Daniela Rivas-Aybar is an international sustainability specialist with >13 years work experience in responsible sourcing, environmental and social safeguards, and addressing sustainability and climate topics in agriculture, forestry, fishing, water, and community development projects with NGOs, government, and the private sector. Currently conducting research on the life cycle assessment of hemp-based materials in Australia as a part of her PhD candidacy at the Sustainable Engineering Group at Curtin University. Daniela holds a BSc in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the Panamerican School of Agriculture and a Masters of Agricommerce from Massey University.