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Donovan headed to Targeted Victory
Presented by Recycled Materials Association With Daniel Lippman FIRST IN PI: Liam Donovan has left Bracewell, where he was a lobbyist and senior political strategist, to launch a new risk and reputation management practice at the GOP consulting firm Targeted Victory. It's aimed at helping clients navigate the shifting demands for successful advocacy in D.C. — Donovan joined Bracewell in 2017 from the Associated Builders and Contractors, and before that was a fundraiser at the NRSC and helped manage several trade association PACs. In an interview, Donovan said he expected to remain an adviser to some of his former clients at Bracewell as a complement to the work his former colleagues are doing. — 'I've been, for the last 15 years, doing more shoe-leather lobbying work,' Donovan told PI. But over the past eight years — and especially over the past six months — he argued, 'the old playbook just gives diminishing returns. You can have the best tactics in the world, you could have all the resources in the world and smart people, but the landscape has just fundamentally changed.' — In Donovan's estimation, if a company or industry is facing challenges in D.C., much of that likely stems from the lack of a broader understanding of how a brand should be positioning itself in the current political landscape, where traditional alignments have been scrambled and almost no longstanding alliances are sacred. — Donovan pointed as an example to the energy industry, which made up a large chunk of his work at Bracewell. Oil and gas interests in particular expected to come into the second Trump administration riding high, only to face being caught in the president's trade wars. — The disruption 'I think threw a lot of people for a loop,' Donovan said. 'You had a lot of people that stand to be winners and beneficiaries of these policies that still had to step back and go, 'Wait, what's happening?'' — 'At the end of the day, it all sort of flows up to risk and reputation,' he told PI. 'Whether you're proactively trying to achieve advocacy ends or just trying to stay out of this administration's slipstream, it is really critical to be approaching this in a deliberate way and in a strategic way.' Happy Thursday and welcome to PI. Send tips. You can add me on Signal, email me at coprysko@ and be sure to follow me on X: @caitlinoprysko. FIRST IN PI — LEO-LINKED GROUP ALIGNED WITH TRIAL LAWYERS: After Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) recently released a bill that would tax profits generated by the third party litigation funding industry, a surprising development occurred: A group from the conservative movement, which is usually against helping out trial attorneys, publicly opposed the bill, Daniel reports. — Consumers First, which is part of Consumers' Research, said the bill would hurt efforts to fight back against the 'far left woke agenda.' Will Hild, the executive director of the group, said on X, 'While I believe his intentions were good, this legislation, attacking litigation financing, would be disastrous if passed.' — 'If passed, @SenThomTillis's legislation would further empower large, woke corporations (like @BlackRock, @BankofAmerica & @Nationwide) to crush the little guy and force their far-left agenda onto America,' he added in an X thread. 'It would rob everyday Americans of a fundamental tool in fighting back.' — PI dug into why Consumers First might be going against the bill since trial lawyers are major supporters of Democrats. In the 2024 election cycle, 84 percent of donations made by Burford Capital, the top player in the third party litigation funding industry, went to Democrats, according to an OpenSecrets analysis of FEC records. — The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the network of Leonard Leo, the lawyer behind much of the conservative legal movement, is connected to Vallecito Capital, a litigation-finance firm which will fund lawsuits against companies that tout progressive causes like DEI and ESG. And the paper also reported that Leo has contributed cash to Consumers' Research, the parent group of Consumers First. — 'Foreign actors and the far-left have exploited predatory litigation to attack American companies and conservatives,' Tillis spokesperson Adam Webb said in a statement. 'The right answer for conservatives is to fight back and hold these predators accountable by passing Senator Tillis' legislation.' — A spokesperson for Leo declined to comment but Hild stood by his criticism of the bill, saying it's 'a gift to woke corporations that uses a bazooka to take out a gnat.' — 'For decades, conservatives have used litigation as a tool to fight government overreach like Obamacare and woke corporate abuse like what we have seen with ESG and DEI,' added Hild in a statement. 'He is gutting the best tool many Americans have to hold these corporations accountable and shielding companies like Uber and Bank of America from lawsuits while silencing victims and consumers.' SPEAKING OF SCRAMBLED ALLIANCES: Look no further than the Make America Healthy Again movement's partnership with the GOP, which has set up a clash with rural lawmakers and the agriculture industry. And amid tension over the recent HHS report that took aim at pesticide use, MAHA adviser Calley Means on Wednesday 'joined several agriculture industry groups for a trip to a Maryland farm' in an apparent effort to mend fences, per POLITICO's Grace Yarrow. — The visit, which was organized by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, 'comes after Means and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a 'heated' discussion with key farm-state Republican senators about the report Tuesday. The White House has also invited nearly 50 agriculture groups and food companies to give their feedback as the MAHA Commission looks to draft policy recommendations before its August deadline.' CHECKMATE LOCKS ARMS WITH ANOTHER TRUMP FIRM: Checkmate Government Relations, the North Carolina-based lobbying shop whose ties to Trump's inner circle have business booming, is teaming up with Ballard Partners to expand the firms' reach at the state level. — Ballard is, of course, a Florida-grown lobbying powerhouse. And since setting up shop in D.C. eight years ago the firm has expanded its domestic operations to California, Massachusetts and Illinois. Ballard's partnership with Checkmate is aimed at broadening both firms' reach across the Southeast as well as the other major state markets where Ballard has a presence. — 'Together, our firms will offer a powerful combination of regional expertise and national reach, ensuring our clients are well-positioned to navigate and solve the issues that matter most,' Ches McDowell, Checkmate's managing partner, said in a statement. — This is Checkmate's second alliance with a D.C. firm known for its ties to the Trump administration: In February, Checkmate, which had launched its federal lobbying practice months earlier, struck up a partnership at the federal level with Miller Strategies. COIN IT: Crypto giant Coinbase has added another prominent political ally in David Plouffe, the veteran Democratic strategist who helped steer former Vice President Kamala Harris' White House run last year. — The former Barack Obama aide is joining Coinbase's global advisory council, where he'll 'bring his skills as a storyteller to an industry whose regulatory struggles have turned into a fight for credibility and stability' and which has found itself in need of more alliances on the left, per POLITICO's Christine Mui and Chris Cadelago. — 'Among Plouffe's charges will be outreach to tech-savvy voters who flocked to Democrats during the Obama era, but have shifted to the right in recent years.' — Coinbase's advisory council already represents a who's who of modern day politics: Early this year it welcomed Trump's former co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita and former Democratic-turned-indepenent former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. — Other members include Democratic pollster John Anzalone, former Democratic Reps. Tim Ryan and Stephanie Murphy, former GOP Sen. Pat Toomey, former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper and GOP strategist and lobbyist David Urban. Another top Democratic strategist, Chris Lehane, joined the board at Coinbase last year as the exchange sought to bolster its bipartisan bonafides. ANNALS OF ETHICS: Executive Branch, the exclusive new club launching in the coming weeks, boasts a 'line-up of Trump royalty,' among its members and founders, Mother Jones' David Corn and Ross Choma report. 'But at the top of the corporate structure of the club, as its president, is a much less well-known figure who previously has not been publicly identified with the high echelons of Trumpworld: a San Francisco real estate businessman named Glenn Gilmore.' — Gilmore is a close associate of David Sacks, Trump's AI czar and a founding member of the club. And Gilmore's 'role in the endeavor adds to possible ethics questions related to Sacks' involvement in this operation, according to government ethics experts.' SPOTTED at Walmart's D.C. office on Wednesday for a reception closing out a two-day fly-in focused on the retailer's U.S. manufacturing legacy, per a tipster: Reps. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.), Bill Foster (D-Ill.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Brad Knott (R-N.C.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.), Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas), Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández (D-Puerto Rico). — And in the National Beer Wholesalers Association and Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America's suite at the congressional baseball game, per a tipster: Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Reps. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), Angie Craig (D-Minn.), Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.), Mike Bost (R-Ill.), Julie Johnson (D-Texas), Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.), Derek Schmidt (R-Kan.) Langworthy and Van Duyne; Craig Purser, Laurie Knight, Linda Auglis and Brittanny Meierling of NBWA; Dawson Hobbs, Cody Tucker, Dwayne Carson and Dan Jarrell of WSWA; John Bodnovich of American Beverage Licensees and Amanda Nguyen of the American Distilled Spirits Alliance. — And at the International Spy Museum for a a summer reception hosted by the Brunswick Group, per a tipster: Alan Parker, George Little, Nik Deogun, Courtney Chiang Dorman, Patti Solis Doyle, Lanhee Chen, Tom Burns, Siobhan Gorman, Don Baer, Jim Bognet, Michael Fitzpatrick, Janelle Nowak-Santo, Mark Seifert, Dave Brown, Andrew Williams, Emily Levin, Kate Bedingfield, Michael Schoenfeld, Ninio Fetalvo, Alex Masi, Alasdair Coleman and Noah Ferris of Brunswick; Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.); Steve Dutton of Deloitte, Brittany Kelm of the National Energy Dominance Council, Bob Josephson of Merck, Sarah Craighill of Capital One, Kaily Grabemann of Senate Majority Leader John Thune's office, Stephanie Penn of Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) office, Harry Fones of DHS; Nadgey Louis-Charles of the House Judiciary Committee, Sourav Bhowmick of Global Counsel, Liz Allbright and Meredith Julian of Dropbox, Mo Elleithee of Georgetown Institute of Politics, Neil Grace of McKinsey, Cheyenne Hopkins of Prudential Financial, Aris Lazdins of Stanford Medicine and Brian Hale of Booz Allen Hamilton. — And at the 15th annual Washington Women in Public Relations Emerging Leaders Awards last night at AT&T Forum, per a tipster: Kathy Baird, formerly of The Washington Post, and award winners Katie Shoaf of Edison Electric Institute; Courtney Bailey of Meta; Ianthe Metzger of Planned Parenthood; Tejah Robinson of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' office, Megan Reilly of Edelman, Katherine Nanney of Merritt Group and Asma Amani of Asma Amani PR. Jobs report — Chris Morton will be the new CEO of the American Land Title Association. He previously was the trade group's senior vice president of public affairs and chief advocacy officer. — Farrin Jay has joined Spotify as global head of consumer product and tech communications. Jay was previously director of product and content communications at Snapchat. — Ronald Rowe Jr. is joining the Chertoff Group as a senior adviser. He previously was acting director of the Secret Service. — Reservoir Communications Group is adding Patrick 'Pat' Kannan as CFO and Ashley Flint as a senior vice president. Kannan previously was CFO at OPEXUS. Flint previously was a principal at Avalere Health. — Ross Perot Jr. of Hillwood and the Perot Group has been elected as board chair at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Jill Wyant of Madison Air was elected vice chair. Perot succeeds Mark Ordan as board chair. — Jake Vreeburg is joining Fierce Government Relations. He most recently served as director of the D.C. office for the U.N. Mission at State and is an Elise Stefanik and Trump 45 alum. — Henrietta Levin is now senior fellow for the Freeman chair in China studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She most recently was deputy China coordinator for global affairs at the State Department. — Austin Gage is now a senior associate at Innovative Federal Strategies. He previously was legislative director and counsel for Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.). New Joint Fundraisers DSCC Liftoff Fund (Liftoff PAC, Sen. Mark Kelly, DSCC) New PACs BUILDERS GROUP PAC (Hybrid PAC) Team Coughlin Three Point Five (PAC) New Lobbying REGISTRATIONS Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.: Iteris, Inc. Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.: Residential Solar Association Constitution Partners: Blue Whale Materials Continental Strategy, LLC: Dexcom Continental Strategy, LLC: Entrokey Labs Continental Strategy, LLC: Veon Ltd. Crossroads Strategies, LLC: Vera Institute Of Justice, Inc. Holland & Knight LLP: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Ice Miller LLP: Akron Children'S Hospital Neale Creek, LLC: International Organization For Migration Red Maple Consulting, LLC: International Legal Finance Association Red Maple Consulting, LLC: Magnet Schools Of America S2R, LLC: Csmi Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Dba Taft Advisors LLC Fka (Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP): Fort Harrison Reuse Authority The Roosevelt Group: Illinois Quantum And Microelectronics Park Tiger Hill Partners LLC: Paradigm Operations Lp University Health Systems Of Eastern Carolina, Inc. D/B/A Ecu Health: University Health Systems Of Eastern Carolina, Inc. D/B/A Ecu Health Valiant Strategies LLC: R.R.P. Consulting Engineers, LLC Obo Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority Valiant Strategies LLC: R.R.P. Consulting Engineers, L.L.C. Obo Southwebb Bridge Company, LLC New Lobbying Terminations Avoq, LLC: Omeros Corporation Barsa Strategies, LLC: The Cormac Group (On Behalf Of Participate, Inc.) Morrison & Foerster, LLP: American Bankers Association
Politico
a day ago
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- Politico
IRA incentive boosters take to the airwaves
Presented by Recycled Materials Association With Daniel Lippman AD BLITZ: Advocacy groups and trade associations continue pouring money into advertising to support various priorities in the reconciliation bill. Two new campaigns launched this week to support the Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy incentives alone. — They include a six-figure ad blitz from Advanced Energy United, a coalition made up of energy stakeholders and tech companies that is targeting Republican senators the group sees as winnable on the issue of protecting the IRA tax credits. — The digital campaign, the details of which were shared exclusively with PI, will target constituents of Sens. Todd Young (Ind.), Tim Scott (S.C.), Dave McCormick (Pa.), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Jerry Moran (Kan.) with display and Facebook ads touting the economic benefits of the IRA incentives in their respective states. The ads will also run inside the Beltway to target Hill staffers. — The ad buy will be accompanied by a letter campaign from local energy companies urging senators like Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to protect the clean energy incentives. It follows a similar campaign on the House side by the coalition, whose members include NRG, Microsoft, Blink, Rivian, Oracle, Carrier and Ford. — A second new campaign to save the IRA provisions is focused on persuading President Donald Trump (or at least his inner circle). The $2 million ad buy from GOP-led Built for America will run over the next three weeks on platforms closely watched by Trump and his allies, including on Fox News, Truth Social and various conservative podcasts. — The 30-second spot borrows Trump's own language to make the case against gutting the tax credits, contending that 'Trump country is booming' thanks to the incentives, which are helping put 'America first.' — The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is also out with a new nationwide ad buy supporting the reconciliation bill's tax extensions specifically, with a minute-long ad arguing that the bill would keep equipment manufacturers in America by providing certainty to make investments. Happy Wednesday and welcome to PI. Send tips. You can add me on Signal, email me at coprysko@ and be sure to follow me on X: @caitlinoprysko. FIRST IN PI — FLANAGAN'S CORPORATE MONEY FLIP-FLOP: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who's running for an open U.S. Senate seat, has made rejecting corporate money a major part of her campaign platform. But she accepted millions of dollars in corporate cash on behalf of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association when she was its chair, Daniel reports. — Flanagan's launch video said she wouldn't take 'one dime from corporate interests.' In April, she said in a video on X that 'taking corporate money is a choice' and she is 'not taking money from corporations and I never will.' — But Flanagan helped raise more than $2 million in corporate money last year when she was chair of the DLGA. That included half a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry, almost $300,000 from the tech industry and around $100,000 from the tobacco industry, according to a PI analysis of FEC records. — And even as Flanagan says her campaign won't take corporate cash, NOTUS reported last week that DLGA plans to spend big to support lieutenant governors like Flanagan who are running in open primaries and has already maxed out in direct contributions to her campaign — meaning that at least some of that money could have come from corporations. — Flanagan is facing Rep. Angie Craig (D) in the campaign to fill the Senate seat of Sen. Tina Smith (D), who's retiring. Before joining Congress, Craig, as part of her private-sector job, ran a corporate PAC that gave to many prominent Republicans. Last cycle, she was the 12th-largest recipient among House Democrats of money from corporate PACs, taking $1.3 million from them during that time, according to OpenSecrets. — 'Peggy is the only candidate in this race to reject corporate PAC money,' campaign spokesperson Alexandra Fetissoff said in a statement to PI. 'This is a transparent attempt to distract from Angie Craig's continued funding from big corporations like Elon Musk's SpaceX. People want leaders who are willing to take a stand and make the choice to only be beholden to their constituents. Only Peggy has made that choice.' QUIGLEY CHIEF HEADED DOWNTOWN: Allison Jarus has left the Hill after 12 years to join Arnold & Porter as a policy adviser. Jarus spent the past decade working for Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), most recently as his chief of staff. — Jarus helped handle Quigley's work on the House Appropriations Committee and was a key architect of the 2021 legislation to increase access for experimental treatments for ALS patients. Before joining Quigley's office, she worked for Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio). FLYING SOLO: 'Lobbyists usually run in herds at bipartisan firms, but a slice of K Street takes a lone-wolf approach to the influence game,' Bloomberg's Kate Ackley reports. 'Those who opt to go it alone say it makes for a leaner, more nimble operation, reduces potential client conflicts, and gives them control over how they operate the business.' — 'In good times, a single-lobbyist enterprise can rake in big money that the rainmaker doesn't have to share. But risks abound. … Solo lobbying firms are more vulnerable to the whims of elections, and often rise or fall on which policy fights are hot at the moment. The presidential transition and flip in control of the Senate can ripple into K Street bottom lines, with one-person firms especially susceptible.' — Still, 'more than 50 solo shops reported revenue of $1 million or more last year, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis of federal lobbying disclosures, accounting for nearly $80 million in fees.' INSIDERS, TRADING: 'As markets tanked in the wake of President Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs in early April, members of Congress and their families made hundreds of stock trades, shining a spotlight on a controversial practice that some lawmakers have pushed to ban,' according to the Wall Street Journal's Katy Stech Ferek, Jack Gillum, James Benedict and Gunjan Banerji. — 'From April 2, when Trump launched the sweeping tariffs, to April 8, the day before he paused many of them, more than a dozen House lawmakers and their family members made more than 700 stock trades, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of disclosure filings.' FLY-IN SZN: A handful of health care groups headed to the Hill today, including the Children's Hospital Association, which focused on urging lawmakers to strengthen Medicaid, grow the pediatric health care workforce and address the mental health crisis among youth. Kidney Care Partners also trekked up Pennsylvania Avenue to lobby for improved access and coverage for those with kidney failure. — Advocates with the American Telemedicine Association were in town as well to advocate for the industry's top priorities, which include making permanent various telehealth permissions and expanding coverage for telehealth services, including prescription digital therapeutics and virtual medical nutritionists. The trade group was slated to meet with more than 40 offices on the Hill, including leaders in the House and Senate and on key committees. — And more than 1,000 homebuilders were fanning out across Washington for a fly-in focused on several priorities of the National Association of Home Builders, including loosening energy standards for new homes and addressing workforce shortages. — Tax policy was also expected to be front of mind in the group's more than 250 meetings on the Hill and with the Trump administration: NAHB is pushing for an expanded low-income housing tax credit, fewer SALT cap restrictions and the preservation of clean energy tax credits. — Leaders from the convenience services industry will be on the Hill tomorrow, but the National Automatic Merchandising Association will kick off the fun with a pop-up micro market at tonight's Congressional Baseball Game. SPOTTED at a reception hosted by the Alpine Group celebrating the recent opening of the firm's new Dallas-Fort Worth outpost, per a tipster: Keenan Austin Reed, Barry Brown, Rhod Shaw and Greg Walden of Alpine Group; Pat Shortridge of TrailRunner International; Stewart Hall of PPHC; Reps. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas), Marc Veasey (R-Texas), Brandon Gill (R-Texas) and Jodey Arrington (R-Texas); Katie Vincentz and Russell Thomasson of Arrington's office; Andrew Leppert of Gill's office; Ryan Dilworth and Brayden Woods of Van Duyne's office; Tasia Jackson of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' office; Mark Longoria of Rep. Michael Cloud's (R-Texas) office; Matt Esguerra of Rep. Lance Gooden's (R-Texas) office; Karen Navarro of Rep. Monica De La Cruz's (R-Texas) office; Raven Reeder of Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-D.C.) office; Hayden Upchurch of Rep. Nathaniel Moran's (R-Texas) office; Jianna Covarelli of Cornyn's office; Emily Stipe of Vistra Corp.; Nick D'Angelo of Eaton Corp.; and Drew Wayne of Siemens. Jobs report — Doug Sellers has joined the advisory board at BGR Group. He's a senior counselor at Palantir and was a special assistant to Trump during his first term and served as White House associate staff secretary. — Adam Minehardt is joining Chainlink Labs as head of public policy. He was previously a principal at FS Vector. — Connor Rabb has joined the National Association of Manufacturers as senior director of tax policy. He was previously a legislative assistant for Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa). — Sabrina Singh is joining Seven Letter as a partner. She most recently was deputy press secretary at the Defense Department and is a Kamala Harris alum. — Tom Corry is joining Rubrum Advising to launch a government affairs practice at the firm. He was most recently managing director of Corry Advisors and was previously assistant secretary for public affairs at HHS and senior adviser to former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma. — Jennifer Short has joined Capital Park Partners as an adviser. She was most recently a senior military assistant to the secretary of Defense in both the Biden and Trump administrations and is an Air Force veteran. — Sam Varie is joining the Australian Embassy as U.S. media and external relations manager. Varie was previously communications director for Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.). — Karina Lubell will be a partner at Brunswick Group. She previously led the competition policy and advocacy section at DOJ's Antitrust Division. — Ashley Moir has launched Ashley Moir Media, a PR company with booking services, media training and comms strategy. She most recently was director of national broadcast operations at Deploy/US and is a former senior booker at Fox News. — Gopal Das Varma is now a vice president at Cornerstone Research. He previously was vice president at Charles River Associates and is a DOJ Antitrust Division alum. — Allison Rivera will be vice president for government and industry affairs at the National Grain and Feed Association. She most recently was executive director of government affairs at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. — Steven Ferenczy has joined the American Council of Life Insurers as assistant vice president for paid leave policy and implementation. He was previously a first vice president and compliance consultant at Alliant. — Richard Johnson has joined OpenAI as its national security risk mitigation lead, Morning Defense reports. He was previously DOD deputy assistant secretary for nuclear and countering weapons of mass destruction policy. — Joseph Humire is now a deputy assistant secretary of Defense for policy, per MD. He was previously executive director of the Center for a Secure Free Society and a senior fellow at the America First Policy Institute and Heritage Foundation. New Joint Fundraisers Team Coughlin (Coughlin for Congress, One Country, One Destiny PAC) New PACs AMERICANS READY TO WORK PAC (Super PAC) Cohabitate PAC (PAC) Empire State Patriots PAC (PAC) PATIENTS RISING PAC (PAC) Reengineer NJ PAC Inc. (Super PAC) New Lobbying REGISTRATIONS Alston & Bird LLP: Performance Health Atlas Crossing LLC: Trinity University Capitol Counsel LLC: Boviet Solar USa Capitol Resources, LLC: The Federation Of Korean Industries Coreweave, Inc.: Coreweave, Inc. Dc Advocacy, LLC: Konecranes Finland Corp. Dc Advocacy, LLC: Logistec Marine Services Ulc Fgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC): Six Continents Hotels, Inc. Franklin Square Group, LLC: Fiat Chain Holdings LLC Holland & Knight LLP: Wood Mackenzie Invariant LLC: Oldendorff Carriers USa, Inc. King & Spalding LLP: Lifegift Kyowa Kirin, Inc: Kyowa Kirin, Inc Leavitt Partners, LLC: Orchard Therapeutics North America Mercury Public Affairs, LLC: Novant Health, Inc. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: Flashpoint Intelligence Polsinelli Pc: Clairity, Inc. Resolution Public Affairs, LLC: Jp Morgan Chase Holdings Rutledge Policy Group, LLC: Brownstein (Bhfs, LLP) Obo Apollo Global Management Sorini, Samet & Associates, LLC: Popp Forest Products Inc. Stapleton & Associates, LLC: Intellisense Systems, Inc. Steptoe LLP: Early Warning Services, LLC Stoick Consulting, LLC: Resident Home, Inc. Sullivan Strategies LLC (Fka Sb Capitol Solutions): Vontier Business Services, LLC New Lobbying Terminations Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Vector Group Ltd
Mid East Info
4 days ago
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- Mid East Info
Samsung Galaxy S25 Receives 2025 ReMA Design for Recycling® Award - Middle East Business News and Information
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced that Galaxy S25 has been honored with the 2025 Design for Recycling® Award, the highest recognition for leadership in sustainable product design presented by the Recycled Materials Association ( ReMA ), a leading industry organization dedicated to promoting recycling and circular innovation. This award recognizes Samsung's innovative efforts to scale its use of recycled materials and do more with less of the planet's natural resources. Galaxy S25 is the first Galaxy device to incorporate recycled cobalt —a critical material used in batteries—sourced through Samsung's new Circular Battery Supply Chain [1] . This system recovers cobalt from previously used Galaxy devices and batteries discarded during the manufacturing process [2] , helping to reuse valuable materials and reduce the need for newly-mined cobalt. 'Samsung is committed to embedding sustainability throughout our products' life cycle from design, to usage and disposal,' said Daniel Araujo, VP and Head of the Sustainability Management Office, Mobile eXperience(MX) Business at Samsung Electronics. 'Galaxy S25 represents an important milestone in our journey to enhance circularity in our products and operations, combining cutting-edge innovation with responsibility for the planet. We will continue expanding our efforts to create a more sustainable future for future generations.' 'Samsung has demonstrated true leadership by incorporating design for recycling principles into every phase of Galaxy S25,' said Robin Wiener, President of the Recycled Materials Association ( ReMA ). 'Their use of various recycled materials shows a clear commitment to designing the products we rely on every day with innovation and environmental responsibility.' Building on its progress in battery recycling, the Galaxy S25 features eight different recycled materials [3] across its components, including aluminum, rare earth elements like neodymium and steel. For the first time, recycled material has been integrated into armor aluminum frame [4] , ensuring that every external component of Galaxy S25 contains at least one recycled material. The Galaxy S25 series packaging box is also made with 100% recycled paper, eliminating single-use plastics. Samsung also supports consumer repairability with its Self-Repair program [5] , empowering users to extend product life and reduce e-waste. These initiatives support Samsung's broader environmental goals, including working toward transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy across global DX operations by 2027 and incorporating at least one recycled material in every module of every mobile product [6] by 2030 investing in innovative eco-conscious materials without compromising strength, aesthetics or durability. The award ceremony was held on May 14 at the ReMA Convention in San Diego, California. -Ends-
Syyaha
16-05-2025
- Business
- Syyaha
Samsung Galaxy S25 Receives 2025 ReMA Design for Recycling® Award
Prestigious award highlights company's commitment to advancing circularity and reducing environmental impact Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that Galaxy S25 has been honored with the 2025 Design for Recycling® Award, the highest recognition for leadership in sustainable product design presented by the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA), a leading industry organization dedicated to promoting recycling and circular award recognizes Samsung's innovative efforts to scale its use of recycled materials and do more with less of the planet's natural resources. Galaxy S25 is the first Galaxy device to incorporate recycled cobalt —a critical material used in batteries—sourced through Samsung's new Circular Battery Supply Chain . This system recovers cobalt from previously used Galaxy devices and batteries discarded during the manufacturing process , helping to reuse valuable materials and reduce the need for newly-mined cobalt.'Samsung is committed to embedding sustainability throughout our products' life cycle from design, to usage and disposal,' said Daniel Araujo, VP and Head of the Sustainability Management Office, Mobile eXperience(MX) Business at Samsung Electronics. 'Galaxy S25 represents an important milestone in our journey to enhance circularity in our products and operations, combining cutting-edge innovation with responsibility for the planet. We will continue expanding our efforts to create a more sustainable future for future generations.''Samsung has demonstrated true leadership by incorporating design for recycling principles into every phase of Galaxy S25,' said Robin Wiener, President of the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA). 'Their use of various recycled materials shows a clear commitment to designing the products we rely on every day with innovation and environmental responsibility.'Building on its progress in battery recycling, the Galaxy S25 features eight different recycled materials across its components, including aluminum, rare earth elements like neodymium and steel. For the first time, recycled material has been integrated into armor aluminum frame , ensuring that every external component of Galaxy S25 contains at least one recycled material. The Galaxy S25 series packaging box is also made with 100% recycled paper, eliminating single-use also supports consumer repairability with its Self-Repair program , empowering users to extend product life and reduce initiatives support Samsung's broader environmental goals, including working toward transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy across global DX operations by 2027 and incorporating at least one recycled material in every module of every mobile product by 2030 investing in innovative eco-conscious materials without compromising strength, aesthetics or durability . The award ceremony will be held on May 14 at the ReMA Convention in San Diego, California.
USA Today
10-04-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Chaos of Trump tariff war throws US recycling industries into uncertainty
Chaos of Trump tariff war throws US recycling industries into uncertainty The recycled materials industry, a net exporter, is watching Trump's escalating tariff moves with concern. Show Caption Hide Caption China vows to 'fight to the end' on President Trump's tariffs President Donald Trump threatened China with more tariffs after they put a 34% tariff on U.S. imports. An escalating global trade war sparked by President Donald Trump's impositions of tariffs has the recycled materials industry on edge. It's possible tariffs could increase demand for domestic recycled steel. You may not give a lot of thought to what happens to your plastic bottles or cardboard boxes after setting them in the recycling bin – or think they have anything to do with global trade wars. But already on-edge U.S. recycled materials industries say they're facing an uncertain path forward in the face of escalating tariffs and funding freezes by President Donald Trump. The industries have navigated years of market swings, the loss of a key importer and difficulties competing with the costs of new plastics and glass. The Recycled Materials Association, a Washington-based organization representing the industry's interests, told the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network, that new tariffs will disrupt manufacturing and recycling processes in the U.S. that depend on recycled materials input. Trump earlier this month invoked emergency economic powers and ordered the imposition of 10% tariffs on all countries, and an individualized, reciprocal, higher tariff on countries with which the United States has the largest trade deficits. The tariffs were set to kick in on Wednesday, but hours later, Trump reversed course and put a pause on the tariffs, but raised them even higher against China. Meanwhile, the Trump administration crackdown on federal spending has impacted a potential jobs-creating recycling project in Erie, Pennsylvania. The U.S. recycled materials industry is a net exporter and supports nearly 600,000 jobs nationwide, helping reduce the U.S. trade deficit, according to the Recycled Materials Association. An overall trade deficit occurs when the monetary value of a country's imports exceeds that of its exports. But how do these exports play out for America's recycling industry? Each year billions of dollars of recycled materials cross the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico, according to the Recycled Materials Association. In 2023, China was the third-largest export market for U.S. recycled materials totaling $2.46 billion. The market could be rocked by the trade struggles playing out around the world. The White House did not immediately respond to an April 10 request for comment on the industry's concerns. Recycling industry is already unsteady Recycling goes beyond household items such as cardboard, paper, cans, glass and plastic put in curbside containers for pickup. Some of the most lucrative trade comes in recycled scrap metals from industry. While the recycled aluminum, steel and metals trade has fared best, other recyclables have seen major volatility, particularly after China in 2017 banned the import of nonindustrial plastic from the U.S. after years of being a major market for the materials. Supply and demand jolts amid the COVID-19 pandemic also shook markets for the American recycling industry. But it's not all about previous hurdles the industry has faced: Experts also told the USA TODAY Network the sector is held back by market forces that allow industries to make new glass and plastics at competitive prices. "There is almost always a good market for metals, because the cost to make new metals is incredibly high," said Shelie Miller, a professor and co-director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan. "Meanwhile, things like plastics and glass are really operating on a much closer margin. So any increase in recovered material cost is going to make it that much more difficult to compete against the virgin product." TARIFF WAR UPDATES: China, EU slap back at US with steep tariffs as Trump is undeterred New recycling plant project axed after federal loan freeze Plans to build one of the world's largest plastics recycling facilities in Erie, Pennsylvania, were scrapped as the Trump administration executed another of its financial priorities: freezes on federal grants and loans. In a January directive, Trump paused the release of federal funds under the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Improvement and Jobs Act, including Department of Energy loans and grants. The Pennsylvania recycling plant was to receive over half of its $300 million price tag through a Department of Energy conditional loan guarantee announced last August. Mitch Hecht, the CEO and Founder of International Recycling Group, wasn't worried about the loan with the presidential election looming, but he made the call to cancel the project amid uncertainty over funding with the pause on the loan. The International Recycling Group also cited tariffs on materials and equipment, which increased the costs to develop the plant, and difficulties securing funding in its decision to pull the plug. Hecht said he was "personally devastated" by the decision to cancel the plant, which was expected to create hundreds of jobs. The community is also feeling the loss. 'The Erie Regional Chamber is frustrated by the financial pressure building due to economic uncertainty at the federal level, which IRG cited as the reason to cancel plans for its Erie plastics recycling plant project," Brandon Mendoza, CEO of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership, said in a statement. Recycling industry relies on exporting materials In Michigan, Michael Csapo, general manager of Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County, said the agency's sorted products haven't been shipped directly to overseas markets "for some years." But he explained that's not typical for much of his industry. "The overall recycling market is part of the globally connected supply chain, and its health is tied to the overall health of the domestic and global economies," he said. "As such, we are concerned about the current level of economic uncertainty." About two-thirds of recycled materials imported into the U.S. come from Canada and Mexico. Those materials to date have been covered under tariff exemptions given by the Trump administration to goods falling under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiated during Trump's first term. "Our biggest concern is probably going to come in the form of retaliation against U.S. exports of our products," said Adam Shaffer, vice president of international trade and global affairs for the Recycled Materials Association. The cloudy outlook is not without shafts of light. Miller said it's possible that if trade wars make raw materials more expensive, domestic markets of recycled materials could become more competitive to save on costs. And Trump's emphasis on returning more manufacturing to the U.S. could mean more demand for recycled steel, Shaffer said. "A lot of the domestic manufacturing goals that the administration has set, our materials are important in helping build that capacity up," he said. "Seventy percent of steel comes from recycled content. We are ready, willing and able to participate in that."
