Dr. Marco Formentini is Associate Professor in Management Engineering at the University of Trento (Italy). He received his PhD from University of Padova (Italy) and he has been affiliated to Cass Business School, London (UK), University of Bath, School of Management, Bath (UK) and Audencia Business School, Nantes (France).
His research involves activities in the areas of Operations and Supply Chain Management, focusing mainly on sustainability - investigating corporate sustainability strategies and related governance mechanisms - supply chain collaboration with a specific interest on agri-food supply chains, strategic sourcing and integration of international supply chains.
He published in leading journals, including Journal of Product Innovation Management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Transportation Research: Part E and Journal of Cleaner Production.
He is currently a member of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) and sits in the Editorial Board of International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Journal of Business Logistics and Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. In 2017, he chaired the “Mainstreaming Responsible Business Conduct in Companies” session at the OECD Global Forum in Paris.

In the 2nd level Specializing Master's programme in Climate Change: adaptation and mitigation solutions he will lecture Green Procurement and Sustainable Supply Chain in the course Corporate approaches to climate change.