In Germany, the environmental organizations NABU and WWF no longer want to publish the names of their major donors

In Germany, environmental organizations NABU et WWF no longer want to publish the names of their major donors

Olaf Zinke, AGRARHEUTE*

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In 2019, the so-called alliance Alliance for Lobby Transparency was founded among others by Transparency International Allemagneover there NABU and by consumer and business associations.

Environmental associations NABU [Naturschutzbund Deutschland – fédération allemande de protection de la nature] et WWF no longer want to publish the names of their major donors in the future. There NABU therefore withdraws, together with the environmental organization WWFof the Lobbying Transparency Initiative.

As the newspapers report,Welt » et « world on Sunday “, the two environmental organizations have left the” Lobbying Transparency Alliance “. In their resignation letter, they explain that major donors should continue to have the option of remaining anonymous. In the letter whose Welt became aware, we can read that ” the mention of clear names as demanded by the Transparency Alliance is not not passable ».

Asked by the Weltthe WWF explained that the reasons given by major donors for not being named ranged from disputes with family members to showing hostility. According to WWF, scaring off donors would be a disservice to the work of environmental organizations. According to the information, these are donations of money totaling more than 50,000 euros per year.

In 2019, the ” Alliance for Lobby Transparency was founded among others by Transparency International Allemagnethe NABU and consumer and business associations. There NABU is the largest and oldest environmental association in Germany. With Transparency International Allemagne and consumer and business associations, it is committed to setting up a ” lobby register » au Bundestag in 2021 and for pressure groups to be obliged to name donors of more than 20,000 euros.

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* Olaf Zinke works for AGRICULTURAL TODAY as a cross-media editor for operations and markets. He has been analyzing national and international agricultural and commodity markets for three decades and has worked in this capacity for various institutions.

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