The Food Sustainability Centre is conducted by the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta at Politecnico di Milano.

The centre aims to contribute to the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems, through research, awareness-raising and training activities, which focus on the role of innovation. It promotes applied research projects and dissemination initiatives, engaging the scientific and student communities, companies and business associations, non-profit organizations and public institutions.

Research embraces solutions for circular economy along agrifood supply chains, sustainable and circular food packaging innovations, cross-sector partnerships for food recovery and redistribution in cities and sustainable urban food policies, strategies and tools for the sustainable and inclusive management of agrifood supply chains, sustainable performance management systems, sustainable and collaborative business model innovations and the role of startups and digital technologies.