Javier Sanfelix is a Policy Officer at the Industrial Transformation unit at the European Commission – DG Research and Innovation, and currently involved in the development of sustainability criteria for materials and chemicals among other activities. He holds a PhD in Engineering Sciences from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on environmental and economic assessment of batteries for electric vehicles. He has been working at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission providing scientific support for polices in the area of sustainable production and consumption, with a focus on circular economy approaches.