Claudio Beretta

Claudio Beretta is a scientific fellow and lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation, where he focuses on food waste and sustainability in food value chains. He is responsible for food waste monitoring in Switzerland on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and contributes to research and guidelines on food donations, food date labelling, household food waste measurement and the environmental assessment of food value chains.

He studied Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich and completed both his master’s thesis and PhD on food losses in Switzerland, quantifying their scale, reduction potential and environmental impacts. Since 2012, he has also been co-founder, president and project leader of foodwaste.ch, the Swiss association dedicated to reducing food loss and waste along the food value chain.

Claudio has represented Switzerland in the OECD Food Chain Analysis Network and regularly contributes to scientific conferences, public debates, media interviews and practical initiatives on food waste prevention. His publications cover food loss quantification, environmental impacts, prevention strategies, circular economy approaches and the valorisation of food side streams.