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Lobby organisation

Metsäliitto Cooperative

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Finland · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Metsäliitto Cooperative appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group who produces high-quality products mostly from renewable Nordic wood and wood fibre. Our core businesses are tissue and cooking papers, board, pulp, wood products, wood supply and forest management services. Metsä Group also has innovation company. It works actively in research and development in order to develop new products and to diversify…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe739%
European People's Party633%
Greens/EFA422%
Socialists & Democrats16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
0
2022
4
2023
3
2024
4
2025
5

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Sirpa Pietikäinen
6 meetings · EPP
Elsi Katainen
4 meetings · Renew
Ville Niinistö
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Martin Hojsík
2 meetings · Renew
Eero Heinäluoma
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 Nov 2025Eero HeinäluomaAjankohtaiset metsäteollisuusasiat
2 Jul 2025Elsi KatainenTopical issues in the forest sector
21 May 2025Sirpa PietikäinenRegenerative forestry
30 Apr 2025Elsi KatainenEUDR and forest monitoring
26 Feb 2025Ana VasconcelosBioeconomy Strategy
14 Oct 2024Elsi KatainenMetsäkatoasetuksen tilanne
17 Jul 2024Ville NiinistöUpcoming climate legislation
16 Jan 2024Sirpa PietikäinenForest monitoring framework
10 Jan 2024Elsi KatainenForest monitoring
15 Nov 2023Martin HojsíkSoil Health Law
18 Oct 2023Sirpa PietikäinenPPWR
15 Feb 2023Sirpa PietikäinenEU Nature Restoration Law, EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
5 Jul 2022Sirpa PietikäinenRED II revision, LULUCF
27 Apr 2022Ville NiinistöRED Finland forests - staff level
26 Apr 2022Martin HojsíkLULUCF regulation

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