Bart Slob

The main challenge in Bart’s work is to find ways to bridge the global governance gap in the field of corporate social responsibility and corporate accountability. He helps governments, public authorities and civil society organizations to promote and ensure responsible business behaviour.

Bart specialized in Latin American development issues at the Department of Latin American Studies of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. After working for Dutch development agency Cordaid in Rio de Janeiro, he moved back to the Netherlands and started to work for SOMO. At SOMO, a non-profit research organization, he undertook research on sustainability issues and solutions in several sectors. He also developed policy recommendations in the areas of sustainable public procurement, supply chain responsibility, socially responsible investing and corporate accountability. Until January 2012, he coordinated services provided by SOMO to governments and not-for-profit organizations.

Bart has been involved in setting up and managing several civil society networks that foster corporate accountability, such as Red Puentes, the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ)  and OECD Watch. He has also been engaged in the development of the ISO 26000 Standard on Social Responsibility, for which he set up and manages an active Linkedin discussion group.

Currently Bart works at the CBI, an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he is responsible for the development and implementation of policies on social responsibility. At CBI he also manages an extensive research program on private sector standards and buyer requirements in EU countries. In addition, Bart works as an independent adviser and gives guest lectures at universities, business schools and research institutes, such as the University of Geneva, Bocconi University, Lund University, the German Development Institute (DIE), VU University Amsterdam and Utrecht University.