Aim of the course “Technology and innovation for sustainable production” is to analyze the main issues related to technology and technological innovation in order to better understand the current techno-social-economic scenario involved in the increasing international competitiveness and environmental issues.The relationship between scientific research and innovative companies will be investigated too as well as application of most uptodate technologies related to sustainable production and consumption. During the course the main methods and instrument for evaluating environmental impacts of different activities will also be discussed.