Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making. This corporate capture of EU decision-making leads to policies that exacerbate social injustice and accelerate environmental destruction across the world.
Rolling back corporate power and exposing greenwash are crucial in order to truly address global problems including poverty, climate change, social injustice, hunger and environmental degradation.
Corporate Europe Observatory works in close alliance with public interest groups and social movements in and outside Europe to develop alternatives to the dominance of corporate power.
CEO is registered as not-for-profit foundation under Dutch law at the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce and the Amsterdam office is at De Wittenstraat 25, 1052 AK Amsterdam, Netherlands.
CEO main office
In 2009, CEO opened a new office in the Mundo Building in Brussels at Rue d'Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
The CEO team in Brussels can be contacted on +32 (0)2 893 0930 or mobile + 32 497 389 632.
CEO's work
Read about the highlights of CEO's work in 2008 and find out more about the issues CEO works on.
CEO's funding
Corporate Europe Observatory receives grants from a number of trusts and foundations.
CEO Staff
Corporate Europe Observatory’s team of campaigners and researchers currently consists of: Belén Balanyá, Pia Eberhardt, Kenneth Haar, Olivier Hoedeman, Nina Holland, David Leloup, Martin Pigeon, Yiorgos Vassalos, Erik Wesselius and Helen Burley. Roel van den Bosch is our financial administrator.
CEO advisory board
CEO has an advisory board. Its members are: Pratap Chatterjee (India/US), Ann Doherty (The Netherlands/US), Ramon Fernandez Duran (Spain), Susan George (France), Adam Ma'anit (UK/US), America Vera-Zavala (Sweden) and Thomas Wallgren (Finland).