Lobbying activity cost profile
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Source-reported exact amount or monetary band for lobbying or named interest-representation activity costs, retaining method, components, jurisdiction and exact-versus-band state.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Lobbying costs — exact amount or disclosed currency band
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Non-additive; retain the complete declared profile and do not force a scalar total
- Pillar
- Governance
- Topic
- Payment practices, public policy and whistleblowing
- Controlled domain
- Governance and business conduct
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Keep exact amounts and bands distinct. Add exact values only across disjoint compatible scopes in one currency; do not sum client cost, intermediary revenue and membership-fee rows without overlap controls.
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
EU laws and regulatory guidance
- Publisher
- European Union
- Edition
- 2021
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Articles 2-4, PDF pages 3-4; Annex II cost and revenue bands, PDF pages 10-12
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
EU laws and regulatory guidance
- Publisher
- European Union Transparency Register
- Edition
- Revised for the 2 April 2024 system
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Part II, heading 14, annual-cost, component, allocation, band and double-counting instructions
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Lobbying costs — exact amount or disclosed currency band
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: Each observation is either an exact non-negative amount or an interval in one stated currency. Open-ended bands, bounds and inclusivity must be explicit; no midpoint is inferred.
Table fields and units
- Activity scope
- Jurisdiction
- Exact amount or band
- Currency
- Cost components
- Allocation basis
- Period
Published dimensions
- reporting framework or registry
- jurisdiction and institution level
- covered activity
- exact amount or band
- currency
- staff and administration cost
- outsourced and intermediary cost
- membership fee allocation
- inclusions and exclusions
- period
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaPopulate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.
Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026
Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 May 2021 on a mandatory Transparency Register
- Publisher
- European Union
- Edition
- 2021
- Locator
- Articles 2-4, PDF pages 3-4; Annex II cost and revenue bands, PDF pages 10-12
Supports: Supports the EU-specific interest-representation activity scope and monetary band structure.
Open official source - Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026
EU Transparency Register guidelines
- Publisher
- European Union Transparency Register
- Edition
- Revised for the 2 April 2024 system
- Locator
- Part II, heading 14, annual-cost, component, allocation, band and double-counting instructions
Supports: Supports the current operational cost components, allocation and band treatment for this EU-specific profile.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Current ESRS G1-5 optional context and the EU Transparency Register Agreement of 20 May 2021 with current guidelines.
- Name the reporting framework, covered activity scope and period.
- State exact amount versus band, ISO currency, band bounds and inclusivity.
- Describe cost components, allocation basis, inclusions, exclusions and overlap controls.
Record-specific limitations
- Coverage depends on the lobbying definition, allocation practices, registry category and geography.
- The profile does not measure influence, policy outcome, political contributions, compliance, intensity or social impact.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.