Melissa Diaz

Melissa is a LCA and EPD project manager at Climate Earth. She has 7 years of experience promoting the implementation of LCA and circular economy approaches worldwide but with a special focus on the Latin American region. She graduated as an environmental engineer from the Technological Institute of Costa Rica and completed her master’s degree in Environmental Strategies at the University of Surrey at the UK. She previously worked with the Secretariat of the Life Cycle Initiative of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Costa Rican chapter of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and the Center of Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Design (CADIS). Her experience includes advising the public and private sectors in the determination of their environmental footprints, eco-labeling and circular economy. Additionally, she participates as a delegate at LCA and circular economy ISO working groups. She is a recurrent invited lecturer at her university, and an active trainer of trainers on LCA and circular economy related topics.