Eric Hassel

About Eric Hassel

I’m passionate about driving meaningful change through sustainability. As Director, Sustainability at fairlife, I lead the creation and execution of a holistic strategy that integrates environmental and social responsibility across our business. My work spans Supply Chain, Animal Welfare, and Technical & Innovation, ensuring that sustainability is embedded in every step of our operations and aligned with fairlife’s values and long-term goals.Before joining fairlife, I spent seven years at the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, partnering with cooperatives and processors to design and implement impactful sustainability programs. Knowledge and experience in the following areas:• Carbon accounting• Carbon markets• CDP reporting• Corporate renewable energy procurement• Corporate sustainability strategy• Cost-benefit analysis and non-market valuation• Data management and statistical analysis• Environmental policy• ESG reporting• EPR compliance• Financial analysis• GHG Protocol• GRI standards• Life cycle assessment• Materiality/double materiality• Project management• SASB/IFRS standards • Science-Based Targets • Stakeholder engagement

Experience

1. Director, Sustainability

   fairlife, LLC

   Nov 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

Education

• California State University, Chico

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Energy and Earth Resources

  2012 — 2016

• Bren School of Environmental Science & Management - University of California, Santa Barbara

  Master of Environmental Science and Management, Corporate Environmental Management

  2017 — 2019

Skills

• Pc200w
• Cascade Server
• Leadership
• Easily Adaptable
• Microsoft Excel
• Team Building
• Time-Efficient
• Filemaker
• Peoplesoft
• Arcgis
• Problem Solving
• Microsoft Word
• Clean Power Finance
• Leed Green Associate
• R
• Microsoft Office