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ecoinvent Management

The ecoinvent management is responsible for the operational management of the ecoinvent Centre. It is composed of two persons – the executive manager and the deputy manager. While the first one leads the ecoinvent Centre and deals with the topics “strategy implementation” and “business development”, the second one is responsible for the operation of the ecoinvent Centre and coordinates the product development. He acts also as main contact for Sales and Marketing activities.

Currently, the ecoinvent management is composed of the following two persons:

Bo Weidema, Executive Manager

EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

Life Cycle Assessment & Modelling Group

Roland Hischier, Deputy Manager

EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

Life Cycle Assessment & Modelling Group

In addition, since April 1, 2010, the management gets support from an additional PROJECT MANAGER in the person of Dr. Gregor Wernet. His current tasks are the coordination of the various internationalization activities, but also an active involvement in the numerous further tasks towards ecoinvent data v3.

Gregor Wernet, Project Manager

EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

Life Cycle Assessment & Modelling Group