Dr. Cornelis T. van der Lugt

ENGAGEMENT TEAM MEMBER

Dr. Cornelis T. van der Lugt is Senior Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University Business School, South Africa, and Senior Associate at BSD Consulting, Switzerland. He has over 20 years of experience working at international level in the field of sustainability standards. As former representative of the UN Environment Programme and UN Global Compact he was deeply involved in developing industry initiatives and guidance standards such as the GRI and ISO 26000. His work has included developing guidance for managers and benchmarking ESG reports on good practices with partners such as SustainAbility, Standard & Poors, KPMG, World Resources Institute and AccountAbility. He holds a PhD from Stellenbosch University and Masters in Business Administration from the Haute Ecole de Commerce (HEC, Paris).