Rüdiger Meyer is Co-Founder of eva service GmbH and the eva foundation, with more than 25 years of international leadership experience in sustainability. 

He founded and led FLOCERT GmbH, the global certification body for Fairtrade, and later served as CEO of the EDGE Certified Foundation, the leading certification system for diversity and gender equality. 

An expert in certification and traceability systems, carbon markets, climate strategies, and sustainable business development, he also serves on the Accreditation Review Panel for SA8000, chairs the Innovation Board of Fair Trade USA, and teaches Social Entrepreneurship at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.