Alexandra Ciarnau
DORDA Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Austria
Alexandra Ciarnau at DORDA Rechtsanwälte GmbH is a key advisor across a wide range of sustainability-related matters, assisting major clients in drafting and reviewing sustainability-conscious ESG policies, delivering comprehensive risk analyses of green claims, and developing green compliance strategies including literacy programmes which help deliver accurate green claims. Ciarnau also draws on her expertise in digitalisation to advise clients in assessing data flows used in green tech initiatives and sustainability reporting.
Beyond her client work, Ciarnau is committed to advancing sustainability in the wider community. Ciarnau acts as a pro bono advisor to the Circular Economy Forum Austria and is involved with various research projects, including Kreisbau, which seeks to improve ESG standards in the construction industry through the use of AI. Notably, Ciarnau contributed as a co-author to several publications in the ESG field, including a chapter on greenwashing in the Practice Handbook of Sustainability.