BASF Global Supplier CO2 Management Program - Introduction Sessions on Product Carbon Footprinting

Michael Spielmann is a globally positioned leader, manager, and expert in sustainability strategy consulting, climate change strategy, carbon footprinting & Life Cycle Assessment with 25 years’ experience.

He has managed numerous commercial projects in various sectors such as renewable energy & fuels, chemicals, manufacturing & automotive, amongst others. In the chemical industry he worked for corporations such as Evonik, BASF, Volkswagen, BMW , etc. on Carbon footprint scaling, supplier engagement, internal capability building  etc.  He was part of the founding team of the ecoinvent LCA database, and holds a PhD from ETH Zurich, focusing on scenario-based technology assessments of innovative technologies. Before joining ERM, Michael worked for Southpole, Quantis & Sphera.

Andres has over 10 years of experience in Carbon Management and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), leading projects in the renewable energy, food and beverage, oil & energy, and packaging sectors.

He was part of the team that built the first Chilean LCI database for the food sector (Ecobase Alimentos) and has contributed as a researcher for the Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System from the Sustainability Consortium. In the last couple of years, he worked for a Carbon Management SAS company building LCA cradle-to-gate models for the calculation of Scope 3 Category 1 emissions and has specialized in LCA projects for the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.

Isabelle Küchle has over 4 years of experience in Corporate Carbon Management and Product Carbon Footprinting/Life Cycle Assessment (PCF/LCA), leading and contributing to projects in the chemicals, pharmaceutical, automotive, as well as wood and food and beverage sectors.

She has worked in Management Consulting and in a Climate Tech SaaS company managing Corporate Carbon Accounting projects with a focus on Scope 3 Category 1 emissions. Besides that, Isabelle has worked on accounting corporate-level biogenic and FLAG emissions, as well as the accounting of biogenic emissions on a product level (biogenic emissions in Product Carbon Footprint).