Eleonora
Foschi
Permanent Researcher in Circualr Economy Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Core Faculty
Eleonora Foschi is a permanent researcher at the Circular Economy Lab within the Department for Sustainability of ENEA – the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development. She is also part of the core faculty and member of the Centre for Sustainability and Climate Change at Bologna Business School, where she teaches circular economy and value chains, business sustainability, and business ethics across various programs. With a background in environmental engineering and a PhD from the University of Bologna, Eleonora has built her expertise in the circular economy through participation in several EU-funded projects and international collaborations. She has coordinated tasks in projects such as CheMatSustain, BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE, eCircular, CEI, TRIS, and ROCK. Her international experience includes visiting research positions at the Resource and Recycling Lab at Delft University of Technology, the Centre for Sustainability Management at Leuphana University, and the Catholic University of Lille. Previously, she also worked as pioneer at the innovative start-up Repack in Finland and she has been professional technician at the IPPC Unit of ARPAE – the Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment. Her research investigates both technical and managerial dimensions of the circular economy, focusing on innovative materials, eco-design, business model innovation, and sustainability accounting.
COURSES
Moving from linear to circular economy needs a complete rethinking of products, processes and supply chains. This transition calls for the adoption of an anticipatory approach based on which the life-span, the functions, and the generation of waste should be kept in mind in the design stage to identify and prevent potential impacts in each step of the value chain but also maximize, add and maintain value in the further loops. Despite the existence of waste management systems, materials are still a pervasive presence in the environment, with resulting social concerns. By reconnecting societal needs and environmental pressures with company value proposition, externalities can be reduced, and value can be shared. Circular economy is the way to embrace corporate responsibility: reuse, repair, refurbish, remanufacture and repurpose, over than recycling, are among the circular strategies that support organizations to address a socio-technical innovation and change the business models in a sustainable way.
Sustainability Transition ManagementSustainability Transition Management (Part-time)
Every year, our society uses the amount of resources that it takes planet Earth a year and a half to regenerate. This and other global, empirical evidence items bring the topic of sustainability at the center of the economic, political and social debate. Recent studies have shown the way in which a sustainability-oriented management approach adopted by certain companies leads to a medium-long term competitive advantage versus competitors, a success achieved also thanks to the ability to innovate the business model and introduce measuring tools to monitor and manage at best the value creation process. The aim of the course is to start a debate on the possible ways to introduce sustainability policies and practices for companies. In particular, by way of case-studies and traditional lectures, the course will deal with three main topics:
- Business sustainability and triple bottomline
- Sustainability-oriented innovation
- Green business models
Corporate sustainability and the circular economy are currently among the most discussed topics internationally, also due to climate change. The aim of the course is to understand why these issues are of such importance, underlining their urgency. We will learn more about the innovation activities of operational and system processes that companies adopt to implement strategies aimed at the Circulary Economy and the transition to a low carbon business model.
Finance, Control and SustainabilityCorporate sustainability and the circular economy are currently among the most discussed topics internationally, also due to climate change. The aim of the course is to understand why these issues are of such importance, underlining their urgency. We will learn more about the innovation activities of operational and system processes that companies adopt to implement strategies aimed at the Circulary Economy and the transition to a low carbon business model.
Gestione d’Impresa – Made in ItalyGestione d’Impresa – Food & Wine
Gestione d’Impresa – Retail Management and E-Commerce
Business Management – Global and Emerging Markets
Business Management – Green Management and Sustainable Businesses
Business Management – Tourism, Heritage and Events
Business Management – Life Science and MedTech
Gestione d’Impresa – Sport Management
Business Management – New Space Economy
Corporate sustainability and the circular economy are currently among the most discussed topics internationally, also due to climate change. The aim of the course is to understand why these issues are of such importance, underlining their urgency. We will learn more about the innovation activities of operational and system processes that companies adopt to implement strategies aimed at the Circulary Economy and the transition to a low carbon business model.
Business Management – Italian Premium BrandsThe design (redesign) and management of these processes, measuring and controlling their sustainability and environmental impact on man and the planet, are the new challenges of modern production systems. To face this challenge, it is necessary to rethink the production chains, moving towards a logic of circularity, where waste is eliminated and the waste of a production process becomes a second raw material of a subsequent production process.
The objective of the course is to introduce models and tools useful for analysing and controlling production and logistics processes with special attention to the circular economy and sustainability throughout the life cycle of a product, from the supply of raw materials to disposal.
In this context, the course intends to pursue the following results:
– To provide students with the key concepts of circular economy and the knowledge of the main processes characterizing sustainability in operations and in the supply chain (i.e. Green Purchasing, Green Manufacturing, Design for Sustainability, Reverse Logistics, Closed-Loop Supply Chain);
– Provide students with KPIs and tools for assessing sustainability and environmental impacts along a supply chain;
– Encourage the integration of sustainability tools and KPIs with those traditionally used in the planning and management of the Supply Chain and production processes.
Sustainability and Business Innovation
