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Chiara Mio (born in 1964 in Pordenone, Italy) is an Italian business executive and economist internationally known for her advocacy of sustainability policies and research on corporate social responsibility. She is a full professor at the Department of Management at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. In October 2014, Chiara Mio has been appointed a Chairwoman of Crédit Agricole FriulAdria (Crédit Agricole Italia Bank Group) becoming the first woman in Italy to lead a commercial bank.

Education
Chiara Mio holds a degree in Business Administration from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

Career
Chiara Mio combines academic research with corporate practice. She is also an active member of international and national bodies promoting sustainability policies on a global scale.

Professional career
Since 2014, Chiara Mio has been a Chairwoman of Crédit Agricole FriulAdria SpA (Gruppo Bancario Crédit Agricole Italia). In this role, her goal is to make Crédit Agricole FriulAdria “an innovative, multichannel bank serving the needs of families and local businesses and oriented towards sustainable business model”.

Chiara Mio is currently a board member of a number of companies listed on Italian Stock Exchange (Danieli e C. Officine Meccaniche SpA, Eurotech SpA, O.V.S. SpA) as well as several non-listed companies. She is also a board member of Pordenonelegge Foundation and Burlo Garofolo Foundation.

Between 2006 and 2012 Chiara Mio has been a member of City Council of Pordenone and a delegate for Budget, Programming, Innovation and Development and, successively, for Education, Training and Knowledge for Innovation.

Academic career
After graduating from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in 1987, Chiara Mio began her academic career at the same university first as a researcher (1991-2000), then as an associate professor (2000-2011). Since 2011, she holds a position of full professor at the Department of Management where she teaches courses on corporate reporting, management control, strategic planning and sustainability management.

Chiara Mio is a director of Master program in Sustainability Management and a member of the teaching committee for the PhD program in Science and Management of Climate Change at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

From 2009 to 2014, she acted as Dean’s Delegate for Environmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility.

Research interests
Chiara Mio research interests include topics such as sustainability reporting, sustainable management accounting, corporate reporting, integrating reporting, performance measurement and sustainability. She has started working on these themes in mid-1990s, anticipating the importance of sustainability before it became mainstream.

Chiara Mio is a member of the editorial board and a reviewer of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management journal since 2010. She is a member of the scientific committee of Aracne editorial series “Studies and Research in Business Administration” and EticaNews.

Publications
Chiara Mio is an author of several books and articles on corporate and integrating reporting, sustainability, value creation and performance management. Her work has been published in international and national academic journals such as Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal; Business Strategy and the Environment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management; Journal of Cleaner Production; Corporate reputation review; Accounting, Business and Financial History; Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management; Rivista Italiana di Ragioneria e di Economia aziendale (RIREA).

Scientific contribution
Chiara Mio sustains the idea that companies in pursuit of sustainability need to go beyond charity initiatives and corporate welfare practices. According to Chiara Mio, leading a sustainable company implies :


 * developing a new concept of product or service underpinned by technology innovation, economic accessibility and close cooperation with the public
 * building a new business model that is oriented towards the future long-term value creation
 * reorganizing the production process to reduce consumption of natural resources
 * focus on circular economy
 * emphasis on the respect toward each individual, human rights protection and equitable and fair wealth distribution
 * changing the short-term profit-seeking mindset of a “hunter” to the one of a “farmer” whose values are geared towards cultivating the land responsibly to ensure its long-term use for the future generations and overall prosperity of the community
 * taking responsibility for increasing consumer understanding, appreciation and use of the new sustainable consumption models and educating them on the path of becoming “better citizens”.

Awards
In 1983, a young high-school graduate, Chiara Mio became one of the 25 best graduates of Italy in terms of academic merit and performance excellence and was awarded the certificate and the medal of honor Alfiere del Lavoro by the President of the Italian Republic at that time, Sandro Pertini.

In 2017 Chiara Mio received “Woman of Excellence” award by Association of Female Entrepreneurs and Business Executives (Associazione Imprenditrici e Donne Dirigenti d’Azienda, AIDDA).

Professional associations
Chiara Mio holds a number of leading positions in several professional associations and membership bodies on national, European and international levels.

International assignments
In November 2020, she joined the board of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). Since 2021, she is a vice-chair of SME and Sustainability policy group at Accountancy Europe in Brussels, Belgium.

She was a chair of ESG Reporting Task Force (2015-2020), member of Corporate Reporting Policy Group and a Deputy Chairwoman of the Sustainability Group (2011-2014) of Accountancy Europe. In 2011, Chiara Mio was a member of the European Commission Expert Group, Directorate General Internal Market and Services, Accounting and Financial Reporting.

National assignments
Chiara Mio is enrolled in the Register of Chartered Accountants (since 1991) and in the Register of Auditors (since 2000). From 2018 to 2021, she has been a president of Group of Social Reporting (Gruppo Bilancio Sociale, GBS). She is also member of the Scientific Committee of CSR Manager Network, CSR and Social Innovation Forum (Salone della CSR e dell'innovazione sociale).

Chiara Mio is Chairwoman of the “Sustainability and Corporate Reporting” Commission and a designated expert on the “Integrated reporting” topic of the National Council of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts (Consiglio Nazionale Dottori Commercialisti ed Esperti Contabili, CNDCEC) and a member of the Steering Committee Global Compact Italy.