Dr. Alessandro Kim Cerutti obtained a Doctorate in Agriculture, Forestry and Food Science at the Department of Arboriculture, University of Turin (Italy). In particular, his main research line is the validation and the development of Environmental Assessment Methods, such as the Ecological Footprint, Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Footprint, in Agro- Systems. In addition he was responsible for application of innovative methods of Environmental Impacts Assessment related to Food Production and Consumption in the GERME project, funded by the Private Research Institute: Regio Collegio Carlo Alberto (Italy). In the end of 2012 he started his second Post-Doctoral at the European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Ispra (Italy), focusing on Modelling GHG Inventories at Regional and Urban Scales using both standard IPCC and LCA approaches. In September 2014 he returned to University of Turin (Italy), focusing his researched on sustainability of Agricultural and Forestry Systems, including Production, Supply Chains and Food Consumption. He is an author of over 60 scientific and technical publications on national and international journals and books. Since 2008 he has been co-supervisor of 9 bachelor and master thesis at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Sciences (University of Turin, Italy). He is currently a member of the Directory Board of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Sustainability and he is a member of several research institutions and networks, including (among others) the Italian Network of LCA. From 2011 he is a member of the Editorial Panel of the Journal of Sustainable Development.