Experience

Circular Research Foundation

• Italy
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • May 2022 - Present

  Circular Research Foundation : Organismo di Ricerca provides services to private enterprises, professional training, process engineering and technological development. CRF's partner, LeMa Consulting, in the five-year period 2014-2019, sought to address the absence of an industrially organized knowledge chain in Italy's South Puglia region, by supporting new startups and providing training internships aimed at developing new professional skills expected to be in high demand in the coming years. The institutionalization of this activity led to establishing the research organization CRF. Michael's research explores the development of voluntary sustainability reporting standards as part of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group voluntary small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) community of practice. He advocates for public engagement in the development of international sustainability reporting for enterprises and community stakeholders in the Global South. He serves as an advisor to L Saha, a London-based fashion house, and True-Luxury Fashion Summit 2023. Show less



UN Environment Programme

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programme Management Officer (Knowledge Management & Reporting)

  • Aug 2014 - Sep 2022

  Working within the Coordination Office of the Ecosystems Integration Branch, I served as lead on Knowledge Management and Reporting, including support to the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Action for Sustainable Development Goals (2018-2022) global project. Working within the Coordination Office of the Ecosystems Integration Branch, I served as lead on Knowledge Management and Reporting, including support to the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Action for Sustainable Development Goals (2018-2022) global project.



United Nations Environment Programme

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• Public Information Officer

  • Dec 2009 - Aug 2014

  Team leader, Joint Communication, Outreach and Public Awareness, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS) based in Geneva. I also served as press liaison of the conventions and as focal point to 'Safe Planet: the United Nations Campaign for Responsibility on Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes', the three global agreements' innovative awareness-raising and knowledge sharing initiative. Safe Planet has partnered with dozens of international, nongovernmental and community organizations and educational institutions, and contributed to over 100 public events in 25 countries, including UN Environment 25th Governing Council (Bali, Indonesia, Feb. 2009), 16th UN Climate Change Conference (Cancun, Nov.-Dec. 2010), 5th International Marine Debris Conference (Honolulu, Feb. 2010), Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio de Janeiro, June 2012) and 5th Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (Cancun, May 2014). The campaign launched the UN Body Burden Forum, and invited well-known public figures to have their blood tested for toxic chemicals. Show less



United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

• Switzerland
• International Trade and Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Environmental Affairs Officer

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2009

  As principal technical officer to the Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (2003), I supported entry into force of the instrument, which was achieved in October 2009. I oversaw the launch of the Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy, an innovative interactive web portal of the Aarhus Convention and Kiev Protocol, serving also as its general editor; served as secretary the International PRTR Coordinating Group ‒ an interagency body of UN Environment, UNECE, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and donor Governments ‒ dedicated to promoting PRTR development internationally, including outside of the UNECE region, notably among OECD countries and in Latin America and the Caribbean; and established the relevancy of the PRTR Protocol to intergovernmental discussions on climate change, including by organizing a side event at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 15th Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen (December 2015). Show less