12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

FPInnovations / Stéphane Renou, President

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2025-04-09

Who is lobbying?

FPInnovations (Address & business activities)

Stéphane Renou, President

Government Funding

Did FPInnovations receive government funding within the last 12 months? No

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

FPInnovations is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

FPInnovations does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of FPInnovations are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of FPInnovations:

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Briefing on innovation opportunities regarding forest resources in BC	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade
Seeking funding for specific initiatives or research projects for pre-commercial trials or demonstration in BC, primarily related to wildfire response, through the FPInnovations Operational Wildfire Research Group	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Emergency Preparedness
Seeking funding for specific initiatives or research projects for pre-commercial trials or demonstration in BC to support CleanBC targets of liquid fuel, renewable natural gas or off-diesel biomass energy systems.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Energy
Seeking funding for specific initiatives or research projects for pre-commercial trials or demonstration in BC with regional partners, including the commercial sector, indigenous economic development agencies or municipalities.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Regional Development
Seeking funding for specific initiatives or research projects to demonstrate novel technologies with collaborating companies, organizations or Indigenous economic development entities OR identifying opportunities for government support to innovation demonstrations, pilot plants or trials.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Forestry
Seeking funding for the demonstration of technology or innovations with commercial, indigenous or municipal partners for the purposes of economic development.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

British Columbia Housing Management Commission
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Energy and Climate Solutions
Environment and Parks
Forest Enhancement Society of BC
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd
Forests
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Innovate BC
Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
Mining and Critical Minerals
Minister of State for Trade
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation
- Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Timothy Caldecott
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Nadine Diner
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Registration number: 2001-1485
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Lobbying Activity Reports

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?
Date	Arranging a Meeting	Lobbyists	Senior Public Office Holder, Position Title \| Ministry/Provincial Entity	Subject Matters
2025-06-09	No	Nadine Diner	Makenzie Leine, Deputy Minister \| Forests	View
2025-04-01	No	Nadine Diner	Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests \| Minister of Forests, Forests	View
2025-03-04	No	Nadine Diner	Jarrett Hutchinson, Executive Director \| Mass Timber Implementation, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Nathan Nankivell, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-03-04	No	Nadine Diner	Shane Berg, Chief Forester \| Ministry of Forests, Forests Gustavo Oliveira, Executive Director, Innovation and Climate \| Ministry of Forests, Forests	View

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FPInnovations - Address & business activities

Address:

FPInnovations
570 boul. St-Jean
Pointe-Claire, QC H9R 3J9
Canada

Fax number: 514-630-4107

Contact information in previous versions
- FPInnovations
  570 boul. St-Jean
  Pointe-Claire, QC H9R 3J9
  Canada
  
  Fax number: 514-630-4107
- FPInnovations
  570 boul. St-Jean
  Pointe-Claire, BC H9R 3J9
  Canada
  
  Fax number: 514-630-4107
- FPInnovations
  570 boul. St-Jean
  Pointe-Claire, QC H9R 3J9
  Canada
  
  Fax number: 514-630-4110

Description of Activities:
FPInnovations is a private not-for-profit organization that specializes in the creation of solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector’s global competitiveness. It is ideally positioned to perform state-of-the-art research, develop advanced technologies, and deliver innovative solutions to complex problems for every area of the sector’s value chain, from forest operations to consumer and industrial products. FPInnovations’ staff numbers more than 200. Its R&D laboratories are located in Montréal, Quebec City, and Vancouver, and it has technology transfer offices across Canada.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- FPInnovations is a private not-for-profit organization that specializes in the creation of solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector’s global competitiveness. It is ideally positioned to perform state-of-the-art research, develop advanced technologies, and deliver innovative solutions to complex problems for every area of the sector’s value chain, from forest operations to consumer and industrial products. FPInnovations’ staff numbers more than 350. Its R&D laboratories are located in Montréal, Quebec City, and Vancouver, and it has technology transfer offices across Canada.
- FPInnovations is the world's largest private, not-for-profit forest research institute. FPInnovations has developed a world-class reputation based on the excellence of its research programs in Pulp, Paper, BioProducts, Wood Products and Forestry and delivers R-D services as a 3P partnership in collaboration with the federal, provincial and commercial sectors, and with the colleges and universities as well.
- FPInnovations is the world's largest private, not-for-profit forest research institute. FPInnovations has developed a world-class reputation based on the excellence of its research programs in Pulp & Paper, Wood Products, Forestry and BioProducts and delivers R&D services as a 3P partnership in collaboration with the federal, provincial and commercial sectors, and with the universities as well.

Date Modified:: 2025-11-05

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