Florian Antony

Background

About Florian Antony

Florian Antony is working as senior researcher at Oeko-Institut’s Sustainable Products and Material Flows division. He has a dedicated focus on various kinds of sustainability metrics (including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Product Environmental Footprinting (PEF), Product Sustainability Assessment (PROSA)- with regard to both methodology development and application. Prior to his work at the Oeko-Institut’s, Mr. Antony studied Biology und History at the University of Freiburg. During his doctorate (topic: „Operationalization of the sustainability potential of biomimetic products or processes“) he worked on Life Cycle Assessments and Product Sustainability Assessments of biomimetic and bio-inspired products. Since 2013 he works at the Oeko-Institut e.V. as an expert in Life cycle assessment, corporate carbon footprinting and product carbon footprinting. Since September 2013 he manages the topic area “Methods” within Oeko-Institut’s Sustainable Products and Material Flows division. As part of his work at the Oeko-Institut, he carried out product specific carbon footprints for various food and feed products (including agricultural primary production). Furthermore Mr. Antony works on several Life Cycle Assessments within the context of sustainable biomass production (e.g. aquaculture), and on additional studies in the food and nutrition sector. Mr. Antony has also profound knowledge of the critical review process of environmental assessments in various fields, including the project lead in an integrated sustainability assessment of biomass-based products in the chemical industry.