Irene Ivoi

Sustainability Manager

Italy | Florence

With a degree in industrial design, since 1992, she has worked for public and private clients in research and communication of sustainability’s vision applied to products, services and product’s policies.

She has published two books on domestic ecology: “Se I piatti di plastica… (If plastic dishes…)”, Centro di documentazione di Pistoia, 1995 and “Fare con Meno (Get by with less), Arpat, 2001.

She has collaborated in the editing of numerous publications for COMIECO (National Consortium for Cellulous Packaging) on alternative applications for waste paper treatment and for RILEGNO (National Consortium for the Collection, Reuse and Recycling of Wood Packaging) on experiences regarding prevention and upcycling cases.

Since 2011 she has carefully followed developments in eco-innovations, eco-design, digital innovations and bio-economy to bring them into sustainability management focusing on the circular economy.

Since 2010, for CONAI (National Packaging Consortium), she has coordinated an annual report on public prevention policies, concentrating specifically in the trends, evolutions, mapping, indicators and measuring systems, focusing on regional planning, green retail platforms and creative reuse (upcycling).

She is a contributor to different companies and start -up about green marketing and communication and ecodesign. She is a teacher in the executive master of Circular Economy in Luiss Business School and writes for more magazines in the area of environment's culture.