Germán Zarama

OECD | Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean on Responsible Business Conduct | Sustainability | Due Diligence | ESG

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

Proud to be part of the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct (RBC), supporting Latin American and the Caribbean countries in advancing responsible and sustainable business practices. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with remarkable international organisations, including the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, Princeton University, the Institute for Human Rights and Business, and USAID. Driven by a passion for sustainable development, I’m committed to creating meaningful impact, whether by shaping public policies or driving private and multi-stakeholder initiatives.

Experience

  • OECD - OCDE (7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Manager for Latin America and the Carribbean on Responsible Business Conduct
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • OECD Policy Analyst and Regional Focal Point for Latin America on Responsible Business Conduct
      2019 - Apr 2024 · 5 yrs 4 mos

  • Consultant for the Investor Alliance for Human Rights at Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)
    Aug 2018 - Mar 2019 · 8 mos

    The Investor Alliance for Human Rights provides investors with a platform to engage companies on human rights, as well as states and standard-setting bodies to ensure these create policies and standards to prevent negative corporate human rights impacts, and hold companies accountable when they fail to do so. In this process, the Investor Alliance increases investor leverage and capacity to identify, assess and address human rights and business issues through targeted action, education and multi-stakeholder engagement.

  • Consultant at Danish Institute for Human Rights
    Oct 2018 - Feb 2019 · 5 mos

    Regional research to review national and regional normative, policy and institutional developments in the field of business and human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing especially on the countries that have developed National Action Plans (NAPs) on the issue or are in the process of doing so.

  • Senior Researcher at Institute for Human Rights and Business
    Jul 2015 - Feb 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Researcher for the work lines of Access to Remedy and Transitional Justice

  • Associated Consultant at Global Land Alliance
    Jan 2015 - Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Global Land Alliance takes the traditional think tank model a step forward, not only producing new understanding and recommendations based on on-the-ground perspectives of citizens, community leaders and businesses, but also channeling those learnings toward practical implementation at scale.