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Corso di Specializzazione per Manager della Sostenibilità Alimentare

October 6 to 24, 2025 online

WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS COURSE
PROJECT WORK.

The Food Sustainability Manager is a figure who is in charge of corporate sustainability. Integrating sustainable practices into production and distribution processes can not only help reduce environmental impact, but can also attract customers who are sensitive to these issues, thereby improving the reputation of the company or restaurant and its long-term profitability. Il Food Sustainability Manager deve cercare di minimizzare lo spreco in tutta la filiera produttiva attraverso strategie come la pianificazione accurata degli ordini, il riciclo dei rifiuti e la donazione dei prodotti non utilizzati a enti o organizzazioni benefiche.

Quindi le sue responsabilità comprendono:

  • Sourcing of ingredients
  • Waste Management
  • Sustainable menu
  • Certifications
  • Monitoring
  • Energy saving
  • Collaboration
  • Innovation

JOB OUTCOMES AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

The Food Sustainability Manager can find employment in food storage, processing and marketing companies, can do professional consulting for small and medium-sized enterprises, and can work with restaurants with sustainable practices

 

PROJECT WORK.

THIRD LEVEL HACCP CERTIFICATE

REWORKING AND DISSEMINATION OF CV

COURSE DETAILS

With the Food Sustainability Manager Specialization Course, you will be able to:

  • Defining sustainability in the food context
  • Know the principles of circular economy applied to the food sector
  • Analyze the food supply chain
  • Know the management and optimization of transportation and food logistics
  • Reducing food waste
  • Know about sustainability certifications and regulations
  • Seeking and applying innovative solutions for food sustainability
  • Managing food waste by applying reuse solutions
  • Monitor sustainability data through the use of systems

The Food Sustainability Manager Specialization course is for anyone with a bachelor's degree, work experience in the food or environmental sector and in restaurant management.

Introduction to food sustainability:

  • Definition of sustainability in the food context
  • Relationship between food production, climate change and natural resources
  • Principles of circular economy applied to the food sector
  • Analisi dell’impatto ambientale dei sistemi alimentari globali
  • L’Agenda 2030 dell’ONU: i 17 obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile

Food supply chain and logistics

  • Analysis of the food supply chain (from production to distribution)
  • Gestione e ottimizzazione dei trasporti e della logistica alimentare per ridurre l’impatto ambientale. Le nuove tecnologie applicate alla logistica per soluzioni più sostenibili
  • Imballaggi sostenibili: riduzione dell’uso della plastica, materiali biodegradabili. Quali soluzioni si stanno studiando per ridurre l’impatto degli imballaggi (l’impiego coating biodegradabili: origine e funzioni)
  • Reducing food waste along the supply chain
  • Prodotti sostenibili: case studies e storie di successo
  • Aziende agroalimentari sostenibili: processi innovativi e prodotti a basso impatto

Sustainability certifications and regulations

  • Panoramica delle principali certificazioni di sostenibilità alimentare (certificazione ambientale per le aziende e/o certificazione per i prodotti e gli imballaggi sostenibili, certificazione biologica, certificazione volontaria dei prodotti vegetariani, vegan e le nuove norme ISO 23662 e Plant Based)
  • Local and international food sustainability regulations and standards
  • Etichettatura sostenibile dei prodotti alimentari e le implicazioni per il consumatore. Parte pratica sulla costruzione di un’etichetta sostenibile

Technological innovations for food sustainability

  • Tecnologia alimentare sostenibile: nuove frontiere. L’impiego delle tecnologie abilitanti nella filiera alimentare
  • Soluzioni innovative per la produzione alimentare (agricoltura verticale, tecniche di conservazione e confezionamento sostenibili, gestione degli scarti alimentari: come possono essere riutilizzati)
  • Food waste management technologies: composting, recycling and waste reduction
  • Comunicare la sostenibilità

Circular economy and food waste management

  • Reduction, reuse and recycling in the food context
  • Food waste management systems in cities and markets
  • Innovative solutions to reuse by-products and food waste

Sustainability monitoring and reporting

  • Introduction to Sustainability Reporting (GRI Standards, ESG)
  • Techniques for monitoring environmental and social performance in the food sector
  • Analysis and management of sustainability data for continuous improvement

Level 3 HACCP Certificate

Private Certificate of Course Attendance

Certificate of Project Work

Preparatory phase: study on specific texts and industry content on e-learning platform, 20-hour online course aimed at issuing Level 3 HACCP certificate

Classroom phase: 24 hours live streaming

Project Work

Career guidance: reworking and dissemination of Curriculum in the region of residence or preference

Francesca Colicigno

Tecnologo alimentare con oltre vent’anni di esperienza nel settore food & beverage. Dal 2019 fornisce servizi di consulenza a startup e aziende con particolare focus sullo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti, la sicurezza alimentare e l’innovazione di processo.
La sua carriera inizia nel gruppo Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A. dove per quattordici anni ricopre ruoli di crescente responsabilità: prima come tecnologo in Ricerca & Sviluppo, poi come Quality & Technology Manager in uno degli stabilimenti produttivi.
Lead Auditor certificato UNI EN ISO 9001:2015, ha maturato una solida competenza trasversale grazie a una formazione continua nei campi dell’innovazione, della sostenibilità e della Food Safety.
Nel 2022 e nel 2024 partecipa come mentore al programma EWA – Empowering Women in Agrifood – promosso dal Future Food Institute.
Nel 2024 ha avviato un dottorato di ricerca nazionale sul Food System.

 

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FRANK ALIBERTI

An anti-waste cook, he helps the restaurant system by proposing a model where sustainability starts with people, through social, media and lectures I try to raise awareness of zero food waste, and healthy habits for the planet.

In 2010 Award as Best Pastry Chef for the Identità Golose Guide, in 2011 for Guida ai Ristoranti d'Italia de Il Sole 24 Ore, in 2012 he received the Best Chef Under 30 award from the Identità Golose Guide.
2019 Best Table award in Milan during Golosaria event. At the 2019 Food & Travel Italia Awards named Emerging Chef of the Year, thanks to his environmentally conscious and environmentally sustainable cuisine. For the same reason, he receives the 2019 Weekend Premium award. Best Dessert Table in the 2019 Milan 100 Guide. Gastronomic Education and Culture Award given by FoodCommunity in 2019.
Within the Michelin 2020 guidebook, the Tre Cristi Milano restaurant is mentioned only after just one year as Quality Cuisine.

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MICHELE STOCOLA

Lawyer, expert in Italian and European food legislation, specializing in food labeling, labeling and packaging technologies and production processes.
He lectures and consults for Universities, Associations and Companies on highly technical topics.
Director and founder of Label School, an online label and supply chain school.

He has participated in numerous events as a speaker, in the areas of food safety, haccp, food labeling and environmental.

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FEDERICA BELLIFEMINE

She graduated in Law from the University of Bari and then moved to Rome where, in 2020, she obtained an Executive Master's degree in "Marketing and Digital Communication" at the 24 Hour Business School. She then went into education with a Master's degree in "Teaching of Legal and Economic Subjects."
Today he is a licensed lecturer and teaches at several Secondary Institutes in the capital city while pursuing his continuing education in continuous learning.

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IVAN MASSI

Quality and Enviromental Manager for Aviapartner Italia Soc. Multinational Belgian, is ENAC and AIFOS Qualified Trainer. Thanks to his 30 years experience as HR and Industrial Process Organization Manager for Alitalia airline and as Quality Auditor for Blue Panorama, he has high technical skills from Project & Risk management to Aviation security, from Ground Handling to EASA, ECAC, ICAO and IATA regulations.

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WITH BONUS CHEF, YOUR TRAINING IS WORTH MORE!

Learn about Bonus Chef and get a credit up to a maximum of 6,000 euros for expenses incurred in 2021 and 2022 for Italian Food Academy courses and masters.

CONTACT US

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Excellence is now more affordable

Thanks to the Chef Bonus you can get a credit of up to 6,000 euros for expenses incurred in 2021 and 2022 for your professional training.  

Starting February 27, 2023, it will be possible to apply to the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy for the Chef Bonus.

WHAT IS IT?

Bonus Chef 2023 consists of a 40% tax credit (up to a maximum of 6,000 euros) recognized on expenses related to the restaurant industry for individuals engaged in the activity of professional chef at hotels and restaurants.

TO GET THE BONUS:

- you must have incurred, between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022, one or more of the expenses deemed eligible for the benefit

- one must be a resident or established of the state territory;

- Applicants must be in the full enjoyment of civil rights.

ELIGIBLE EXPENSES:

- Purchase of durable capital goods (high energy class machinery for food storage, processing, processing and cooking, professional tools and equipment for catering)

- Participation in professional development courses.

HOW THE 2023 CHEF BONUS WORKS

The 40% credit can be used for offsetting by F24, which must be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service. The credit is exempt from IRPEF and IRAP. 

It is also possible to assign the credit with the transfer of the facility to other parties, including credit institutions and other financial intermediaries. 

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