BENETTO Enrico

About

For over 25 years, my core research interest has been developing life cycle sustainability assessment methods orienting production and consumption systems towards eco-efficent, decarbonised and post-growth scenarios. As a recognized scholar in sustainability science, I have worked in a broad range of cross-disciplinary projects in an international setting, carrying out scientific assessments, providing scientific and policy advice in several areas: Biodiversity and Natural Systems (ecosystems services and biodiversity assessment and combination to life cycle assessment to evaluate economic activities); Agrifood systems (impacts on climate change and ecological degradation of crop production systems, including the indirect impacts from food-bioenergy competition); Economics (Beyond Growth metrics and on the impact of the economic system on climate, biodiversity and sustainability challenges); Just Transition (social assessments of value chains, in particular Social Life Cycle Assessment); Sustainability Transitions and Systems Innovation (defining and evaluating transition pathways at different scales (technologies, sectors, countries) and modelling different modes of production and consumption in particular electromobility and circularity) ; Industrial Systems (assessment of new technologies, products, services from construction, chemical, automotive, steel, process, agrifood, packaging, composites, energy, materials sectors). Sustainable Finance (life cycle assessment of equity funds and green bonds, member in personal capacity of the EU Sustainable Finance Platform).

Mission

Accountable for KPIs on HR management, business development, quality assurance and scientific excellence for the RDI Unit “Environmental Sustainability Assessment and Circularity” (75 collaborators). Develop the management structure of the Unit Sustain the Unit budget ensuring high external funding rate Develop of RDI Unit scientific strategy, assets development roadmap, fund raising tactics, software and patent pipeline and IP management practices Develop research and strategic partnerships with national Ministries and international institutions Increase visibility of the Unit in the scientific, industrial and policy community Supervise PhD students registered at University of Luxembourg Associate Editor of the "International Journal of LCA" (Springer Nature). Member of the Scientific Boards for Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative and IRT M2P. Member of the National Observatory for Climate Change policy appointed bytThe Luxembourg Government since 2021

Skills and expertise

• Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
• Sustainability analysis
• Sustainable finance
• Team management
• Entrepreneurship