Circular economy: Scaling-up best practices worldwide

Jane Feehan is a natural resource management specialist with expertise in sustainable land use, the challenges of meeting future basic resource needs in an increasingly resource-constrained world, and in meeting the investment needs that arise from this. She previously worked for the European Environment Agency, the Irish Environmental Protection Agency and the European Commission Directorate General for the Environment.

Michael Kuhndt has more than 15 years of project development experience in the fields of international cooperation, development and sustainability. He is currently Director of CSCP, an international institution jointly founded by the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide scientific research and knowledge transfer on sustainable consumption and production patterns. It supports development, implementation and monitoring of concrete projects and programmes, in particular in developing countries.

Since joining Renault in 1996, Jean-Philippe Hermine has led the environmental audits during the corporate restructuring and coordinated the implementation of Renault’s recycling policy and the creation of innovative and strategic partnerships on materials recycling and recovery. As Vice President for the Renault Group and CEO of Renault Environment he is now in charge of Strategic Environmental Planning and responsible of the implementation of circular economy practices in the company.

Zhou Hongchun is an internationally recognised and rewarded expert in sustainable development, circular economy, low carbon economy, natural resources utility and environmental protection, and author of many books. He works as a Professor and Director at the Development Research Centre of (DRC), a leading policy research and consulting institution directly under the State Council, the central government of the People’s Republic of China.

Valdemar de Oliveira created and for many years headed the international recycling program at Fundacion Avina, a leading international organization encouraging alliances between social, political and business leaders to contribute to sustainable development in Latin America. He is now Avina’s Impact Business Director, as well as Chief Executive Officer of World Transforming Technologies, a sister organization investing in technology-based solutions for the poor and the environment.