Paola Fiore
Sustainability Management & Communications Specialist, Founder of ETICAMBIENTE.
Summary:
Paola Fiore is an Italy-based independent professional freelance. Environmental legal advisor and consultant since July 2000, she graduated in Law and Economics, with a specialisation in Environmental Law and Management, under the supervisoring of Emilio Gerelli, Emeritus Professor of Public Finance and Financial Law at the University of the Studies of Pavia.
She started her parallel career in professional journalism and documentary photography in June 2003, after graduating from the Newport School of Art, Media and Design of the University of Wales College Newport in Great Britain, with a honours degree in the BA (Hons) Documentary Photography Course, established in the late '70s by the Welsh photographer David Hurn of Magnum Photo Agency.
In November 2003 she won the first prize in the section 'Best Project' of the Italian Edition of the Canon Young Photographers Competition, and in May 2004 she was among the finalists selected by the Jury of the European Award for Women Photographers.
In September 2004 she was awarded a Scholarship by Piedmont Region and TPW Toscana Photographic Workshop to take part in the three-year photographic project 'Focus on Monferrato'.
Paola Fiore is particularly committed to work on environmental communication assignments, which document and report about social changes and environmental issues. She is available for commissions and projects on every continent to Private Corporations, Public Institutions and Non Governmental Organizations.
Specialties:
Environmental communication, law, management;
Green copywriting, newswriting, text editing;
Representation of responsibility/sustainability concept;
Orientated companies policies, green marketing;
Events, seminars, exhibitions, trade publications;
Relationship networks with media, opinion makers;
PR system with clients, media relations, press offices;
CSR activities, policies, tools;
Seminars for employees/customers;
Customer orientation, labels for products, reports for locations.
I'm available for:
- new career opportunities, freelance job offers & requests, mentoring, professional networking & business partnership;
- consulting and/or collaborating on innovative projects & research in my areas of interest (environmental, ethical business, renewable energies & green Ict, mobility & sustainability issues; environmental financial services; environmental communication, education & information projects to public, private & NGO's sector; corporate social responsibility; new environmental technologies; communication & dissemination of information; cultural, environmental, social & technical projects funded by the European Union & other International Agencies);
- NGO's using environmental communication, education & information projects to improve society and the future of next generations;
- board roles working with entrepreneurs that have the goal of improving their business and the quality of life, by launching successful eco friendly products, 'green' services, new environmental communication ideas, policies, tools & visions.
I will consider both limited-time & long term contracts, especially if they can be handled via tele-commuting, and/or if they have to be handled via periodical personal meetings in Milan area, Italy & other European countries.
Please, include details about your management style and structure, as I am particularly interested in flat hierarchies and contact with senior management.”
39 contactsSustainability Management & Communications Specialist, ETICA@AMBIENTE® Sustainability Management & Communications Consulting
Empower socially responsible corporate and non-profit organizations to create innovative sustainable business solutions and strategies that minimize the environmental impacts of business and maximize the bottom line. Services and results created for clients include:
• Improve performance and reduce the environmental impact of business by implementing sustainability management systems and promoting best practices in environmental management and audit schemes.
• Manage and forecast economic and natural consumption of an organization and enhance the strategic impact of sustainability by defining effective metrics to measure baselines and track performance.
• Minimize risk, reduce costs and promote eco-efficiency by identifying key areas for change and measuring and monitoring different elements of an organisation’s carbon emissions.
• Empower boards and executives to deliver triple bottom line value by converting knowledge of environmental management, green communications, marketing & PR into winning, client-centered solutions.
• Reduce the environmental impact of purchases by helping businesses implement sustainable supply chains, improve procurement, logistics, product development & stewardship, and cut carbon emissions.
• Help companies avoid disciplinary measures by insuring compliance with legislation at national, European and international levels through developing sustainability monitoring and tracking systems.
• Enhance brand reputation through developing and implementing sustainability communications strategies, applying 2.0 tools, and providing an expert perspective through speaking, presentations & panel discussions.
• Improve leadership development and awareness of the power of applying sustainability principles in both work and life inside organizations by using coaching & training at organisational, team and individual level.