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        Evelin Piirsalu

        Senior Expert (Environmental Management Programme)

      • SEI Tallinn,
      • Expertise: Sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, carbon footprinting, scenario analysis, transition analysis, and dynamic modelling.
      • evelin.piirsalu@sei.org
      • @EvelinUPiirsalu
      • +372 62 76 116
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      Evelin joined SEI Tallinn in September 2004 and is a Senior Expert in the Environmental Management programme.

      Evelin’s main interest area is sustainable consumption and production. Evelin works on environmental management-related issues, such as environmental management systems, green and circular public procurement and various environmental management tools, such as European Environmental and Auditing System (EMAS), Green Office, Green Key, and ecolabels. She also has a long experience in sustainable tourism.

      Her recent focus has been on food waste, green and circular public procurement, and sustainable school food. Evelin has also participated in projects concerning climate mitigation and adaptation, marine ecosystem services, and marine litter.

      Evelin has expertise in sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, carbon footprinting, scenario analysis, transition analysis, and dynamic modelling.

      Education

      Evelin has a PhD in Social and Economic Geography and an MSc in Environmental Science from Lund University. Her bachelor’s degree is in Business Administration and International Marketing from the Estonian Business School.

      Work experience before SEI

      Before joining SEI, Evelin worked in the Estonian Ministry of the Environment and Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies.

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      Evelin Piirsalu in the media

      • Terevisioon (09.03.2023) Koolitoit tervislikumaks (Healthier school food for students)
      • Rohegeenius (10.05.2022): Roheline Kontor: kas viis maailma päästa või tüütu bürokraatia? (Green Office: a way to save the world or tedious bureaucracy?)
      • Stolitsa (20.04.2022): Пийрсалу: важно различать ″parim enne″ и ″kõlblik kuni″ (Piirsalu: it’s important to distinguish between „best before“ and expiration date)
      • Kuku (12.04.2022): Evelin Piirsalu – koolitoit tervislikumaks nii lastele kui planeedile (Evelin Piirsalu – healthier school food for both children and the planet)
      • Vikerraadio (07.10.2021): Huvitaja. Õiglase kaubanduse kuu. Toiduraiskamine (Fair Trade Month. Food waste.)
      • Postimees (02.06.2021): Marek Strandberg ja Evelin Piirsalu toiduraiskamisest Eestis (Marek Strandberg and Evelin Piirsalu on food waste in Estonia)
      • Maaleht (02.06.2021): Koolisööklas üle jäänud toit on kahe tunniga kadunud. Kui ainult abivajajad teada on (Leftover food from school canteens is gone in two hours. If only it´s known where the help is needed)
      • ERR (29.05.2021): Eestis visatakse igal aastal ära ligi 164 miljoni euro eest toitu (Estonians throw away 164 million euros worth of food every year)
      • Kuku (29.05.2021): Ilmaparandaja
      • Pealinn (28.05.2021): VIDEO: Toidu raiskamine Eestis kasvab (VIDEO: Food waste in Estonia is increasing)
      • Õpetajate Leht (14.10.2020): Valminud on juhendmaterjal koolidele toidujäätmete vähendamiseks (A handbook available for schools to reduce food waste)
      • Eesti Päevaleht (30.09.2020): Eestlased viskavad üha rohkem toitu minema (Estonians throw away increasing amounts of food)
      • Vikerraadio (24.09.2020): Evelin Piirsalu. Toiduraiskamise taga on muuutuvad harjumused (Evelin Piirsalu. Food waste comes from changing habits)
      • Eesti Päevaleht (17.10.2019): Inimesel peab olema hirm süüa, mitte iha õgida! (A person must have a fear of eating, not a desire to binge!)
      • Ärileht (10.06.2019): Koolisööklates läheb raisku ligi 1400 tonni toitu aastas (School canteens waste 1400 tons of food a year)
      • Personaliuudised (19.09.2018): Ökokontor nõuab ka vastavat sisu ja suhtumist (Eco-office requires adequate substance and mentality)

      Publications by Evelin Piirsalu

      • Unlocking the G20’s Green Public Procurement potential
      • Green public procurement: a lever for mitigating European greenhouse gas emissions
      • Green public procurement: a key to decarbonizing construction and road transport in the EU
      • Decarbonizing the EU's road and construction sectors through green public procurement: the case of France and Germany
      • Decarbonizing the EU's road and construction sectors through green public procurement: the case of Estonia and Poland
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      Perspectives by Evelin Piirsalu

      • Green procurement: the key to decarbonize construction and road transport

      Featured stories with Evelin Piirsalu

      • Eesti lisab ringhangete põhimõtteid riiklikesse strateegiatesse
      • Circular procurement lessons to be included in Estonian strategies
      • Õppeprogramm: mereprügi olemus ja päritolu
      • Osale kodudes tekkivate toidujäätmete uuringus!
      • Kampaania koolides: Kokkame Koos!
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      Projects and tools with Evelin Piirsalu

      • ChemClimCircle – Integrating criteria for chemicals, climate and circularity in procurement processes
      • ChemClimCircle – Kemikaalide, kliima ja ringsuse kriteeriumide integreerimine hangetesse
      • Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskuse toitlustuskomplekside ressursikasutuse uuring
      • SchoolFood4Change
      • Accelerating the EU's uptake of green public procurement
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