European Coalition for Corporate Justice

What European Coalition for Corporate Justice does

The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) is a Brussels-headquartered, Belgium-registered civil society advocacy coalition established around 2012 to coordinate European NGO work on business and human rights, corporate accountability, and corporate social responsibility. Its primary functional role is to convene and represent a coalition of over 480 member organisations across 20 European countries in policy advocacy directed at the European Commission, European Parliament, and EU member-state governments, with a focus on binding human rights and environmental due diligence obligations for corporations.

ECCJ delivers value through four core product/service lines: (1) policy publications including reports, policy briefs, open letters, and legal analyses on due diligence, access to justice, and corporate transparency; (2) news and updates covering EU and global corporate accountability developments; (3) resources and toolkits such as the Mindthegap.ngo counter-strategy toolkit, the BHR-Law.org business and human rights legal resource, and the Unpacking the CSDDD blog series; and (4) campaigns including the multi-organisation "Justice is Everybody's Business" drive and an interactive corporate abuse case-tracking database. There are no software products, APIs, SaaS offerings, or proprietary technology components; the underlying "platform" is the member NGO network itself, distributed across Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

ECCJ operates as a non-profit association under member-governance, funded through member contributions, grants, and donations from aligned organisations and foundations; it sells no products or services and has no published pricing. Its customer base is not a commercial buyer set but its 480+ civil society member organisations, with policy advocacy outputs directed at EU institutions and corporate accountability targets as the end-beneficiaries. Staffing is lean at approximately 12 employees led by Director Nele Meyer, with a small policy officer function. The coalition's headline outcome is its credited role in the May 2024 adoption of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), after more than a decade of campaigning, with ongoing advocacy through 2025-2026 focused on defending the directive against EU Commission rollbacks.

Name

European Coalition for Corporate Justice

Legal name

European Coalition for Corporate Justice

Website

https://corporatejustice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) is a Brussels-based non-profit coalition coordinating over 480 civil society organisations across 20 European countries to advocate for binding EU corporate accountability, human rights due diligence, and environmental legislation.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ECCJ is a coalition of over 480 European civil society organisations that advocates for binding EU legislation on corporate due diligence and accountability, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). It delivers its mission through policy advocacy at EU institutions, publication of reports and policy briefs, maintenance of resource toolkits and legal case tracking, and coordination of pan-European campaigns such as Justice is Everybody's Business.

Product overview

ECCJ is a coalition organization, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of advocacy publications, policy resources, news updates, and campaign materials focused on corporate accountability and human rights due diligence. The core portfolio includes publications (reports, policy briefs, open letters), news content, resources/toolkits, the Justice is Everybody's Business campaign, and a corporate abuse case tracking system. There are no software products, SaaS offerings, APIs, or technology products.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Justice is Everybody's Business Campaign
• Corporate Abuse Case Tracking
• Counter-strategy Toolkit (Mindthegap.ngo)
• Business and Human Rights in Law Resource (BHR-Law.org)
• Unpacking the CSDDD Blog Series

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully advocated for adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in May 2024 after more than a decade of pushing for legally binding instruments against corporate abuse
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Broad incumbents

• Amnesty International: Global human rights organisation with significant EU policy engagement on business and human rights. Comparable to ECCJ on due diligence and corporate accountability advocacy, but operates with a much broader human rights mandate and a global rather than European coalition structure.
• Transparency International: Global coalition against corruption, with a much wider scope and significantly larger footprint than ECCJ. Comparable as a large membership-based civil society coalition engaged in EU policy and corporate accountability, but focused on anti-corruption rather than human rights/environmental due diligence.

Direct peers

• Shift: Non-profit centre of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, working with companies, investors, and policymakers on human rights due diligence. Comparable to ECCJ as a specialist BHR organisation engaging EU and global policy on the same conceptual framework.
• SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations): Dutch independent research organisation investigating multinational corporations and their impact on people and the environment. Closely comparable to ECCJ in producing policy research and advocacy on corporate accountability, supply chain due diligence, and EU regulation.
• Alliance for Corporate Transparency: European research and advocacy project collecting evidence on corporate sustainability disclosure and transparency. Directly comparable to ECCJ in its focus on EU transparency and due diligence legislation, often working with overlapping member organisations.
• Frank Bold: Czech-based NGO using law to drive corporate transparency and responsible business conduct, including active engagement in EU due diligence policy. Directly comparable to ECCJ in combining legal analysis, coalition advocacy, and EU policy work on corporate accountability.
• Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: Global NGO tracking the human rights impacts of companies across 200+ countries and producing policy analysis on business and human rights. Directly comparable as a civil society organisation focused on corporate accountability, with strong alignment on CSDDD-style due diligence advocacy.
• OECD Watch: International civil society network holding OECD governments and companies accountable for corporate misconduct. Highly comparable to ECCJ as a coalition focused on corporate accountability and access to remedy, with overlapping policy engagement around due diligence and grievance mechanisms.

Emerging players

• Global Witness: International NGO investigating and campaigning on the links between natural resource exploitation, corruption, and human rights abuses. Comparable to ECCJ in its corporate accountability investigations and EU advocacy (including on fossil fuel due diligence) but with a single-organisation rather than coalition model.
• Friends of the Earth Europe: European network of environmental NGOs campaigning on corporate accountability for environmental harm. Comparable in mission space (corporate accountability, EU policy advocacy) and overlapping membership, but with a primarily environmental rather than human-rights frame.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

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Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ECCJorg
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CorporateJustice
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/european-coalition-for-corporate-justice-eccj-
• Instagraminstagram.com/justiceiseverybodysbusiness/?hl=en

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