Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner is currently Chair of Sustainable Engineering and Managing Director of the Department of Environmental Technology at Technical University Berlin. He was Chair of the ISO-Committee TC207/SC5 for Life Cycle Assessment for nine years and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. He is a Steering Committee member of the Social LCA Alliance. Earlier in his career, he was Manager for Life Cycle Engineering at the De-sign-for-Environment Department for Mercedes-Benz Cars at Daimler AG.

Archana Datta is an environmental professional with over 16 years of experience in capacity building and advocacy, focusing on mainstreaming Circular Economy, Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), and Life Cycle Thinking. She currently serves as an Associate Programme Management Officer at the Life Cycle Initiative, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Previously, Archana worked with the UNEP India Country Office, the Asian Institute of Technology, and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. In these roles, she was instrumental in planning and implementing regional, sub-regional, and national activities involving policymakers, private sector stakeholders, and consumers on SCP and Circular Economy. Archana holds a Master of Science in Environment Management and is a certified lead auditor for ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 standards. She also possesses a certificate in Climate Change Economics and Governance from the London School of Economics.