M (Manuel) Kiewisch MSc

Originally, I started my career as a professional forester, before I completed my Bachelor's in International Environmental Management, and each a Master's in International Development Assistance, and Management and Information Systems. After spending time living and working in Latin America, East and West Africa, and the US, I have settled with my family of four in Switzerland. For the last roughly nine years, I have worked at the intersection of agricultural sustainability and multinational businesses both from an NGO and a private sector perspective. Today, I am working with Mondelez International on its cocoa sustainability program called 'Cocoa Life'. Through this work, I developed an interest in researching how human rights due diligence regulation impacts multinational businesses and - vice versa - how action by the private sector determines if human rights due diligence regulation creates its intended impact. My provisional research subject at Wageningen University is “Action and Impact through Business Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation.”.