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Lobby organisation

Norsk Hydro

Company · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Norway · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Norsk Hydro appears in 37 declared MEP meetings (22 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

37
declared meetings
with current MEPs
22
MEPs met
€700k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Hydro is a leading aluminium and renewable energy company that builds businesses and partnerships for a more sustainable future. We are the largest European aluminium company and one of top three recyclers of aluminium in Europe. Our purpose is to create more viable societies by developing natural resources into products and solutions in innovative and efficient ways.”

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“We have 32,000 employees in more than 140 locations and 40 countries. Hydro is present throughout the aluminium value chain, from energy to bauxite mining and alumina refining, primary aluminium, aluminium extrusions and aluminium recycling. Hydro Energy has more than 100 years of experience in production of renewable energy. Today, we are one of the three largest operators of hydropower production in Norway and a large power market player in the Nordic region and Brazil.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 37 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1438%
Renew Europe1232%
Socialists & Democrats616%
Greens/EFA38%
European Conservatives & Reformists13%
The Left13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (18 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
1
2021
2
2022
1
2023
3
2024
3
2025
8
2026
18

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

Pascal Arimont
6 meetings · EPP
Mohammed Chahim
5 meetings · S&D
Jens Gieseke
2 meetings · EPP
Peter Liese
2 meetings · EPP
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
2 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Sep 2026Svenja HahnStakeholder roundtable on the Industrial Accelerator Act
1 Jul 2026Tomislav SokolIndustrial policy
1 Jul 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views on IAA
1 Jul 2026Marina MesureIAA
23 Jun 2026Dirk GotinkIAA
23 Jun 2026Pascal ArimontCompany visit
14 May 2026Mohammed ChahimCBAM post-consumer scrap
5 May 2026Jeannette BaljeuCBAM
4 May 2026Karin KarlsbroCBAM
22 Apr 2026Alexandr VondraCBAM, ETS
22 Apr 2026Jan-Christoph OetjenAluminium as a compensation material in CO₂ standards
22 Apr 2026Jan-Christoph OetjenExchange on European automotive policy and CO2 standards
22 Apr 2026Martin HojsíkCarbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), competitiveness of the sector,
22 Apr 2026Pascal ArimontCBAM Legislation
18 Mar 2026Mohammed ChahimCBAM Stakeholder Sessions

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