When Your Business Association Becomes Your Biggest Reputational Risk: Lessons from Germany’s “Familienunternehmer” Crisis
How poor governance and opacity in business associations can blindside member companies—and what regulators and [...]
Dec
Civil Society’s Call to the World Bank: Putting Citizen Engagement Back at the Center
02/12/2025 On 9 October, a broad coalition of civil society organisations, including The Good Lobby, [...]
Dec
Join The Good Lobby: We’re Hiring!
01/12/2025 The Good Lobby is looking for two motivated interns committed to strengthening democracy and [...]
Dec
EU Simplification Agenda Took Its First Blow
27/11/2025 The Good Lobby welcomes today’s landmark decision by the European Ombudswoman, who found that [...]
Nov
EU Parliament’s NGOs Scrutiny Group Starts on the Wrong Foot
26/11/2025 Today, the European Parliament’s Scrutiny Working Group on NGOs (SWG) met for the first [...]
Nov
From Vision to Action: What Citizens Really Expect from the EU’s Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness
25/11/2025 At a time when short-term considerations increasingly dominate government action, the EU has embarked [...]
Nov
Proxy advisors: the invisible force behind responsible investment
24/11/2025 When big companies face pressure to clean up their act – whether it’s cutting [...]
Nov
Civil Society Strategy or Distraction?
21/11/2025 The European Commission has released its Civil Society Strategy – and while it lands [...]
Nov
Boycott the EU Parliament’s Scrutiny Working Group on NGOs
19/11/2025 On 17 November, The Good Lobby, together with 30 other civil society organisations, co-signed [...]
Nov
Record-high Number of Fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30
18/11/2025 COP30 in Belém, Brazil, is facing fierce criticism after a new analysis revealed a [...]
Nov
Discussing Lobby Regulations: Avoiding the Treacherous Cliffs of Superficial Political Equality
17/11/2025 The recent 2025 Open Government Summit in Spain provided plenty of inspiration for anyone [...]
Nov
How to Oppose More Omnibuses? Main Takeaways
13/11/2025 On 12 November, The Good Lobby hosted a webinar titled “Is Omnibus I Illegal?”, [...]
Nov