
Sustainable Products & Material Flows
Viviana López
Researcher
Special Expertise
Main areas of research:
- Circular Economy
- Sustainable production and consumption
- Sustainable food systems and material use of biogenic raw materials
- Global supply chains
Topics:
- Textiles
- Latin America
- Food Systems and industrial food production
- Biodiversity and sustainable consumption
- Eco-labelling and sustainable public procurement
Methods:
- Stakeholder Consultations
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Social network analysis (SNA)
- Life cycle costing (LCC)
Key Projects
- Promoting Circular Economy in Latin America & the Caribbean - Technical Support with focus on Plastic circularity
- NKI: CULTURE4CLIMATE - Initiative for the implementation of the global climate and sustainability goals in the cultural sector
- Eco-Advance: Ecolabels and Sustainable Public Procurement (Implementation Phase)
- Analytical Review on Global and Regional Practices for the Reuse and Recycling of Lithium-ion Batteries
- Together for environmentally sound consumption – information, communication and international cooperation
- Transforming production and consumption patterns by strengthening eco-labelling and green public procurement in five Asian countries
- Criteria development and revision for the Blue Angel for textiles
- Scientific monitoring of 100 green productions as part of the sustainability initiative of the working group ‘Green Shooting
Professional Training and Career
- Since 2019: Researcher at Öko-Institut, Sustainable Products & Material Flows Division
- 2016-2018: Research Assistant at Chair of Environmental Governance, University of Freiburg
- 2015-2017: Master of Science in Environmental Governance, University of Freiburg
- 2013-2015: Sustainability Professional at Gaia Servicios Ambientales, Medellín, Colombia
- 2012-2013: Business Development Analyst at Ecoflora S.A.S., Medellin, Colombia
- 2012: Academic semester abroad, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fé, Argentina
- 2007-2013: Bachelor of Science in Process Engineering, Universidad EAFIT Medellín, Colombia
Language Skills
Spanish (mother tongue), English, German, Portuguese
Contact
Viviana López
- Sustainable Products & Material Flows
- Researcher
- Freiburg
- Oeko-Institut Consult GmbH | Oeko-Institut e.V.
- +49 761 45295-297