I led and facilitated teams of researchers and entrepreneurs & through the 4TU Carbon award (also in preparation for the main & Carbon X-Prize from Elon Musk). I helped the participants & understand the challenge, formulate their concepts, ideation and & facilitated group formation, as well as introduced methods they & could use to determine if their intervention was impactful or not & through the Climate Impact Forecast tool amongst other & methods.

Twice a year there is an E-learning course where 100s of professionals from around the world get certified in the Water Footprint Assessment Method. I ran the course a couple times as a co-instructor. Positions held: Instructor Activities performed: Gave lectures online, was an examiner, held office-hours, was an instructor for the duration of the online courses. Had contact with many attendees, answered their technical questions and helped students become certified.

Climathon for several years. This is a grueling but rewarding experience where teams of participants put their minds together in a hackathon format over 24 hours. I worked with other hosts and facilitators to deliver the program and ensure an energized and talented group of youngsters delivers an idea that solves real-world problems. & Everyone walks away inspired. Climathons are organized at the city & level and are held simultaneously across the globe in over 200 cities and 65 countries. There are roughly 40 participants per local Climathon, which then get divided into several competing teams. These were conducted at TU Delft’s Green Village several times but also at AMS Institute in Amsterdam.

Creating awareness of the Water Footprint at household level across the EU. This involved working in a consortium with 7 other EU partners and 7 different countries, to deliver a sustainable water use campaign highlighting the issues of each country and tailoring the communications material for each country. The stakeholder group focused on schools and households. These materials were then put into a website and various scholastic material more easily readable for households and translated accordingly per country. Activities performed: Developed all technical guidelines and materials regarding the water footprint. Cooperated and facilitated discussion with 7 European countries. Every 6 months, we convened in each partner country for knowledge dissemination exercises to ensure project goals were being met and implemented.

Municipalities of Lisse, Delft, Den Helder and Amsterdam & Main project features: the summer of 2018 saw a record & drought year in the EU and multiple cities had to do stress tests & and wanted to know how vulnerable they were. As a result, & several projects emerged which I wrote proposals for and led the & studies on. This resulted in these cities having a better picture of & their respective drought related risks, such as subsidence, & damage to foundations, drainage networks etc & Activities performed: Determined climatic effects on building & foundations, infrastructure, soil and interactions with surface and & groundwater. Designed a groundwater monitoring plan: worked & with a team of field operators to install a network of remotely & accessible groundwater monitoring wells

In support of their energy transition strategy, I undertook a global biofuel water footprint and risk study concerning 4 biofeedstocks / crops and their respective value-chains. From agronomy to refining into various types of biofuels including biodiesel, e-fuels and SAF. The feasibility study considered Camelina, Carinata, Penny Cress and Pongamia where I also developed a suitability index for each region and crop.

Project manager and Technical Team lead including a 1-week & field visit to the mangroves, liasing with govt agencies, and local & stakeholders. This technical due diligence covered all aspects of & ESG as it related to the project goals by ways of biodversity & restoration, carbon sequestration, and enhancement of & livelihoods. A gap analysis was conducted against IFC & performance standards, including mitigative actions for any & residual risks.

As technical lead and PM, developed a Nature-based Solutions Methodological Framework for Ecoshape – this resulted additionally in a score card for Building with Nature for China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam as well as identifying barriers and enablers to implementation including ESG topics.

As part of its circularity strategy Provincie Utrecht wished to understand its opportunities if it adopted a more circular approach. As consultant I conducted a CBA to show the potential if the province adopted a circular strategy to stimulate its economy. Data collection, research, report writing, conducted many stakeholder interviews and incorporated their vision into the circularity study.

Created the world’s first universal sustainability ratings system to inform consumers of the impact of everyday products. This was launched initially for the food and fibre industries and also tested with electronics (coffee machines). All existing sustainability standards such as GRI, ISO, ILO and ecolabels were mapped in the process and any gaps were filled with our own methods for metrics which have been since validated by initiatives such as ESRS, CSRD, and further GRI Standards.

Created a platform for sustainable entrepreneurship. Led the pitch to be shortlisted at Start-up Weekend Utrecht, 2012, a 54 hour hackathon. Led the team to develop a proto-type and did the final pitch resulting as one of the winners.

Liaised with client and technical specialists to collaborate on a & new ToR for an ESIA regarding intake/outfall, brine modelling, & navigational safety, water and sediment quality ensuring & compliance with IFC, ERBD and lender requirements.

I led and facilitated teams of researchers and entrepreneurs & through the 4TU Carbon award (also in preparation for the main & Carbon X-Prize from Elon Musk). I helped the participants & understand the challenge, formulate their concepts, ideation and & facilitated group formation, as well as introduced methods they & could use to determine if their intervention was impactful or not & through the Climate Impact Forecast tool amongst other & methods.

Completed the pre-feasibility study regarding the multi-hazard & climate risks and a strategy to mitigate, adapt and develop a & sustainable zoning plan to tie into the evolving Sustainable & Development Masterplan for the Manilla Bay. Activities performed: Led a team of researchers, consultants & and flood modelers, project management, client relations, & stakeholder engagement, pre-feasibility report, proposal for the & follow-up work for the implementation of the pilot studies, led & several workshops where we shared our key findings and laid the & strategy for the future of Hagonoy. Scenario development & showing the effects of each strategy regarding mitigation, & adaptation, and zoning to combat the multi-hazards especially & flooding.

Main project features: Created policy briefs for country officers & of UN WFP’s various offices world-wide. The overarching theme & was food security in the face of climate change for sensitive & regions. Positions held: Independent Consultant & Activities performed: Developed policy briefs and reporting & template for country offices in connection with COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco. Liaised with experts on a weekly basis to & produce policy briefs regarding climate smart agriculture, climate & finance, national adaptation plans, nationally determined & contributions, risk transfer mechanisms, loss and damage and & disaster risk reduction.

Developed a sustainable lifestyle and food initiative to help & consumers reduce their ecological footprint while tasting cuisines of the world and promoting intercultural exchange. We have done over 45 events primarily in the Netherlands, but also in Hungary and Hong Kong. Served over 1300 diners, worked with and led over 200 chefs and volunteers across 25 venues in over 10 cities. Produced a cookbook, a website and infinite memories while increasing the ecological consciousness of all involved and reducing ecological footprints.

Conducted a gap assessment of a pre-existing ESIA against & EBRD standards. This led to recommendations to meet the new & requirements and a potentially new ESIA.

I led the methodological development for a company-wide Water Footprint Assessment to meet their specific needs and product categories. This also led to an initial WFA regarding their 5 key product categories.

Project manager and technical team lead of activities including analyses, mapping, reporting, presentations, stakeholder engagement and research. Mapped WWT capacity of the region and produced a list of solutions (grey-green infra) to improve water quality

Worked as part of a geophysics consultancy team doing & fieldwork across the north-east of the USA, primarily in New York, & New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Conducted over 100 geophysical & investigations on a myriad of mostly brownfield sites usually as & part of phase 1 environmental remediation works. Used ground & penetrating radar (GPR), electromagnetic equipment (EM31,  EM35), magnetometers, utility locators (DitchWitch) and other & field equipment. Drafted and produced report-quality maps, GIS & overlays. Processed geophysical data using Surfer, Magmap, & Geosoft etc. Was involved in all project life-cycles from & acquisition with clients to final reporting.

Project manager and Technical Team lead of activities including analyses, mapping, reporting, presentations, stakeholder engagement and research. After a pollution diagnostics, produced a catalogue of NBS applicable to the region, including an iReport.

One Planet Thinking was an initiative of WWF, Eneco and Ecofys seeking to create a sustainability framework fit for companies so that they could understand their sustainability impact and their “Safe operating space” within the planetary boundaries (Rocktrom, 2009). It was an entrepreneurial and scientific challenge as OPT was to stand independently once set up. As an independent consultant I led concept development, the community of science to develop metrics and methods suitable for sustainability impact of various sectors. I also organised roundtables and contributed to the pilot study (impact of Eneco’s power-plant emissions on biodiversity) with Arcadis and Ernst & Young. Developed the business case for the initiative for further funding opportunities. I also worked with other consultants on a weekly basis to gain consensus among stakeholders and developed round-tables with various industries (auto makers) as we dealt with materials and water as key commodities.

This consultant exchange program had several components: & Systems thinking training and learning through complexity was a big & part of the PiP program. & - Solved a local challenge for the Province of Utrecht, & Netherlands discovering additional potential solar power capacity & in the city of Utrecht using GIS and a mixed-land use approach. & This tripled the city’s potential solar power output without creating & any solar parks. & - One month working in Budapest on a nature-based wastewater & treatment solution “WaterHubs” for slums in India with Biopolus & Institute - Developed the OnePlanet Thinking sustainability assessment & methodology with WWF, Eneco, Ecofys. This continued beyond & Pioneers-into-practice as a separate consultancy till mid-2016.

Together with the Dutch Embassy and other innovators from the Netherlands, I was invited to present the WF study on cotton at the Innovation Sessions part of Berlin Fashion week

Presented how food is central to the global sustainability agenda, its ecological footprint and comparisons with diet and other lifestyle choices to a global audience.

Supported a start-up that aimed to make the process of auditing easier for small holder farms to achieve certification, eg. Organic, EKO, Fairtrade etc. in their respective supply and value chains

While working with the Water Footprint Network I provided  feedback on the latest standards shaping the CEO Water  Mandate itself.

Part of their Lunch and Learn sessions I was invited to give a talk about the state of the earth through various environmental metrics and footprints and related that to the impact of data centers as Docebo is a software platform making use of AWS.

Senior technical consultant, co-developed ACI’s Sustainability Reporting Framework calibrating against ESRS, CSRD, TCFD, TNFD, GRI, and all relevant ESG Standards. Key architect of the framework, reviewed the final draft, partly led the NACO team and presented at the key stakeholder event in London, UK

Wrote key chapters on the sustainable design of the EPO building retrofit, especially in the areas of water, waste and and energy management while working with AECOM.

Climate-KIC runs a prestigious summer school known as “The & Journey” which is an annual, EU-based 5 week program bringing & students from all over the world together to learn about climate & change and entrepreneurship. Climate-KIC has another program & which operates world-wide known as #Climathon, a 24-hr climate & change hackathon, challenging participants to solve wicked & problems Positions held: Lecturer, Sustainability Expert, Host and & Facilitator & Activities performed: As guest lecturer during The Journey I & guided students and assessed the sustainability impact of their & interventions. I was also a lead facilitator.

Main project features: Unilever has a sustainable living plan in  which it analyses its global product portfolio for sustainability  impacts. This time they were looking at their tomato supply chain  as they have many tomato-based products. The water footprint  of tomato production was the focus as that is a large component  of their sustainability impact.   Activities performed: Conducted Water Footprint Assessments  using data from Unilever’s global tomato supply chain. This  involved geospatial analyses, modelling, calculations, reporting  and developing strategies and water scarcity maps for Unilever  so they might understand their risks in the supply chain. I also  identified and prioritized risk river basins where the tomato  growers operate as well as analysed their efficiency of production  to lend focus to problematic areas – a hotspot analysis. This  required liaising with Unilever’s technical team to ensure data  completeness and dissemination of the results such that their  management and sourcing teams could understand the technical  material.

Main project features: I led a multi-year study on the water footprint of various agricultural practices as it relates to cotton production and in the textile industry (cotton supply chain). This involved evaluating agro data from over 1000 farms across 3 Indian states over 2 years. This was a significant study which conclusively determined the benefits of organic and hybrid cotton cultivation as it relates to improved livelihoods and sustainability impact. The study showed conventional cotton with its chain of pollution to be the least sustainable. This enabled the client to make a strategic decision about their cotton supply chain in the fashion world. Activities performed: project management, team lead hydrological analyses, water footprint assessment, modelling, reporting, data collection, quality control, client engagement – the entire life cycle of the project to publishing. GIS work, scripting in Python with researchers from the University of Twente. First time grey water footprint guidelines level 2 were applied for water pollution and runoff. Created a leaching-runoff tool in excel.

Green, blue and grey WFs were calculated using data from the 12,000+ dairies across NL, BE and DE as well as their global supply chain for their key products and markets. The study further determined the sustainability of this production from a water perspective. Worked closely with the clients’ technical teams towards water stewardship.

Conducted a thorough analysis with in-situ data including a field visit to plantations in Malaysia, from nurseries to full grown trees. Green, blue and grey water footprints were calculated along with their sustainability for one full chain: plantation, mill and refinery and similarly for their respective water risks (physical, reputational and regulatory).

I calculated the WF of 100 common items, which were to be used by the Weather Channel (owned by IBM), which temporarily renamed itself the Water Channel for increased awareness. Both Google and Amazon were interested in the idea of showing the WF alongside the cost of products. This also resulted in an ice sculpture exhibition to increase awareness. know the cost Archives - Piedmont Park Conservancy, Inc.

As technical lead, I identified hotspots and key investment areas for Invest-NL as it relates to water and climate issues in the Dutch food and agricultural sector. This involved a series of technical reports, presentations, a white paper and a roundtable with key stakeholders. Hoe we duurzaam watergebruik in de agrifood sector kunnen bevorderen | Invest-NL

State Disaster Management Authorities of Kerala, & Uttarkhand and Himachal Pradesh / TechEmerge (IFC/World & Bank) Main project features: Created a winning pitch in the competitive TechEmerge project to develop a tailor-made & solution for several State Disaster Management Authorities in & India. Prize was a grant worth USD$100k to implement flash & flood forecast systems for Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. & Activities performed: Developed the proposal for a flash flood & forecast system for Indian states, made and won the pitches, & created the project plans, developed client and donor & relationships and project kick-off.

Main project features: developed a smart phone app for & sustainable management of farms while leading a consortium & from the Netherlands and S.E. Asian nations. & Activities performed: project management, client relations, & stakeholder management, technical lead in developing backdoor & services for the smartphone app and the dashboard for investors & to see how farmers are improving their livelihoods by using our & system. Sustainability impact was also a goal in this project as we had to report on key indicators for further funding. Proposal & for funding, and reporting were my additional activities and the & day-to-day maintenance of the system.