Right-Sizing Corporate Voice: A briefing for business on responsible political engagement

13/08/2024 Executive Summary Businesses should reimagine their political engagement by putting respect for human rights [...]

Good lobbying or lobbying for ‘good’?

06/08/2024 As well as being very well organised, I found The Good Lobby Summer Academy [...]

Time to Regulate ‘Lobbied Emissions’

30/07/2024 Until now the focus of lobbying regulation has been companies. Yet as companies’ lobbying [...]

Member States take the lead: will the EU follow suit in its stride to tackle fast fashion?

24/04/2024 The textile industry stands out as one of the EU’s most polluting sectors, producing [...]

The Spitzenkandidaten: Democracy Ranking

03/04/2024 For the European elections, each Europarty appoints a Spitzenkandidaten, a lead candidate. The Spitzenkandidat [...]

Do Europarties care about civil society? An analysis of their manifestos 

21/03/2024 In dissecting the manifestos of the main Europarties, a worrying trend is apparent in [...]

Is Science Still Able to Influence Politics?

12/03/2024 – The EU’s failure to adopt climate adaptation measures could prove catastrophic – On [...]

Do Lobbying Registers Work? A New Study

01/03/2024 Transparency stands as the cornerstone in addressing the disproportionate sway of corporate lobbying in [...]

You — yes, you — can use your skills, ideas and energy to help fix democracy

“Lobbying” doesn’t have to be a dirty word; instead, it means using your talents and [...]

Official Launch of The Good Lobby Tracker

5 October 2023 The Good Lobby officially launched The Good Lobby Tracker: the first attempt [...]

Towards a Global Lobbying Standard? Lessons from the Future

By Alberto Alemanno and Michele Crepaz   What should lobbying be about and how to [...]