Sustainable business in the renewable energy sector (POK)
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Alessandro Costa
He is responsible for sustainability at Falck Renewables SpA, an international “pure play” in the renewable energies sector. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (I), where he is appointed as subject expert in environmental econometrics. More recently, he has become a member of Wind Europe Sustainability Working Group. He chairs C+3C Systems and Strategies, a strategic consulting practice in the fields of energy, sustainability, and infrastructure. Previously, he extensively served in China at the Sino-Italian Cooperation Programme (SICP) for Environmental Protection. He started-up and co-directed the Europe-China Clean Energy Centre, promoted by the European Commission and the National Energy Administration of China. He started-up and directed the Enel Foundation, devoted to research, capacity building and dissemination in the fields of energy, socioeconomics, sustainable development and innovation.
He is a member of the World Energy Council’s Studies Committee, a senior advisor for sustainable development at the Europe-China Municipal Development Commission, a member of the advisory board of the European Institute for Urban Comparative Research. He forms part of the editorial board of the Journal of Sustainability Research (Quingres).