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

Recent projects

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