [[Barilla Holding and Masterfoods]]. <ref> Allen & Overy [http://www.allenovery.com/expertise/sectors/retail/Pages/default.aspx Retail and Consumer Goods] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref>
==People==
*[[Gareth Price]] - '''Allen & Overy LLP''' Global Co-head of Energy. He has been with A&O since he was a trainee, looks after key clients such as [[Dong Energy]], [[GDF Suez]] and [[Hitachi]]. <ref> ''The Lawyer'', [http://www.thelawyer.com/news/people/the-hot-100/hot-100-gareth-price-allen-and-overy/1016133.article Dealmakers Hot 100: Gareth Price, Allen & Overy], 28 January 2013, acc 16 Sept 2013 </ref>
*[[Anne Baldock]], former Head of Projects, '''Allen & Overy LLP''' is a Board member of the [[Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board]], which was set up by the [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]] to provide impartial scrutiny and advice on the suitability of so-called 'Funded Decommissioning Programmes'.<ref>[http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/nlfab_reapp/nlfab_reapp.aspx Reappointment of members to the Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board], DECC, 1 March 2012</ref>

==Clients==
*[[Hitachi]]
*[[BAE]]

==Affiliations==
*[[Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board]]
*[[Carbon Capture and Storage Association]]
*[[International Financial Services London]]
‪*[[International Business Leaders Forum‬]]
‪*[[Public Private Partnership Forum‬]]

==Contact, Resources and Notes==

===Contact===

:Address:
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Allen & Overy

2015-02-26T15:04:04Z

Claire Harkins:

Clarion Events

2015-02-26T14:30:03Z

Claire Harkins:

According to their website "[[Clarion Events]] can trace its roots back to 1947 and takes great pride in being one of the oldest independent event organisers in the UK. More recently the firm has developed an international portfolio of brands and now has interests in a number of global vertical industries". <ref>Clarion Events [http://www.clarionevents.com/about-us About US] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref> They create networking opportunities for a range of sectors, attracting "buyers with spending and decision-making power who are looking for solutions and innovations to help move their businesses forward. Putting them in contact with the providers of these solutions, and with each other, is our overriding objective, always." <ref>Clarion Events [http://www.clarionevents.com/about-us About US] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref> Clarion Events operate across multiple sectors, including Defence & Security , Gaming & Gambling, Life Sciences, Oil & gas, Cards and Payments, Power & Utilities, Telecoms, and a range of sectors. <ref> Clarion Events [http://www.clarionevents.com/sectors2/other-key-sectors Our Key Sectors] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref>

The company operates globally with over 500 staff organising over 200 networking events each year. With offices in the USA, Germany, Brazil, Singapore, UAE, The Netherlands, Turkey, South Africa and the UK they claim to have an "effective and broad platform to support our sector growth plans and provide the infrastructure for new business development" <ref> Clarion Events [http://www.clarionevents.com/our-markets Our Markets] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref>

== Gaming & Gambling Events ==
International Casino Conference Monday 2nd February 2015

This conference is organised annually by Clarion in cooperation with the [[European Casino Association]] it provides a "comfortable and confidential environment to exchange views on the most burning issues affecting the land-based industry". <ref> ICE Totally Gaming [http://www.icetotallygaming.com/international-casino-conference International Casino Conference] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref> The agenda for 2015 included: updates on the newly elected European Commission, the transformation of customer experience, results from a mystery visits project and a progress review of resorts-style gaming in Europe. <ref> ICE Totally Gaming [http://www.icetotallygaming.com/international-casino-conference International Casino Conference] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref>

Speakers included: [[Ron Goudsmit]], Chairman, [[European Casino Association]] (ECA) [[Simon Thomas]], CEO, [[The Hippodrome]], [[Harrie Temmink]], Deputy Head, Online & Postal Unit, DG Internal Market & Services, European Commission, [[Marc Campman]], CEO, Love Social Media, and [[Damià Calvet]] Valera, Director, Generalitat de Catalunia. <ref> ICE Totally Gaming [http://www.icetotallygaming.com/international-casino-conference International Casino Conference] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref>

[[Harrie Temmink]], Deputy Head, Online & Postal Unit, DG Internal Market & Services, European Commission presented a session on ''What will be the outlook of the new European Commission?'' where he gave delegates an overview of the new Commission and what its working framework will be and a discussion on developments around infringement cases, the recommendations on consumer protection and responsible advertising, integrity of sport and match-fixing, and protection against fraud and money laundering.<ref> ICE Totally Gaming [http://www.icetotallygaming.com/international-casino-conference International Casino Conference] Accessed 26th February 2015 </ref>

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[[File:Logo epc.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Logo of the [[European Policy Centre]], circa November 2011]]
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The [[European Policy Centre]] (EPC) is a pro-business European think tank, founded in 1996/7. It was formerly known as the [[Belmont European Policy Centre]] created in 1991. It is committed to making European integration work and enjoys an influential position within European politics and business circles. Its members include companies, professional and business federations, trade unions, diplomatic missions, regional and local bodies, as well as NGOs representing a broad range of civil society interests, foundations, international and religious organisations.<ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/about.php About Us: Mission Statement] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref> The EPC defines its mission as "contributing to the construction of Europe", and to achieve this it "encourages a debate among all significant interest groups and channels the results to policy-makers". It makes no secret of placing "special emphasis on strengthening the interface of government with business". <ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/about.php About Us: Mission Statement] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref> The EPC is one of the most prominent EU think tanks it relies on both corporate funding and public money. EPC spokespeople often appear in the media as neutral commentators. <ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://archive.corporateeurope.org/docs/lobbycracy/lobbyplanet.pdf Lobby Planet: Brussels the EU Quarter] July 2005, accessed 1st November 2011 </ref>

The [[European Policy Centre]] is based in Résidence Palace 155 rue de la Loi Brussels, a formerly a luxury apartment block that now contains offices for the [[Council of the European Union]], the [[European Council]] and some Belgian government offices. Others who use the building include media organisations, think tanks including [[Lisbon Council]] and the journo-lobbying website [[TechCentralStation]] (that [[Corporate Europe Observatory]] describes as "an aggressive US journo-lobbying website funded by companies like [[Microsoft]], [[Exxon]] and [[McDonalds]]. The website www.Tech CentralStation.be is full of the kind of furious attacks on environmental and social legislation that are more commonly associated with radio talkshows from the US mid-west". <ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://archive.corporateeurope.org/docs/lobbycracy/lobbyplanet.pdf Lobby Planet: Brussels the EU Quarter] July 2005, accessed 1st November 2011 </ref> The EPC makes no secret of its pro business stance "We are action oriented and we believe that business must be more involved in public policies."<ref> Quoted in "Crossing the Business and Political Divide", by Rory Watson, the European Voice 9-15 July 1998. </ref>

==History==
The Centre, as the EPC calls itself, was established in January 1997 by a trio of prominent public affairs people, [[Stanley Crossick]], godfather of Brussels lobbying; [[Max Kohnstamm]], former vice president of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; and [[John Palmer]], former European editor of The ''Guardian''. In 1991 Crossick, Kohnstamm and Palmer had founded the [[Belmont European Policy Centre]], which was the predecessor of the EPC.

The EPC's bias towards industry is well reflected in the composition of its advisory board, which together with the advisors' team helps the three founders run the Centre, and also in its membership. The Centre claims to include trade unions, but in fact the only representative is [[Emilio Gabaglio]], secretary-general of the [[European Trade Union Confederation]] (ETUC), well-known for its constructive approach towards neo-liberal European Union policies.

There are no other representatives of 'civil society' involved. However, the board does include six European parliamentarians, five former directors-general and a vice president of the [[European Commission]], journalists from newspapers such as ''Le Monde'' and the ''Financial Times'', corporate directors from [[Philips]] and [[Mars]], and influential industrialists such as [[Peter Sutherland]] (former European commissioner and [[GATT]] director and current chairman of [[British Petroleum]] and [[Goldman Sachs]] International); the former and current [[ERT]] secretary generals [[Keith Richardson]] and [[Wim Philippa]]; [[UNICE]] secretary general [[Dirk Hudig]], and [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] from the executive board of the [[European Central Bank]]. The EPC enjoys significant financial support from its corporate members such as [[ABB]], [[BAT]], [[BP]], [[British Telecom]] and [[Solvay]] -- all members of the [[European Roundtable of Industrialists]] (ERT) -- and other large corporations such as [[Dow]], [[DuPont]], [[Philip Morris]] and [[SmithKline Beecham]]. In exchange, these corporate donors are provided services such as regular contact with decision makers.<ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://archive.corporateeurope.org/docs/lobbycracy/lobbyplanet.pdf Lobby Planet: Brussels the EU Quarter] July 2005, accessed 1st November 2011 </ref>

==Lobbying Transparency==
The EPC were the first major Think Tank to sign up to the EU's voluntary transparency register. Although they claim that the only interest they represent is the interest of the EU as a whole. <ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/press_room_details.php?release_id=4 EPC signs up to Transparency Register] 14 January 2010, accessed 8th November 2011 </ref>

==EPC & Science ==
The European Policy Centre analysed the role of science in the decision-making of the European Union and made a number of recommendations
on how to the improve the use of science by EU institutions. <ref> Editorial [http://toxminds.biz/pdf_publications/TP-Editorial-RTP-2006.pdf Science and politics: From science to decision making] ''Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology'', 44 (2006) 1–3, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref> <ref> Bruce Ballantine, [http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/Files/ISN/.../doc_10849_290_en.pdf EPC Working Paper No 17. Enhancing the role of science in the decision-making of the European Union] ''European Policy Centre'', 2005, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

==EPC: Roundtable on Alcohol Related Harm==
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The EPC were asked to chair a series of four meetings intended to‘identify areas of agreement between the stakeholders as to actions that can contribute effectively to the reduction of alcohol-related harm and indicate where and why there is disagreement, and in so doing help create confidence between stakeholders’.<ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer2/epc.html Part One: The European Policy Centre] European Think Tank Series, Issue 2, October 1998, </ref> According to the [[Institute of Alcohol Studies]] these meetings were "At the behest of the [alcohol] Industry, DG SANCO officials organised roundtable discussion through the aegis of the European Policy Centre, between representatives of the Commission, Member States, Industry and NGOs to discuss the draft proposals for a European Alcohol Policy Strategy". <ref> Rutherford, D. (2006) [http://www.ias.org.uk/What-we-do/Publication-archive/The-Globe/Issue-3-2006/Editorial.aspx AIS Editorial] The Globe Issue accessed 28th October 2013 </ref> The meetings involved working through 78 issues or policy proposals related to alcohol harm reduction that were presented by the [[European Commission]] in an informal draft of their communication on Alcohol. Participants graded each item using a traffic lights system, green issues were broadly agreeable to all present, amber a possibility and red a clear no. 68 of the measures were marked green, Seven were amber, indicating no overall agreement but that some compromises might be reached. Three were categorised as red issues where the industry simply refused to negotiate. <ref> EPC [http://www.theepc.be/home.asp The EPC] Last Accessed July 2007 </ref>

Dr [[Peter Anderson]], author of the Alcohol In Europe report (2006) commented “The European Policy Centre (EPC) describes itself as ‘an independent, not-for-profit think tank, committed to making European integration work’. Its independence is, of course, ensured by the fact that its prime corporate members and sponsors include [[InBev]], the world’s largest brewer and [[Philip Morris]] International”. <ref> Anderson & Baumberg, [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01713.x Alcohol Policy: Who should sit at the table?] ''Addiction Volume'' 102, No. 2 pp 335-336 (online subscription required)</ref> The final outcome of this process, and other consultations resulted in the launch of the [[European Alcohol and Health Forum]].

In 1998 [[Diageo]] and The [[Weinberg Group]] helped set up a [[European Policy Centre]] Forum. Correspondence shows a representative of [[Diageo]] trying to organise a discount for a booking made by [[Weinberg Group]] for a forum run by the EPC. <ref> Legacy Library, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/l/m/g/lmg63a99/Slmg63a99.pdf Fax to Sarah Bennett BLRA from Andrea Livett of Diageo] 10th March 1998, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>. [[Weinberg Group]] are well known for their work assisting tobacco, alcohol and chemical industries.

==Tobacco Industry Work==
According to ASH:
:"The European Policy Centre (EPC) is a well respected Brussels based think tank that BAT has used as the key consultancy group, sometimes alongside the [[Weinberg Group]] to help with lobbying to ensure policy makers are legally obliged to include tobacco companies’ opinions in European policymaking development and decision making processes. The EPC had the particular advantage that it had developed a broad profile and received funding from the European Commission allowing it to acquire insider status in policy making circles" <ref> ASH, [http://www.ash.org.uk/SmokeFilledRoom Smoke Filled Room] 2010, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

The EPC were part of a policy network used by [[British American Tobacco]] (BAT) to make changes to EU treaties in order to minimise legislative burdens on business. From 1995 BAT organised other corporate actors, including the EPC, [[Shell]], [[Zeneca]], [[Tesco]], [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Bayer]] and [[Unilever]], to mount a multi-year lobby campaign aiming at shaping the EU's impact assessment, to ensure regulations would undermine public health rather than reduce the profitably of business. This rendered EU policy even more pro-business. BAT's use of a policy network distanced the tobacco industry form the lobbying efforts and obscuring the tobacco industry's involvement. The research also found evidence of tobacco and chemical industries using the changes to delay or weaken legislation to improve public health. <ref> Katherine E. Smith Gary Fooks, Jeff Collin, Heide Weishaar, Sema Mandal1, Anna B. Gilmore, [http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/comments/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000202;jsessionid=85CF08459ECA45C816B0D270B1277B95.ambra02 Working the System”—British American Tobacco's Influence on the European Union Treaty and Its Implications for Policy: An Analysis of Internal Tobacco Industry Documents] ''Public Library of Science'', 12th January 2010, accessed 7th November 2011</ref> The [[European Policy Centre]] and the [[Weinberg Group]] were central to [[British American Tobacco]]'s approach. <ref> Leigh Phillips, [http://euobserver.com/19/29252 Big tobacco distorted EU treaty, scientists say] ''EUobserver'' 13th January 2010, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

BAT were also helped by a UK consultancy, [[Charles Barker]],

:to work out the advantages of pushing such an approach at the UK and EU levels, the study says. According to the scientists, the firm warned BAT that they would need to tread carefully, lobbying through a 'front' organisation and enlisting other 'big industry names'<ref> Katherine E. Smith1 Gary Fooks, Jeff Collin, Heide Weishaar, Sema Mandal1, Anna B. Gilmore, [http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/comments/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000202;jsessionid=85CF08459ECA45C816B0D270B1277B95.ambra02 Working the System”—British American Tobacco's Influence on the European Union Treaty and Its Implications for Policy: An Analysis of Internal Tobacco Industry Documents] ''Public Library of Science'', 12th January 2010, accessed 7th November 2011</ref>

Ultimately it was the EPC that provided the front.

[[David Byrne]], Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection 1999-2004 was reportedly shocked: ‘I would be absolutely astonished and would find it very difficult to believe if there was any available information which tended to indicate that the European Policy Centre was advocating on behalf of the tobacco industry – that would be shocking’. <ref> Campaign against Euro-federalism, [http://www.caef.org.uk/d123howlbby.html Working the system Lobbying by transnational corporations] May/June 2011 (no. 123), accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

==Funding==
The EPC is financed by membership and subscription fees, grants from philanthropic organisations and from EU funds. In 2010 donations amounting to € 800,000 were received from three philanthropic foundations, the [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] (based in Turin) the [[King Baudouin Foundation]], based in Brussels and the [[Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation]] in Portugal. The EPC also received an operating grant of €145,556 from the EU budget under the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme.<ref> European Union, [http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=89632641000-47 European Policy Centre] ''Transparency Register'', 29th July 2011, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>

==Affiliations==
*EPC are members of the [[European Economic Governance Monitor]] which is a consortium of think tanks based in Belgium [[European Policy Centre]] (EPC), France [[Institut Francais des Relation Internationales]] (IFRI), the French Institute of International Relations; Italy [[Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale]] (ISPI), the Institute for International Political Studies; [[Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik]] (SWP) the German Institute of International and Security Affairs; and in the UK, [[Chatham House]]. <ref> European Union, [http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=89632641000-47 European Policy Centre] ''Transparency Register'', 29th July 2011, accessed 7th November 2011 </ref>
*The [[Weinberg Group]]

==People==
===Governing Board===
====Circa 2011====
*'''Chair''' [[Meglena Kuneva]] Former European Commissioner for Consumer Protection
*'''Members''': [[Marionne Barge-Van Engelen]] Executive Search, [[Russell Reynolds Associates]] | [[Giancarlo Chevallard]] Chairman of the Board; [[Paralleli]], Turin | [[Anna Fornalczyk]] Partner, [[COMPER Fornalczyk & Partners General Partnership]]; former President of the Anti-monopoly Office in Poland | [[Hans Martens]] Chief Executive, [[European Policy Centre]] Secretary (non-voting) | [[Umberto Morelli]] Director, [[Centro studi sul Federalismo]], Turin | [[Gerrit Rauws]] Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[Louis Verbeke]] Member of the Brussels Bar, Chairman and Professor at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School<ref>EPC [http://www.epc.eu/about_board.php Governing Board], accessed 8 November 2011</ref>

===Advisory Council===
*'''EPC Advisory Board 2011'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President); Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International; Chairman of [[BP]] plc | Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, [[John Kerr]] (Vice-President) Former UK Ambassador to the EU | [[Erika Mann]] (Vice-President) Senior Fellow, [[Atlantic Council]]; former Member of European Parliament | [[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc | [[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]] | [[Jaimini Bhagwati]] Ambassador, Embassy of India to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg & The Mission of India to the European Union | [[Hans Blix]] Chairman, [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] | [[Olivier Boutellis-Taft]] Chief Executive, [[Federation of European Accountants]] | [[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador, Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities | [[Philippe de Buck]] Director General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[Andrew Duff]] Member of the [[European Parliament]] | [[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest | [[Jan Eliasson]] Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and President of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] | [[José Gregório Faria]] Special Adviser, [[Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian]] | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Hanns Glatz]] Partner, [[CNC]] - Communications & Network Consulting AG | [[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at [[CERI]] (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels) Member of [[European Parliament]] President of European Movement in France | [[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]] | [[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador, Canadian Mission to the European Union | [[Danuta Maria Hübner]] Member of the [[European Parliament]]; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | [[Hywel Ceri Jones]] Former Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]], Director of the [[Network of European Foundations]] (NEF) | [[Jan Karlsson]] Former Minister for Migration and Development Cooperation; former Co-Chair of the Global Commission for International Migration | [[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund]] of the United States | [[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]] | [[Joost Lagendijk]] Senior Adviser, [[Istanbul Policy Center]] | [[Allan Larsson]] Former [[European Commission]] Director-General for DG Employment | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Finland's Bank]]; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | [[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Alan Mayhew]] Jean Monnet Professor and Professorial Fellow, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex | [[Rory Montgomery]] Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union | [[John Monks]] Secretary-General of [[European Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Rainer Mûnz]] Head of Research & Development, [[Erste Bank]] | [[Jan Niessen]] Director, [[Migration Policy Group ]] | [[Dáithí O'Ceallaigh]] Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin | [[Dick Oosting]] Chief Executive Officer, [[European Council of Foreign Relations]] | [[John Palmer]] Former Political Director, [[European Policy Centre]] | [[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] Former President of the Party of European Socialists, European Parliament | [[Scott C Ratzan]] Vice President, Global Health, [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force | [[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolff]]-Director, Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] | [[André Sapir]] Professor of Economics, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles | [[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | [[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs | [[Wolfgang Schüssel]] Former Federal Chancellor of Austria | [[Peter Semneby]] Former EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus | [[Jamie Shea]] Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, [[NATO]] | [[Larry Stone]] President Group Public and Government Affairs, [[BT]] | [[Ingmar Streese]] Head of Public Affairs Europe, [[Mars]], [[Public Affairs Europe]] | [[Rita Süssmuth]] President, [[German Bundestag]] | [[Pavel Swieboda]] President, [[demosEUROPA]] – [[Centre for European Strategy]] | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]] | [[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President, [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]] | [[John Vassallo]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA | [[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs | [[Helen Wallace]] Director, [[European University Institute]], Florence, School of Economics and Political Science [[London School of Economics]] | [[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
*'''EPC Advisory Board June-September 2010'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International | [[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the [[European University Institute]], Florence | Lord [[John Kerr]] of Kinlochard (Vice-President) Former UK Ambassador to the EU | [[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc | [[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated | [[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]] | [[Jaimini Bhagwati]] Ambassador, Embassy of India to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg & The Mission of India to the European Union | [[Hans Blix]] Chairman, [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] | [[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador, Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities | [[Stanley Crossick]] Founding Chairman, [[European Policy Centre]] | [[Philippe de Buck]] Director General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[Gijs de Vries]] Former EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator | [[Alan Dukes]] Former Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin | [[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Paul Gillespie]] Foreign Editor, The [[Irish Times]] | [[Hanns Glatz]] Partner, CNC – [[Communications & Network Consulting AG]] | [[Sylvie Goulard]] Member of the European Parliament, President of [[European Movement in France]] | [[Borut Grgic]] Director, [[Institute for Strategic Studies]], Slovenia | [[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]] | [[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador, Canadian Mission to the European Union| [[Hywel Ceri Jones]] Former Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]], Director of the [[Network of European Foundations]] (NEF) | [[Jan Karlsson]] Former Minister for Migration and Development Cooperation; former Co-Chair of the [[Global Commission for International Migration]] | [[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | [[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]] | [[Joost Lagendijk]] Senior Adviser, [[Istanbul Policy Center]] | [[Allan Larsson]] Former European Commission Director-General for DG Employment | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Bank of Finland]] | [[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Erika Mann]] Senior Fellow,[[Atlantic Council]]; former Member of European Parliament | [[John Monks]] General Secretary, [[European Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Rainer Mûnz]] Head of Research & Development, [[Erste Bank]] | [[Jan Niessen]] Director, [[Migration Policy Group]] |[[Nobutake Odano]] Ambassador, Japanese Mission to the EU | [[Dick Oostings]] [[European Council of Foreign Relations]] | [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Italian Minister of Economy and Finance | [[John Palmer]] Former Political Director, [[European Policy Centre]] | [[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] former President of the [[Party of European Socialists]], European Parliament | [[Scott C Ratzan]] Vice President, Global Health, [[Johnson and Johnson]] | [[Conny Reuter]] President, [[Platform of European Social NGOs]] | [[Gaêtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]] | [[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolff]]Director, Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] | [[André Sapir]] Professor of Economics, ECARES, Université Libre de [[Bruxelles | [[Witold Sartorius]] President, ]Foundation for Economic Education]] (Poland) | [[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs | [[Jamie Shea]] Director of Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, [[NATO]] | [[Larry Stone]] President Group Public and Government Affairs, [[BT]] | [[Pavel Swieboda]] President, [[demosEUROPA]] - Centre for European Strategy | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]] | [[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President, [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]] | [[John Vassallo]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA | [[Helen Wallace]] Centennial Professor, [[European Institute]], [[London School of Economics and Political Science]] | [[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Policy Adviser to the Board of Management, [[Deutsche Post DHL]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | [[John Wyles]] former Senior Partner, [[GPlus Europe]] | Ex-officio [[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force | [[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs.
*'''EPC Advisory Council December 2008'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs International]]; Chairman of [[BP]] plc | [[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the European University Institute, Florence | Lord [[John Kerr]] of Kinlochard (Vice-President) Former UK Ambassador to the EU | [[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc | [[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated | [[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]] [[Karel Van Miert]] (Vice-President) Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy | [[Hans Blix]] Chairman [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] | [[Jocelyne Cesari]] Professor of Islamic Studies, [[Harvard University]] | [[Dipak Chatterjee]] Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union | [[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador of the Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities | [[Stanley Crossick]] Founding Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]] | [[Philippe de Buck Secretary General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent]] Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU | [[Gijs de Vries]] Former EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator | [[Stéphane Ducable]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA | [[Alan Dukes]] Director General [[Institute European Affairs]] Dublin | [[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest | [[Gareth Evans]] President, [[International Crisis Group]] | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Paul Gillespie]] Foreign Editor The [[Irish Times]] | [[Xavier Gizard]] General Secretary [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]] | [[Sylvie Goulard]] President [[French European Movement]] | [[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]] | [[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador of Canada to the EU | [[Hywel Ceri Jones]] Former Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]] and Director of the [[Network of European Foundations]] (NEF) | [[Craig Kennedy]] President [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | [[[[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]] |[[Ivan Krastev]] Chair of Board for [[Liberal Strategies]], Sofia | [[Joost Lagendijk]] Chair of the EU-Turkey Delegation, European Parliament | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Bank of Finland]] | [[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Rory Macmillan]] Director Government Affairs [[Nike]] EMEA | [[Erika Mann]] Member of European Parliament, Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] | [[John Monks]] General Secretary, [[European Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Nobutake Odano]] Ambassador of Japanese Mission to the European Union | [[Dick Oosting]] Europe Director, [[International Center for Transitional Justice]] | [[[[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Italian Minister of Economy and Finance | [[John Palmer]] Former Director [[European Policy Centre]] | [[[[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] President of the [[Party of European Socialists]], European Parliament | [[[[Scott C Ratzan]] Vice President, Government Affairs, Europe, [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[Conny Reuter]] President of the [[European Social NGOs]] | [[Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]] | [[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolff-Director]], Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] | [[André Sapir]] Senior Fellow, [[BRUEGEL]] | [[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | [[[[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of EP Committee on Foreign Affairs | [[Jamie Shea]] Director, Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General, [[NATO]] | Sir [[David Sieff]] Non-executive Director [[Marks and Spencer]] | [[Chris Spear]] Vice President Government Relations Europe, Middle East and Africa, [[Honeywell]] | [[Marc Spelman]] Head of European Strategy, [[Accenture]] UK | [[Larry Stone]] President Group Public & Government Affairs [[BT]] | [[Pavel Swieboda]] President [[demosEUROPA]]- Centre for European Strategy | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]] | [[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President of the [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]] | [[Helen Wallace]] Centennial Professor, [[European Institute]], [[London School of Economics and Political Science | [[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of [[Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | [[John Myles]] Senior Partner [[GPlus Europe]] | Ex-officio [[[[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the [[University of Lisbon]], Member of the European Employment Task Force | [[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs
*'''EPC Advisory Council September 12th 2007'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International; Chairman of [[BP]] plc | [[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the [[European University Institute]], Florence | [[Karel Van Miert]] (Vice-President) Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy | [[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc | [[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated | [[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]] | [[Hans Blix]] Chairman, [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]] | [[Jocelyne Cesari]] Professor of Islamic Studies, [[Harvard University]] | [[Dipak Chatterjee]] Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union | [[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador of the Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities | [[Philippe de Buck]] | Secretary General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent]] Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU | [[Stéphane Ducable]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA | [[Alan Dukes]] Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]] Dublin | [[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest | [[Gareth Evans]] President, [[International Crisis Group]] | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Bronislaw Geremek]] Member of the European Parliament | [[Paul Gillespie]] Foreign Editor, The [[Irish Times]] | [[Xavier Gizard]] General Secretary, [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]] | [[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at [[CERI]] (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Bruges) | [[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]] | [[[[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador of Canada to the European Union | [[Takekazu Kawamura]] Ambassador of Japanese Mission to the European Union | [[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | Lord [[John Kerr]] of Kinlochard Former UK Ambassador to the EU | [[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]] | [[Ivan Krastev]] Chair of Board for [[Liberal Strategies]], Sofia | [[Joost Lagendijk]] Member of Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, European Parliament | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Bank of Finland]] | [[Tony Long]] Director, [[WWF]] European Policy Office | [[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Rory Macmillan]] Director Government Affairs EMEA [[Nike]] | [[Erika Mann]] Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] | [[John Monks]] General Secretary, [[European Trades Union Confederation]] | [[Dick Oosting]] Director, [[Amnesty International]] EU Office | [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Former Member of the Executive Board, [[European Central Bank]] | [[Anne-Sophie Parent]] President, [[Platform European NGOs]] | [[Robin Pauley]] President, European Affairs, [[BT]] Group | [[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] President of the [[Party of European Socialists]], European Parliament | [[Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]] | [[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolf]] Director, Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] | [[André Sapir]] Senior Fellow, [[BRUEGEL]] | [[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | [[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of EP Committee on Foreign Affairs | [[Jamie Shea]] Director Policy Planning Private Office of the Director General [[NATO]] | Sir [[David Sieff]] Non-executive Director [[Marks and Spencer]] | [[Marc Spelman]] Head of European Strategy, [[Accenture]] UK | [[Pavel Swieboda]] President [[demosEUROPA]] - Centre for European Strategy | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]] | [[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President of the [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]] | [[Miguel Veiga-Pestana]] Vice President Global External Affairs, [[Unilever]] | [[Helen Wallace]] Centennial Professor, [[European Institute]], [[London School of Economics]] and Political Science | [[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament; Chairman of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] | [[Maja Wessels]] Senior Vice-President Government Relations, [[Honeywell]] | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | [[John Wyles]] [[GPlus Europe]] | Ex-offcio [[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the [[University of Lisbon]], Member of the European Employment Task Force | [[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affair
*'''Advisory Council 2nd May 2007 12th September 2007'''
[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs International]]; Chairman of [[BP]] plc | [[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President) Former Vice-President of the Jean Monnet Action Committee; former President of the European University Institute, Florence| [[Karel Van Miert]] Vice President) Former Commissioner for Competition Policy| [[Antonio Vitorino]] (Vice-President) Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs| [[David Arkless]], Senior Vice President [[Manpower]] inc | [[Stephen Badger]] Vice President [[Mars]] Incorporated | [[Anthony Burgmans]] Chairman [[Unilever]] NV & Vice Chair [[Unilever]] plc | [[HE Dipak Chatterjee]] Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union | [[Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent]] Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU | [[Stéphane Ducable]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft EMEA]] | [[Alan Dukes]] Director General [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin | [[Gareth Evans]] President [[International Crisis Group]] | [[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[Xavier Gizard]] Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe | [[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at CERI (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels) | [[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | [[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Finland's Bank]]; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | [[Tony Long]] Director, [[WWF]] European Policy Office | [[Donald MacInnes]] [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Rory Macmillan]] Director Government Affairs [[Nike]] EMEA | [[Erika Mann]] Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] | [[John Monks]] Secretary-General of [[European Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Former Member of the Executive Board, [[European Central Bank]] | [[Robin Pauley]] President, European Affairs, [[BT]] Group | [[Wim Philippa]] Secretary General [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | [[Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]] | [[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the [[University of Lisbon]], Member of the European Employment Task Force |[[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | Sir [[David Sieff]] Non-Executive Director, [[Marks and Spencer]] | [[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[Helen Wallace]] Director, [[European University Institute]], Florence | [[Maja Wessels]]
Senior Vice-President Government Relations, [[Honeywell]] | [[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy |

==Membership Fees==
'''Circa 2011'''
Platinum membership is the highest offered by the EPC, however it appears that you are unable to pay for platinum level entry. Subscription charges are for one year’s membership. Gold membership is open to large multi-national businesses and costs €10, 000 per annum; silver membership is open to medium sized businesses and costs €5, 000 each year, while bronze membership is open to small businesses and costs €2,500. Professional and Business association membership costs€1 000. Foundations and Religious organisations can subscribe for €500. Diplomatic Representations are open to missions, embassies and permanent representations the subscription cost ranges between €500 and €1 250. For Inter-Governmental and Governmental Organisations Regional Bodies and Local Authorities subscription costs €1 000 NGOs can join for €500 while Platforms of Non-Governmental Organisations costs slightly more at €1 000. <ref> European Policy Centre, [http://www.epc.eu/benefits_and_fees.php Benefits & Fees] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref>

Members listed on The EPC's Website include:
*'''5 Platinum Members''': [[BT]], [[Johnson & Johnson]], [[Manpower]], [[Mars]] (founder company), [[Microsoft]]
*'''Former Platinum Members''': [[Accenture]] | [[Honeywell]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] (founder) [[Nike]] | [[Unilever]]
*'''53 Gold Members''': [[ABB Europe]] | [[Air Liquide]] | [[Amgen]] | [[BASF Aktiengesellschaft]] | [[BAT]] | [[Boeing]] | [[BP]] | [[CEZ Group]] | [[COWI A/S]] | [[DAIMLER AG]] | [[Deutsche Post DHL]] | [[Deutsche Telekom]] | [[Dow]] | [[DuPont]] | [[Elia System Operator]] | [[EMBRAER, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica]] | [[eni]] | [[Ernst and Young]] Europe | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[Ferrero Group]] - Soremartec | [[Finmeccanica]] | [[GE]] | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[Goldman Sachs]] | [[IKEA]] | [[Intel]] | [[International Business Machines of Belgium]] (IBM Belgium) | [[ Kraft Foods International]] | [[LUKOIL Belgium]] | [[Michelin]] | [[Nestlé]] | [[Nokia Corporation]] | [[Norsk Hydro ASA]] | [[OMV Aktiengesellschaft]] | [[Oracle Corporation]] | [[Philip Morris]] International | [[Philips]] | [[Procter & Gamble]] | [[RTL Group]] | [[Sanofi-Aventis]] | [[Solvay]] | [[Statoil ASA]] | [[Suez Environnement]] | [[Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd]] | [[Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson]] | [[Telenor ASA]] | [[Total]] | [[Toyota]] | [[Türk Telekom]] | [[United Technologies]] | [[UPS]] | [[Vodafone]] | [[White & Case]]
*'''3 Silver Members''': [[APCO Worldwide]] | [[EPPA]] | [[Trans Adriatic Pipeline]]
*'''16 Bronze Members''': [[Burson-Marsteller]] | [[Corporate Public & Strategy Advisory Group]] (CPS) | [[Edelman]] ¦ The Centre | [[FIPRA]] | [[Fleishman-Hillard]] | [[FTI Consulting]] | [[GALLUP]] | [[GPlus Europe]] | [[Grayling]] | [[Hill & Knowlton]] | [[IFOK GmbH]] | [[Kreab Gavin Anderson]] | [[MHP Communications]] | [[Nicholas Phillips Associates]] | [[The Brussels Office]] | [[Weber Shandwick]]
*'''76 Professional & Business Associations''': [[American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union]] (AmCham EU) | [[Assemblée des Chambres Françaises de Commerce et d'Industrie]] (ACFCI) | [[Association of Chartered Certified Accountants]] (ACCA) | [[Association of Commercial TV in Europe]] (ACT) | [[Association of European Chambers of Commerce & Industry]] (EUROCHAMBRES) | [[Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises]] (SETE) | [[Brazilian Business Affairs]] | [[Brussels Office of the Swedish Trade Unions]] | [[BUSINESSEUROPE]] | [[CEFIC]] | [[Comité des Fabricants de Levure de Panification de l'Union Européenne]] (COFALEC) | [[Confederation of British Industry]] (CBI) | [[Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey]] (TUSKON) | [[Confederation of Danish Industry]] (DI) | [[Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers]] (CECCM) | [[Confederation of European Paper Industries]] (CEPI) | [[Confederation of Finnish Industries]] EK | [[Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers]] (VNO-NCW) | [[Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise]] (NHO) | [[Confederation of Swedish Enterprise]] | [[Danish Chamber of Commerce]] | [[Delegation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Paris]]/Ile de France | [[EUCOMED]] | [[EU-Japan Centre for Industrial cooperation]] | [[EuroCommerce]] | [[EuropaBio]] | [[European Automobile Manufacturers Association]] (ACEA) | [[European Cement Association]] (CEMBUREAU) | [[European Coil Coating Association]] (ECCA) | [[European Committe for Cooperation of the Machine Tool Industries]] (CECIMO) | [[European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies]] (Euro-CIETT) | [[European Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association]] (COLIPA) | [[European Crop Protection Association]] (ECPA) | [[European Dairy Association]] (EDA) | [[European Federation for Retirement Provision]] (EFRP) | [[European Federation of Accountants]] (FEE)| [[European Federation of the Ceramics Industry]] (CERAME-UNIE)| [[European Financial Services Round Table]] (EFR) | [[European Flavour and Fragrance Association]] (EFFA) | [[European Foundation for Management Development]] (EFMD) | [[European Landowners' Organisation]] (ELO) | [[European Livestock and Meat Trading Union]] (UECBV) | [[European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment]] (EUROPEN) | [[European Petroleum Industry Association]] (EUROPIA) | [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] (ERT) | [[European Smart Metering Industry Group]] (ESMIG) | [[European Trade Union Confederation]] (ETUC) | [[European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association]] (ETRMA) | [[Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique]] (FEB) | [[Fertilizers Europe]] | [[Foreign Trade Association]] (FTA) | [[Gas Infrastructure Europe]] (GIE) | [[German Savings Banks and Giro Association]] (Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband) (DSGV) | [[Industrial Minerals Association]] (IMA-Europe) | [[International Federation for Animal Health]] (IFAH) | [[International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations]] (IFRRO) | [[ International Fur Trade Federation]] (IFTF) | [[International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee]] (CIRFS) | [[Irish Business Bureau]] (IBB) | [[Japan Center for International Finance]] (JCIF) | [[Japan External Trade Organization]] (JETRO Brussels Center) | [[ORGALIME]] | [[PostEurop]] | [[Swiss Business Federation]] (economiesuisse) | The [[Brewers of Europe]] | The [[Confederation of Danish Employers]] (DA) | The [[Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists in Belgium]] (DJØF Belgium) | The [[ European Wind Energy Association]] (EWEA) | The [[Institute for the Accountancy Profession Sweden]] (Far AB)| [[The Oil Companies' European Organisation for Environment, Health and Safety]] (CONCAWE) | The [[Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees]] | [[Turkish Industry & Business Association]] (TÜSIAD) | [[Unico Banking Group]] | [[Union of EU Soft Drinks Associations]] (UNESDA-CISDA) | [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] | [[Verband der Chemischen Industrie]] (VCI) |
*'''27 FOUNDATIONS''': [[Bertelsmann Stiftung]] | [[British Council Brussels]] | [[Centre for European Studies]] | [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] | [[EGMONT - The Royal Institute for International Relations]] | [[European Climate Foundation]] | [[European Cultural Foundation]] (ECF) | [[European Foundation Centre]] (EFC) | [[European Foundation for Democracy]] | [[European Institute of Public Administration]] (EIPA) | [[Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung]] | [[Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian]] | [[Fundación Academia Europea de Yuste]] | [[Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo]] | [[Generation Europe]] | [[Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung]] | [[Institute of European Affairs]] (IEA) | [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | [[Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung]] | [[Madariaga European Foundation]] | [[Nationale Postcode Loterij]] | [[Open Society Institute]] – Brussels | [[Secure World Foundation]] (SWF) | [[Stiftung Mercator]] | [[Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum]] | [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] (TPN) | [[Ukrainian Foundation for Democracy "People First"]]
*'''4 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS''': [[Bundesagentur für Arbeit]] | [[European Institute of Romania]] | [[Finnish Innovation Fund]], (SITRA) | [[Representative Office of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank]]
*'''15 INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS''': [[Council of Europe]] | [[EFTA Secretariat]] | [[EFTA Surveillance Authority]] (ESA) | [[European Cooperation in Science and Technology]] (COST) | [[European Investment Bank]] (EIB) | [[International Centre for Migration Policy Development]] (ICMPD) | [[International Institute of Administrative Sciences]] (IIAS) | [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) | [[Japan Bank for International Cooperation]] | [[NATO]] Parliamentary Assembly | [[Regional Cooperation Council]] | [[Secretariat of the Energy Charter]] | [[United Nations]] Office in Brussels| [[World Bank]] EU Office | [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)
*'''58 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS''': [[AARP]] | [[Action for Global Health Brussels]] | [[ADEME]] | [[Amnesty International]] | [[ARI Movement]] | [[CARE for Europe]] | [[Caritas Catholica Vlaanderen]] | [[Caritas Europa]] | [[Central Europe Energy Partners]] | [[CHP]] (Turkish social democratic party) EU Office | [[Club of Madrid]] | [[Confrontations Europe]] | [[DCAF Brussels]] | [[EastWest Institute]] | [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] | [[EU-Georgia Business Council]] (EUGBC) | [[EU-Japan Forum]] | [[EU-Korea Institute]] (EKI) | [[EurActiv.com]] | [[EuroAcademic - European Academic Studies Center]] | [[European Academy of Sciences and Arts]] | [[European Bahá'í Business Forum]] | [[European Centre for Research in Africa, Asia and Latin America]] (ECRAAL) | [[European Confederation of Junior Enterprises]] (JADE) | [[European Council on Refugees and Exiles]] (ECRE) | [[European Forum of Muslim Women]] | [[European Movement - Cyprus Council]] | [[European Office of Cyprus]] | [[European Renewable Energies Federation]] (EREF) | [[European Stability Initiative]] | [[European Youth Forum]] | [[EU Ukraine Business Council]] | [[Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU]] (FACE) | [[Federation of Islamic organisations in Europe]] (FIOE) | [[Independent Diplomat]] | [[Institute for Economics and Peace]] | [[Institute for European Environmental Policy]] | [[Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation]] | [[Institute for International and European Policy]] | [[Institute of European Studies Macau]] | [[Intercultural Dialogue Platform]] (IDP) | [[International Association for Human Values]] | [[International Center for Transitional Justice]] | [[International Crisis Group]] (ICG) | [[International Security Information Service]] Europe (ISIS) | [[Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation]] (NEF) ) | [[NGO "Corporate Relations Research Center"]] | [[ONE]] | [[Platform of European Social NGOs]] | [[Search for Common Ground]] | The [[Danish European Movement]] | The [[European Azerbaijan Society]]| The [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]] | The [[International Fund for Cooperation and Partnership "Black Sea-Caspian Sea"]] | The [[Pew Environment Group]] | The [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] (WOSM) | [[Transparency International]] | [[WWF]] European Policy Office
*'''37 REGIONAL BODIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES''': [[Assembly of European Regions]] (AER) | [[Central Denmark EU Office]] | [[City of Aarhus]] | [[City of Vienna - Liaison Office]] | [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]] (CRPM) | [[East-Netherlands Provinces]] | [[East Sweden EU Office]] | [[EUROCITIES]] | [[European Affairs Fund]] | [[Fundación Galicia Europa]] | [[Government of Catalonia]] – Representation to the EU | [[Hanse-Office]] | [[Helsinki EU Office]] | [[Ile-de-France]] - Europe | [[Liaison Agency Flanders]] -Europe | [[Mid-Norway European Office]] | [[North Norway European Office]] | [[North Sweden]] | Office of the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] | [[Oslo Region European Office]] | [[Province of Limburg]] | [[Representation Office of Carinthia]] | [[Representation of Lower Saxony to the EU]] | [[Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union]] | [[Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union]] | [[Representation of the State of Bremen to the EU]] | [[Republic of Srpska Representation in Brussels]] | [[Scotland Europa]] | [[Scottish Government]] EU Office | [[Skåne European Office]] | [[South Denmark European]] | [[Steiermark-Büro]] | [[Tampere Region EU Office]] | [[Turkish Cypriot Representation in Brussels]] | [[TURKU-Southwest Finland European Office]] | [[West Finland European Office]] | [[West Norway Office]] | [[West Sweden EU and Representation Office]]
*'''6 Religious Organisations''': [[Church and Society Commission of CEC]] | [[Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EC]] (COMECE) [[European Evangelical Alliance]] | [[Jesuit European Office]], Brussels (OCIPE) | [[Jesuit Refugee Service]] – Europe | [[Rabbinical Centre of Europe]]
*'''3 Others''': [[Aarhus University]], Denmark | [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] | [[Maastricht University]] <ref> EPC, [http://www.epc.eu/members_list.php Our Members] accessed 1st November 2011 </ref>

==Resources, Publications, Contact, Notes==
===Resources===
*Corporate Europe Observatory [http://archive.corporateeurope.org/observer2/epc.html EUROPEAN THINK TANK SERIES Part One: The European Policy Centre], ''Corporate Europe Observer'', Issue 2, October 1998

===Notes===
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Diageo

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Claire Harkins: /* Connections: industry, government and beyond */

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:"Great people, great brands, holistic performance. That is Diageo."
:"Every day, everywhere, people enjoy our brands. Together we celebrate life responsibly."<ref> Diageo website [http://www.diageo.com/pageengine.asp?site_id=0&section_id=0&page_id=1015 Home Page] - viewed 24.01.05</ref>
'''Diageo''' is a British multinational alcohol company and one of the biggest alcohol companies in the world. It sells alcohol in 180 countries, with a substantial presence in 30 countries.<ref>Julia Finch, The Guardian 17.11.03, [http://society.guardian.co.uk/givinglist/story/0,10994,1087122,00.html 'Brewing a set of Standards,'] - viewed 25.01.05</ref>

==Clean, friendly and ethical image==
The company was created in 1997 by the merger of [[Guinness]] PLC with [[Grand Metropolitan]] PLC (GrandMet). At that stage it was a large multinational with interests in food as well as drink. Today, the company has shed most of its food interests to concentrate on alcohol, acquiring new spirit brands. It projects an image of itself as a clean, friendly and ethically-oriented company with a commitment to "corporate social responsibility" (CSR)<ref> Diageo website, [http://www.diageo.com About us] accessed 1 June 2008 </ref>. This includes both a professed concern with the harm alcohol can cause, and statements about what a great service the company is providing by producing such well-loved brands. As a result, the company manages to gloss over a number of issues for which it has received criticism, such as:

*undermining small-scale and independent alcohol production, both in the UK and in East Africa (see [[Diageo: Corporate Crimes]])
*assisting a shift towards casualisation of employment terms (see: [[Diageo: Corporate Crimes]])
*specific instances of environmental damage and irresponsible marketing (see [[Diageo: Corporate Crimes]])
*Diageo's 'ethical' image has also allowed it a significant and increasing role in formulating government policy, both individually and through various alcohol industry bodies. Diageo's networks of links with policy-makers should be especially highlighted (see [[Diageo: Influence]])
*Diageo promotes the idea that the major problem of alcohol harm is anti-social behaviour caused by binge-drinking. Many health experts dispute the industry assumption about alcohol harm, suggesting that liver failure caused by sustained drinking, account for the majority of people treated in Accident and Emergency for problems caused by alcohol (see [[Diageo: Influence]]) <ref> Jo Revill, The Observer, 23.01.05; [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1396586,00.html 'Mid-life drinkers who booze at home risk disease,'] accessed 07.02.05 </ref>.
[[Image:Diageo Headquarters.jpg|right|thumb|Diageo HQ, First Central Business Park, Park Royal, London]]

==Market share and ownership==
In September 2004, Diageo was the 11th largest publicly quoted company in the UK in terms of market capitalisation <ref> Diageo Website , [http://www.diageo.com/download%5C3000---R531.pdf Annual Report 2004 (p.12)] accessed 24.01.05 </ref>. Diageo Plc is incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, as DGE, and on the New York Stock Exchange, as DEO. The company's turnover was £8.89 bn in 2004, with a total profit of £1.87 bn after exceptional items and tax <ref> Diageo Website, [http://www.diageo.com/download%5C3000---R531.pdf - Annual Report 2004 (p.26)] - viewed 24.01.05 </ref>. It is the largest spirits company in the world, with many of the leading spirits brands (see section on Products and Projects in this profile). As well as spirits, it is the manufacturer of Guinness, and has a 79% share of the stout sector in Europe.

*'''Number of employees'''
Various figures are available as to the number of Diageo's employees. These all suggest a reduction in number in the early 2000s, in part due to the company selling many of its non-alcohol divisions. YahooBiz suggests 38,955 employees in June 2003 (down from 62,124 in June 2002) <ref> Yahoo Business Website [http://uk.biz.yhoo.com/p/d/dge.1.html Diageo] - viewed 02.01.05 </ref>. Diageo's own website suggests 32,392 for 2004 <ref> Yahoo Finance [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=DEO Diageo] - viewed 02.01.05 </ref> while elsewhere its 'Corporate Responsibility Report' suggests 23,720 in 2004 (as opposed to 24,561 in 2003) <ref> Diageo website [http://www.diageo.com/download%5C3000---R532.pdf Diageo Pdf (p.16)] - viewed 02.01.2005 </ref>. Whichever figure is accurate, they are employed in numerous small operations across the 180 countries Diageo works in.
*'''Shareholder'''
Capital Group Companies, Inc. are the only major shareholders, with 123 million ordinary shares (4.01% of the issued ordinary share capital) and no different voting rights. No other major shareholders are listed in Diageo’s Annual Report. According to its Annual Review, Diageo has a total shareholder return (the change in capital value over a period of time of a listed company) of 39%, which makes it rank 6th amongst its competitors <ref> Diageo Annual Review 2004, [http://www.diageo.com/download%5C3000---R530.pdf - Annual Report 2004 p.5] - viewed 24.01.05 </ref>

*'''Annual turnover'''
Turnover in 2004 was £8.89 bn, with total profit £1.87 bn after exceptional items and tax. Operating profit before exceptional items and was £1.91 bn in 2004, down from £1.96 bn in 2003 <ref> Diageo Annual Report 2004, [http://www.diageo.com/download%5C3000---R531.pdf - Annual Report 2004p.26] - viewed 24.01.05 </ref>.

*'''Subsidiaries'''
Diageo has 296 listed subsidiaries, many of which have 'Diageo' in their name, including:

*Gleneagles Hotels Ltd (Venue for 2005 G8 summit)<ref> FAME Database [http://fame.bvdep.com/cgi/template.dll?context=33Y78C&tpl=reportframe&bitnr=14627&pushlink=0 Diageo]- viewed 01.12.05, subscription required, accessed 01.12.05 </ref>
*Haagendazs is a large American company producing ice cream. Some of their products have been investigated for GM products (see 'Corporate Crimes' section)<ref> FoodComp [http://www.btinternet.com/-clairejr/foodcomp/foodcomp.html Home] - viewed 10.10.04 </ref>.

==History==
Diageo PLC was formed with the merger of Guinness PLC, its primary parent company, with Grand Metropolitan PLC (GrandMet), a hotel chain with brewing interests, in 1997. Guinness had already absorbed a number of other companies, including Distillers PLC <ref>Diageo Website [http://www.diageo.com/en-row/AboutDiageo/OurHistory/ Our History] accessed 1st June 2008 </ref>. Diageo's parent companies were involved in a number of controversial and high-profile scandals in the second half of the twentieth century, tarnishing their reputations and perhaps providing an impetus to the re-naming and re-imaging the company underwent when the merger took place. In 1958 [[Distillers]] PLC marketed and distributed the drug thalidomide as a treatment for morning sickness, which was found to produce severe deformities in babies <ref> Thalidomide UK Website [http://www.thalidomideuk.com/ Diageo] - viewed 04.02.05 </ref>. In the 1986 '[[Guinness]] Affair,' four people including Guinness' former Chief Executive [[Ernest Saunders]] were convicted for illegally boosting share prices in a takeover bid <ref> Mike Verdin, BBC News Online 21.12.01 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1723136.stm ‘Guinness Four fail in fight for acquittal,’] - viewed 26.11.04 </ref>. (See [[Diageo: Corporate Crimes]] section of this profile for a more detailed account of these incidents)

Perhaps as a result of these incidents, the merger of 1997 brought about a re-branding and re-imaging of the company. The neutral-sounding and fairly meaningless name ‘Diageo PLC’ was chosen. Diageo explains this name as follows: 'the name "Diageo" combines the Latin word for "day" and the Greek word for "earth". Together, the two words mean celebrating life every day, everywhere.’ <ref> Diageo Careers, [http://www.diageo-careers.com/WhoWeAre-DidYouKnow.asp+distiller+diageo&hl=en Who We Are] - viewed 26.11.04 </ref>. This is captured in another of its catchphrases, 'every day, everywhere, people are enjoying our brands.' <ref> Paul Walsh, Diageo CEO, The London Business School , 28.06.04 [http://www.diageo.com/download%5C3000---R495.pdf Summit on Global Leadership] - viewed 18.01.05 </ref>.

Again in 2000 restructuring was evident. [[Paul Walsh]] become Chief Executive Officer as part of a strategic re-alignment of its business, also [[James Blyth]] aka [[Lord Blyth of Rowington]] succeeded Sir [[Anthony Greener]] as Chairman.<ref> Diageo Website [http://www.diageo.com/en-row/AboutDiageo/OurHistory/ Our History] accessed 1st June 2008 </ref>.

==Current strategy==
Their current strategy is to grow strong brands, trademark brands to ensure maximum returns and dominate market share, and continuing to invest in emerging and developing markets while maing selective take overs <ref> Diageo Website [http://www.diageo.com/en-row/AboutDiageo/Ourstrategy/ Our Strategy] accessed 1st June 2008 </ref>. The company indeed has had much to celebrate in recent years:
*It has become a world leader in spirits production;
*It has transformed its image through a huge PR campaign since 1997 and today is viewed as a clean and ethical company, and an enthusiastic proponent of corporate social responsibility (CSR) (see [[Diageo: Influence]] section for more on this);
*Quite possibly assisted by this PR programme, Diageo has also been successful in building a good relationship with the British government. An ethos of corporate responsibility and self-regulation, and a professed commitment to fighting the harm caused by alcohol, has allowed them, together with other companies and industry-wide organisations, to evade regulation and to be involved in government policy, which has in turn been shaped around the alcohol industry's perception of alcohol and alcohol harm (alcohol as something that helps 'celebrating life every day, everywhere.’) <ref> Diageo Careers [http://www.diageo-careers.com/WhoWeAre-DidYouKnow.asp+distiller+diageo&hl=en Who We Are] - viewed 26.11.04 </ref>
*In January 2009 [[Diageo]] enlisted the support of [[Lewis Hamilton]] the English [[Formula One]] racing star to help its campaign against the [[Scottish Government]]'s efforts to limit alcohol relatd harm. [[Rachael Robertson]], head of government affairs at [[Diageo]], said ""Lewis Hamilton is a big role model. We can use the skills we employ to sell our product to push the message of responsible drinking, to change attitudes towards alcohol and its misuse." <ref> Richard Bath and Kate Foster, Scotland on Sunday 25th January [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland/Lewis-Hamilton-joins-drive-against.4911074.jp Lewis Hamilton joins drive against booze restrictions] accessed 1st march 2009 </ref>

==Connections: industry, government and beyond==

Diageo's close ties with government, and strong interests in lobbying it, help make sense of its involvement in the G8 summit of July 2005, which took place at Gleneagles, a hotel in Perthshire in Scotland owned by Diageo. Diageo played a prominent role in the 2005 G8 Gleneagles Summit. Not only does it own the Gleneagles Hotel where the Summit took place, it has made its presence felt in determining the policies of the G8. As one of Africa's largest corporations, the company was part of the Business Contact Group of the Commission for Africa, which has essentially recommended a further opening up of markets in Africa to foreign investment (See Corporate Watch report, 'Bringing the G8 Home: Corporate Involvement in and around the G8 in Scotland 2005). Diageo representatives participate in a wide range of governmental activities including membership on a number of groups and committees including:

'''Policy Groups & Relationships with Policy Makers'''
*[[Partnership Agreement: Scottish Executive and the Alcohol Industry]]
*[[European Alcohol and Health Forum]]
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria]], provide funding <ref> House of Commons Register of All Party Groups [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi90.htm Country Groups: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria] accessed 16th June 2008 </ref>
*[[American Legislative Exchange Council]], [[Kenneth F. Lane]] of [[Diageo]] USA is a member of the ALEC Private Enterprise Board. <ref> ALEC Website [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Enterprise_Board&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=6991 ALEC Board Members] Accessed 25th August 2008 </ref>.
*The [[Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Scotch Whisky]]<ref> Scottish Parliament, [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/crosspartygroups/documents/ScotchWhisky.pdf Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament- Registration Form], no date given, accessed 5th October 2011 </ref>

*HM Treasury [[Business Forum on Tax and Competitiveness]]
*Diageo was represented in the Coalition government's [[Controlled Foreign Companies (CFC) Working Groups]] in 2011

'''Industry Groups'''
*The [[Portman Group]]
*[[The Drinkaware Trust]]
*[[Scotch Whisky Association]]
*[[European Spirits Organisation]]
*[[European Sponsorship Association]]
*[[European Spirits Companies Liaison Group]]
*[[Institute de Recherches Scientifiques sur les Boissons]]
*[[Scottish Beer and Pub Association]]
*[[Wine & Spirit Trade Association]]
*[[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]]
*[[European Sponsorship Association]]
*[[All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group]]
*[[Whitehall and Industry Group]]
*[[Amsterdam Group]] (now defunct)
*[[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (USA)
*[[Congressional Wine Caucus]] (USA)
*The [[Mature Enjoyment of Alcohol Society]] (Ireland)
*[[Global Alcohol Producers Group]]
*[[International Business Leaders Forum]]
*[[Scottish Business in the Community]]
*[[European Transport Safety Council]]
*[[ICAP]]
*[[European Forum for Responsible Drinking]]
*[[Social Issues Research Centre]] [[Diageo]] provides funding.
*[[Century Council]]
*[[Fells Associates]]

Other SAOs which Diageo is a member of around the world include:
*[[Goda]] (Denmark),
*[[Enterprise et Prevention]] (France),
*[[FISAC]] (Mexico),
*[[STIVA]] (Netherlands),
*[[ARA]] (South Africa),
*[[FAyS]] – (Spain),
*[[TBAF]] - (Taiwan),
*[[SASPI]] - (India),
*[[REACT]] - (Thailand), which was founded by Diageo.

These SAOs all share with Diageo a platform that the harm alcohol causes coexists with its benefits, and that in moderation, alcohol can be good for you. This approach is shaped by the interests of the industry, despite claims to independence.

==Revolving door==
*[[Lord Davies]] of Abersoch, former Minister for Trade Promotion and Investment [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]] until May 2010 took up the role of non-executive director of Diageo in July 2010. The UK government's [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]] saw "no reason why he should not take up the appointment subject to a waiting period of 3 months from his last day in office, on the basis that he would not draw on any privileged information which was available to him as a Minister, and the condition that, for 2 years after leaving office he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of the firm." <ref> Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, Twelfth Annual Report, 2010-2011 </ref>

==External lobbying help==
Diageo hired lobbying firm [[Hanover Communications]] in September 2007 as its retained UK public affairs agency, switching from [[Reputation Inc]]. The move came as the Government stepped up its efforts to curb binge-drinking. Diageo was thought to be paying Hanover at least £100,000 a year. Hanover MD [[Charles Lewington]] said at the time: ‘We will be helping Diageo to raise awareness of its responsible-drinking activities in government. We will also be advising on ongoing discussions with officials about the best way of promoting responsible consumption.’<ref>[http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/739233/Diageo-hires-Hanover-alcohol-concerns-grow/ Diageo hires Hanover as alcohol concerns grow], PR Week, 20 Sept 2007</ref>

In July 2010 ''PRWeek'' reported that Diageo GB 'signed over its public affairs and responsible drinking campaigns to [[Edelman]] as it prepares to go to battle with the Government over changes to alcohol tax'.
This was against the backdrop of [[David Cameron]]'s planned reform of the Licensing Act along with a ban on below-cost selling and a policy decision on alcohol labelling.

:The firm - one of the biggest funders of responsible drinking campaigns in the UK - and high-profile CEO Paul Walsh have in the past come out forcefully against minimum alcohol pricing and steep alcohol tax increases, as well as questioning the link between excessive drinking and advertising.<ref>Matt Cartmell, [http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1017459/drinks-giant-diageo-hands-responsible-drinking-brief-edelman/ Drinks giant Diageo hands 'responsible drinking' brief to Edelman], PR Week UK, 22 July 2010, accessed 14 October 2011 </ref>

==Products and projects==
Diageo manages 17 of the world’s top 100 premium spirits brands. Recently it has dropped non-alcohol products, selling [[Pillsbury]], a large US firm producing baked foods and snacks, to [[General Mills]] in 2001, and selling [[Burger King]], the fast food giant, in 2002, which has allowed the company to escape the current outcry against fast food. Diageo has bought much of the spirits division of [[Seagram]], previously a major spirits company, and other alcohol brands, entrenching its position as a leader in spirits. This reflects a shift to consolidation evident in the spirits sector in general <ref> Keynote reports p.5 [http://www.diageo.com/download%5C3000---R531.pdf - Diageo annual review 2004] - viewed 20.01.05 </ref>
==Board of Directors ==
*[[James Blyth]] Lord Blyth of Rowington
*[[Laurence Danon]]
*[[Clive Hollick]] Lord Hollick of Notting Hill
*Dr. [[Franz B. Humer]] of [[Roche]] replaced Lord Blyth as Chairman in 2008
*[[Maria Lilja]]
*[[Nick Rose]]
*[[Philip Scott]]
*[[William Shanahan]]
*[[Todd Stitzer]]
*[[Paul Walker]]
*[[Paul Walsh]]
<ref> Diageo Website [http://www.diageo.com/en-row/AboutDiageo/OurManagement/BoardofDirectors/Lord_Blyth_of_Rowington.htm Board of Directors] accessed 1st June 2008 </ref>

'''Executive Committee'''
*[[Paul Walsh]]
*[[Stuart Fletcher]] - President of Diageo International;
*[[Jim Grover]] - Global Business Support Director;
*[[Rob Malcolm]] - President of Global Marketing Sales and Innovation (who has previously held positions at [[Proctor and Gamble]]);
*[[Ivan Menezes]] - President of Diageo North America;
*[[Andrew Morgan]] - President of Diageo Europe;
*[[Tim Proctor]] - General Counsel (who has previously held positions with [[GlaxoWellcome]]);
*[[Gareth Williams]] - Human Resources Director.
*[[Nick Rose]]
*[[John Pollaers]]

'''Lobbyists'''
*[[Tim Rycroft]] Was Government Affairs Director UK, currently Corporate Relations Director Global Travel & Middle East
*[[Ian Wright]] Corporate Relations Director

'''Others'''
*[[Norman Macfarlane]] Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden honorary life president

*[[Benet Slay]]

'''Former Executive Staff'''
*[[Rodney Chase]]
*[[Keith Oates]]
*[[Jonathan Symonds]]
*[[Phil Bentley]] <ref>Centrica [http://www.centrica.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=49 Management] Accessed 26th August 2008</ref>

== Key brands ==
Diageo's key brands include:
*'''Whisky''': Bell’s (UK market leader),Johnnie Walker (global market leader in Scotch whiskey), Johnnie Walker Pure Malt, J&B (European market leader in Scotch whiskey), J&B Rare Black and White, Haig, Spey Royal, White Horse, VAT 69, Buchanan’s, Dimple, Old Parr, Windsor Premier, Seagram’s 7 Crown, Seagram’s VO, Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey. Single Malt Scotch Whiskys: Cragganmore, Glenkinchie, Oban, Distillery Malts, Hidden Malts, Cardhu.
*'''Vodka''': Smirnoff (40% of global market share), Ciroc, Tanqueray Sterling Vodka.
*'''Gin''': Gordon’s (around 50% of UK market share), Tanqueray (US market leader in imported gin), Gilbey’s Gin.
*''Rum'': Captain Morgan (UK market leader in dark rum), Cacique, Brandenburg, Pampero, Myer’s Rum.
*'''Brandy''': Bertrams VO Brandy.
*'''Liquers''': Bailey’s (UK market leader in liquer), Romana Sambuca, Safari.
*'''Schnapps''': Archers, Rumple Minze, Goldschlager, Black Haus.
*'''Tequila''': Jose Cuervo (global market leader in Tequila), Don Julio.
*'''Alcopops & Ready mixed drinks''': Smirnoff Ice (UK alcopop market leader, sharing 50% of market together with Bacardi Breezer), Smirnoff Black Ice, Archer’s Aqua, Bailey's Glide, Ruski, UDL
*'''Beer''': Guinness (global stout market leader), Harp, Kilkenny, Tusker, Smithwicks, Red Stripe
*'''Wine''': Sterling Vineyards, Piat d’Or, Periquita Wines, Justerini & Brooks Wines, Casillero Wines, Blossom Hill Wines, José de Sousa Wines , Baron Philippe Wines, Barton & Guestier Wines, Beaulieu vineyards
*'''Champagne''': Dom Perignon

Diageo also has two joint ventures with [[LVMH|Moet-Hennessey]], [[Hennessey Cognac]] and [[Moet Chandon]]. Their major competitors include [[Allied Domecq]], [[Pernod Ricard]], and [[Bacardi]].

==Resources==
*[[Diageo: Influence]]
*[[Diageo: Corporate Crimes]]
*[[Diageo: Further Resources and Information]]
*[[Diageo Scotland]]
*[[Alcohol: UK Policy]]
*[[European Commission and Alcohol Policy]]

==References==
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Miles Beale

2013-10-11T20:21:25Z

Claire Harkins:

Miles Beale

2013-10-11T19:15:45Z

Claire Harkins:

{{Template:Alcohol badge}}[[Miles Beale]] is the Chief Executive of the [[Wine and Spirit Trade Association]] (WSTA). His responsibilities include organisational strategy, public affairs, member services and public relations.

==Background==
The WSTA, one of the most powerful alcohol industry trade associations, announced in March 2012 that Beale's appointment would begin in June 2012. <ref> Rupert Miller, 20th March 2012, [http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2012/03/wsta-appoints-new-chief-executive/, The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has appointed Miles Beale as its new chief executive] The Drinks Business last accessed Friday 11th October 2013 </ref> Prior to joining WSTA Beale was Deputy Director for EU and international agriculture policy at the. [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] (DEFRA) Before that he was based in the [[Cabinet Office]] where he was deputy director for European and global issues. He has also worked in the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]]. <ref> WSTA 26th September 2012, [http://www.wsta.co.uk/images/events/confprogA52012web.pdf Annual Conference Programme] accessed 26th September 2012 </ref>

==References==
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Wine and Spirit Trade Association

2013-10-04T17:14:57Z

Claire Harkins: /* Policy positions */

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The UK based '''Wine & Spirit Trade Association''' (WSTA) was established in 1824 and today continues to represent the interests of the wine and spirits supply chain. This includes: producers, importers, wholesalers, bottlers, warehouse keepers, logistics specialists, brand owners, licensed retailers and consultants. According to its website, the association "work with its members to promote the responsible production, marketing and sale of Alcohol and to share best practice with the entire trade". <ref> WSTA Website [http://www.wsta.co.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 About Us] Last accessed April 25th 2008</ref>

In 2011 the WSTA signed up the the UK [[Department of Health]]'s [[Public Health Responsibility Deal]] by joining the [[Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network]] and committing to pledges said to reduce alcohol related harm. The WSTA are [[Signatories to Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network Labelling Pledge]] which by December 2013, requires over 80 per cent of alcohol products to be labelled with clear unit content, NHS guidelines and a warning about drinking when pregnant. <ref> Department of Health [http://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/responsibilitydeal/files/2011/03/Core-Commitments-Supportive-Collective-Pledges.pdf Core Commitments to Responsibility Alcohol Network] accessed 8th September 2011 </ref> The alcohol industry have made this pledge several times since the late 1990's and have yet to fulfil their previous pledges. (See [[Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network]])

==WSTA's role==
The WSTA carries out a number of functions for the wine and spirit trade, these include:
*Lobbying government departments within the UK, Europe and international policy circles
*Provide advice and training on legal matters, taxation and associated regulations
*Contribute towards providing a platform for the exchange of non-competitive information
*Promote a responsible image of the alcohol industry to consumers and the media
*Raising industry standards
<ref> WSTA Website [http://www.wsta.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=121 About Us] Last accessed April 24th 2008 </ref>

==Policy positions==

The WSTA's former chief executive [[Jeremy Beadles]] responded to recent calls for increases in alcohol taxation by the [[WHO]] and other public health experts as an attempt to stem the growing social and health costs of alcohol consumption in society by saying
:"The health lobby admit they want everyone to pay for the sins of a few. This is wrong and consumers will see it as an unfair attack on the innocent rather than a practical step to solve the problem... Alcohol misuse does cause problems. That’s why we should all focus our efforts on educating and treating those who misuse alcohol. We should not punish millions of ordinary hard working families by increasing the financial burden they already face." <ref> WSTA Website [http://www.wsta.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=301&Itemid=74 Health Warning: Campaigners Want to Punish Us All] Last accessed April 24th </ref>.

Assuming the role of a defender of hard working families is a position regularly adopted by Beadles and the WSTA. They adopted the same position when the UK chancellor introduced modest tax increases on alcohol in the March 2008 budget, calling the rise an "attack on consumers". <ref> WSTA Website [http://www.wsta.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296&Itemid=74 WSTA Condemns Government's Attack on Consumers] Last accessed 24th April 2008 </ref> This is one of many common positions taken by the alcohol industry when defending their business interests. It stands in opposition to existing evidence that finds increasing price and reducing availability are the only factors which effectively reduce consumption of alcohol and in turn the associated harms.

==WSTA Executive Board==
*[[Miles Beale]] Chief Executive
*[[Christopher Carson]] Chairman, [[GIV UK]] Ltd
*[[Warren Anderson]], [[J Sainsbury Plc]]
*[[John Beard]], [[Bacardi Martini]]
*[[Allan Cheesman]], [[Berkmann Wine Cellars]]
*[[David Cox]], [[Brown-Forman]], Wines
*[[Tim How]], [[Majestic Wine Warehouses]]
*[[Nick Hyde]], [[Diageo]]
*[[Peter Jackson]], [[Foster's]] EMEA
*[[Dan Jago]], [[Tesco]] Stores Ltd
*[[Jeff Jamet]], [[Waverley TBS]]
*[[Alison Levett]], [[Enotria Winecellars]]
*[[Drew Munro]], [[Beam Global Spirits and Wine]]
*[[Michael Paul]]
*[[Bob Rishworth]], [[Halewood International]]
*[[Jean- Manuel Spriet]], [[Pernod Ricard]]
*[[Hugh Sturges]], [[Berry Bros & Rudd]]
*[[Jeff Stanton]], [[Kuehne & Nagel Drinks Logistics]]
*[[Tom Yusef]], [[JF Hillebrand]]
<ref> WSTA Website [http://www.wsta.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=143&Itemid=91 Executive Board] Last accessed April 24th 2008 </ref>

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Gerard Adriaan Heineken

2013-09-02T15:22:28Z

Claire Harkins:

{{Template:Alcohol badge}}[[Gerard Adriaan Heineken]] founded [[Heineken]] Breweries in Amsterdam in 1864. <ref> Heineken International [http://www.heinekeninternational.com/history_page.aspx History] accessed 1st October 2012 </ref>

== References ==
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Gerard Adriaan Heineken

2013-09-02T15:20:34Z

Claire Harkins:

{{Template:Alcohol badge}}[[Gerard Adriaan Heineken]] founded [[Heineken]] Breweries in Amsterdam in 1864. <ref> Heineken International [http://www.heinekeninternational.com/history_page.aspx History] accessed 1st October 2012 </ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Alcohol|Heineken Gerard Adriaan]][[Category:Alcohol Industry|Heineken Gerard Adriaan]] [[Category:Alcohol Industry People|Heineken Gerard Adriaan]]

2012-10-02T21:54:12Z

Claire Harkins:

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[[Heineken]] International, based in The Netherlands is one of the worlds largest brewers.

'''[[Heineken]] UK''' has approximately 2,300 employees and has been based Edinburgh since the international brewer's 2008 acquisition of [[Scottish & Newcastle]].<ref>Scottish & Newcastle Web Site [http://www.scottish-newcastle.com/history.aspx History] Accessed Nov 2008</ref> [[Heineken]]'s UK business primarily involves brewing lager, beers and cider and has breweries in Manchester, Tadcaster and Edinburgh, and a cider maker in Herefordshire. [[Heineken]] UK also operates around 1,300 pubs as part of their [[S&N Pub Company]]. <ref> Heineken [http://www.heineken.co.uk/about_us_expand.php Our Company] accessed 1st October 2012 </ref>

==History==
[[Heineken]]'s history dates back to 1863 with a brewing operation founded in Amsterdam by [[Gerard Adriaan Heineken]]. <ref> Heineken International [http://www.heinekeninternational.com/history_page.aspx History] accessed 1st October 2012 </ref>

==Brands==
Foster's Lager | Strongbow Cider | Heineken Lager | Bulmers | Kronenbourg 1664 | John Smiths | Amstel | Birra Moretti | Desperados | Deuchars IPA | Jacques | Murphy's | Newcastle Brown Ale | Sagres | Scrumpy Jack | Sol | Symonds Founders Reserve | Tiger | Woodpecker | Zywiec <ref> Heineken [http://www.heineken.co.uk/brands.php Brands] accessed 1st October 2012 </ref>

==Corporate crimes ==
===Price-fixing===
In April 2007 [[Heineken]] were, along with [[Grolsch]], [[InBev]] and [[Bavaria]], found to be part of a price fixing cartel in Holland. All companies involved were fined £150 million by the [[European Commission]], with the exception of InBev. At the time InBev was trading as [[Interbrew]] and managed to avoid the fine because the Commission felt that the firm had cooperated with the investigation, therefore, under the Commission's leniency programme such cooperation can lead to a reduced penalty or as in this case, none at all. In 2001 InBev and [[Danone]] (then owners of Kronenbourg) had been fined for operating another cartel in Belgium. <ref> David Gow, The Guardian, April 18th 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/apr/18/7 Heineken and Grolsch Fined for Price-Fixing] Last accessed December 17th 2007 </ref>.

==Affiliations==
[[Global Business Network]] | | [[Mature Enjoyment of Alcohol Society]] | [[International Center for Alcohol Policies]] | [[Scottish and Newcastle]] | [[Drinkaware Trust]] | [[Amsterdam Group]] | [[UN Global Compact]] | [[European Alcohol and Health Forum]] | [[Institute de Recherches Scientifiques sur les Boissons]] | [[Reuters Television]] | [[MCM Research Ltd.]] | [[Global Alcohol Producers Group]] | [[World Federation of Advertisers]] | [[Aston Manor Brewery]] | [[Campden BRI]] | [[FoodDrinkEurope]] | [[Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland]] | [[British Beer and Pub Association]] | [[Scottish Beer and Pub Association]] | [[Brewers of Europe]] | [[Portman Group]] |

'''PR Firms'''
[[Burson-Marsteller UK Clients, PRCA Yearbook 2004]] | [[Salt PRCA Yearbook 2004]] | [[Mindshare]] | [[Public Affairs Council]] | [[Podesta Group]]

==People ==
[[Kieran Simpson]] | [[Jeremy Beadles]] | [[Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network]] |
==Notes==
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