Responsible Business Alliance

RBA

The Responsible Business Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving social and environmental conditions in global supply chains.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Inter Ikea Systems BV

2 Dec 2025 · Omnibus I

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

25 Nov 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

20 Oct 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Amaryllis Verhoeven (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs), Stefka Dzhumalieva (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

8 Oct 2025 · Simplification of compliance with sustainability legislations via interoperable data sharing

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

26 Aug 2025 · Omnibus I

Responsible Business Alliance urges OECD alignment for battery rules

25 Aug 2025
Message — The RBA proposes aligning battery due diligence with international standards. They request focusing on smelters and refiners as key audit checkpoints. They also urge the Commission to quickly recognize existing industry schemes.123
Why — Aligning with international standards would lower compliance costs and simplify industry reporting.4
Impact — Transparency advocates might lose immediate access to detailed mine-of-origin tracking data.5

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

25 Apr 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

24 Apr 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and PepsiCo and Shift Project Limited

10 Apr 2025 · Sustainability omnibus

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Apr 2025 · Sustainability Omnibus

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Apr 2025 · Omnibus I

Meeting with Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Mar 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

24 Mar 2025 · Omnibus (event)

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Mar 2025 · Event on Sustainability Omnibus

Meeting with Vincent Hurkens (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

21 Feb 2025 · Omnibus simplification

Meeting with Bernd Lange (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

23 Jan 2025 · General exchange of views

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Cisco Systems Inc. and

18 Apr 2024 · Multi-stakeholder discussion on CSDDD

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

22 Feb 2024 · CSDDD

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 Nov 2023 · Forced Labour ban

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

21 Sept 2023 · Seminar on due diligence

Meeting with Samira Rafaela (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

24 May 2023 · Forced Labour Ban

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

24 May 2023 · Opening keynote

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

24 May 2023 · Due diligence

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

24 May 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner)

12 Apr 2023 · corporate sustainability directive

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

13 Mar 2023 · Expert roundtable - Discussion on the role of initiatives in the CS3D

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Anti-Slavery International

8 Mar 2023 · Remediating forced labour

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and SMEunited aisbl and Anti-Slavery International

26 Jan 2023 · Forced Labour ban

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

25 Jan 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

17 Oct 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and Samsung Electronics Europe

12 Oct 2022 · CSDDD

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

11 Oct 2022 · Devoir de vigilance des entreprises

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and

13 Jul 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

12 May 2022 · European Conference: Delivering Due Diligence - Bridging Policy & Practice

Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

5 Nov 2021 · Sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

28 Jul 2021 · Role of industry schemes & industry initiatives in EU mandatory due diligence legislation

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

28 Jan 2020 · General presentation of the their activities and their future events

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

28 Jan 2020 · discussion on due diligence in supply chains