Our area of sustainability assessment consists of FiBL experts in research, consulting and communication.
Our projects cover sustainability in a broad sense, according to the SAFA guidelines of the FAO, as well as by using selective sustainability indicators such as:
The various aspects of sustainability are analyzed on a product, farm and sector level. For this purpose, we have a broad methodological spectrum available to us:
Our area of sustainability assessment combines years of expert FiBL competence in various fields with interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary expert groups spanning multiple disciplines essential for handling complex projects.
| Thomas Alföldi | Communication of sustainability |
| Lukas Baumgart | Sustainability assessment on farms |
| Richard Bircher | Sustainability assessment on farms |
| Johan Blockeel | Sustainability assessment on farms |
| Veronique Chevillat | Implementation of conservation measures on farms |
| Michael Curran | Lead SMART-development, sustainability assessment |
| Thomas Drapela | Biodiversity ratings |
| Salvador Garibay | Sustainable agriculture in the Tropics |
| Andreas Gattinger | Climate research |
| Judith Hecht | Sector analysis and policy impact assessment |
| Robert Hermanowski | Social farming |
| Stefan Hörtenhuber | Carbon Footprinting und Water Footprint |
| Beate Huber | International cooperation and food security |
| Irene Kadzere | Sustainabilty assessment and post harvest management |
| Ursula Kretzschmar | Sustainability in food processing |
| Jan Landert | SMART development and sustainability assessment of urban food systems |
| Gianna Lazzarini | Sustainabilty assessment |
| Thomas Lindenthal | Carbon Footprint and land-use changes |
| Paul Mäder | Soil fertility |
| Rolf Mäder | Traceability as basis for sustainability impact assessment |
| Veronika Maurer | Animal welfare |
| Theresia Markut | Carbon footprint and Life Cycle Assessment |
| Peter Meindl | Biodiversity assessment |
| Adrian Müller | Climate policy and development CDM methodologies, food systems modelling |
| Bernadette Oehen | Participative methods and label evaluations |
| Richard Petrasek | Sustainability assessment |
| Catherine Pfeifer | Sustainability assessment |
| Lukas Pfiffner | Biodiversity assessment |
| Christian Schader | Sustainability assessment and modelling |
| Otto Schmid | Promotion of international policies on sustainability issues |
| Stefan Schweiger | Sustainability assessment |
| Patricia Schwitter | Sustainability assessment of vegetable producers |
| Hanna Stolz | Sustainability labelling and consumer behaviour |
| Matthias Stolze | Socioeconomics and agricultural policy |
| Klaus-Peter Wilbois | Soil fertility and water conservation |
| Axel Wirz | Sustainability assessment, Regional development |
Our clients are mostly organizations from agriculture, processing and trade as well as clients within politics, public administration and non-profit organizations:
