European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform
Acronym: ESPP
General Information
Identification Code: 260483415852-40
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Entity Form: ASBL
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 2/2/2015
Last Update: 1/31/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: ESPP’s objectives are to promote, facilitate, contribute to and/or implement phosphorus sustainability and nutrient recycling in Europe.
These objectives include in particular, but not exclusively, addressing the following issues:
- phosphorus as a non-renewable and critical resource for agriculture (food supply) and industry in Europe
- sustainable phosphate rock supply, mining and processing, including industrial applications
- nutrient re-use, recovery and recycling in synergy with other nutrients/minerals and carbon/energy
- phosphorus use effectiveness and efficiency in agriculture (in crop and animal production) and the in the bio-economy (bio-energies and bio-materials production …)
- sustainability and safety of the food chain, from farm-to-fork
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Business and industry
- Environment
- Food safety
- Public health
- Research and innovation
- Taxation
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Integrated Nutrient Management Action Plan (INMAP) - Fertilising Products Regulation - Critical Raw Materials - Circular Economy - Standards for secondary raw materials - Agronomic use of recycled nutrients - Nitrates Directive - Industrial Emissions Directive (BAT BREFs) - Taxonomy - Biorefineries - Animal By-Products Regulations - Algae Initiative - Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - Groundwater Directive - Sewage sludge régulations - Water Framework Directive - (End-of-Waste) - Agriculture - Environment - Health - International policies - Research & Technology policies - Contaminants (inc pharmaceuticals) in sewage sludge biosolids and in manure - Processed manure - Aquaculture nutrient recycling - Algae
Communication Activities: SCOPE Newsletter - European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference ESPC - ESPP eNews - Summit of the Organic & Organo-Mineral Fertiliser Industries in Europe SOFIE - PERM European Phosphorus Research Meeting - NERM European Nutrient Recycling Meeting
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Expert Group on the exchange of information on Best Available Techniques related to industrial emissions (IED Article 13 Forum)#E02611#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2611 #MEMBER #C#IndustryCommission expert group on Fertilising Products #E01320#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1320 #OBSERVER #C#Professionals
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 67 rue de Trèves
Post Code: 1040
City: Bruxelles
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: 67 rue de Trèves
Post Code: 1040
City: Bruxelles
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: Income is 100% from membership fees. Around 60% of income is from companies' membership fees, around 20% from research projects' and research institutes' membership fees (some of the research projects receive EU funding), and the remaining approx. 20% is membership fees from cities, regions and national nutrient platforms.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 1.5
Info Members: Contribution of représentatives of Platform member companies and organisations in Board, General Assembly, working and action groups
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: www.phosphorusplatform.eu
Organisation Members: partnership with Global phosphorus / nutrient networks: UNEP-GPNM (global), SPA (North America)