Case studies for the OECD For the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) we prepared a set of examples of policies on the relationship between procurement systems and business start-up and self-employment activities. We focused on people from socially and economically disadvantaged groups and groups that are under-represented in entrepreneurship activities. This research project was part…
Lecturing at the University of Geneva At the University of Geneva we developed and taught modules on CSR standards, value chains, supply chain responsibility and stakeholder engagement for the Executive Education in CSR programme. We also supervised theses for this programme and for the MA in International Trading, Commodity Finance and Shipping. The CSR programme…
Research on business lobby groups Friends of the Earth commissioned us to write a chapter on the UN Global Compact for a report that voiced concerns about the increasing influence of major corporations and business lobby groups within the United Nations. The report was launched at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012. We also wrote…
Research on development cooperation and the private sector Ethics at Work has supported Oxfam Novib with research on the links between Official Development Assistance (ODA) and private sector development. The focus of this work has been on the (lack of) evidence for the idea that financial assistance to private companies leads to poverty reduction in developing countries. For Oxfam…
We are involved in several programmes of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI). CBI was an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs that became part of RVO in 2015. These are some of our activities for RVO and CBI: Programme management support…
Research and policy advice for the European Commission Rupa Ganguli and Bart Slob assisted the European Commission in collecting, screening, analysing and synthesising information on responsible supply chain practices in the garment sector. On the basis of our findings, we identified the priority areas for action that could deliver added value under the EU Garment Initiative. This…
Report about industry interests in the biofuel sector In collaboration with SOMO, we wrote a report (in Dutch) for Greenpeace and Actionaid about lobby and advocacy in the Dutch biofuel industry. The report focuses on the lobby activities of the Rotterdam Climate Initiative and the Port of Rotterdam.
Coordination and research for campaigns Research In 2023, CCC asked us to develop guidance on what companies in the garment sector could do to identify and mitigate risks related to wage and severance theft, and why investors should support and promote the Pay Your Workers-Respect Labour Rights (PYW-RLR) Agreement. In 2014 we wrote a report…
Conference facilitation for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ethics at Work co-designed and chaired a conference on living wages for the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines. Around 150 experts in the field discussed wages and income in two industries: agriculture / food and electronics / technology. The conference programme included sessions…
