Catherine Russell is a highly credentialed global brand leader with depth and breadth of expertise spanning more than 20 years in the prestige beauty industry. She has worked for leading worldwide brands within the Estee Lauder, Unilever Prestige & Parlux Groups as well as with Coty Luxury where she is currently Vice President, Global Calvin Klein Marketing. She has extensive category experience across fragrance, skin care and color cosmetics in global brand development strategy as well as regional brand marketing roles.
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Hans van Haarst currently is the CEO of Smit & zoon, the 7th generation family owned leather processing products company headquartered in the Netherlands. He has worked for more than 30 years in the process industry in engineering and management roles across the world, notably with ExxonMobil and AkzoNobel. Particular focus and interest of Hans is on sustainability as a new driver of growth for the chemical industry as a whole and the leather segment in particular. Mr van Haarst also serves as the Chair of the Dutch Society of Process Engineers NPT.
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Brendan Edgerton is the Director of Circular Economy at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He co-developed and oversees Factor10, WBCSD’s flagship circular economy project, convening 35+ companies from over 15 industries. Since joining WBCSD, Brendan has authored or contributed to over 15 publications, managed the creation of the Circular Electronics Partnership, contributed to the establishment of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and oversaw the delivery of the Circular Transition Indicators.
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Dr. Christine Lemaitre has been the CEO of the German Sustainable Building Council since 2010. From 2016 to 2020 she was board member of the World Green Building Council (WGBC). She is also a member of the Advisory Council for Baukultur of the State of Baden-Württemberg, the Sustainability Board of the German Property Federation (ZIA) and the board of directors of the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute. Furthermore, she is co-initiator of the international planner initiative “Building Sense Now”, the European network to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “G17”.
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Kevin Pollard is Head of Unit in ECHA for Exposure and Supply Chain. He joined the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in 2007 and has been involved in all aspects of the REACH Registration and Evaluation processes. In 2019 Kevin moved to his current role focussing on use and exposure information under ECHA’s Integrated Regulatory Strategy. Kevin’s Unit is also responsible for the SCIP database and regulatory issues in relation to substances in articles, and is following ongoing developments with the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
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Dhruv Agarwal is the Senior Director – Global Innovation, Sustainability & Product Development at Kontoor Brands(Lee and Wrangler). In this role he focuses on sustainable innovations and developments for denim, non-denim, performance and casual apparels. He has led global projects driving strategic innovations and transforming high performance product lines. He holds multiple patents and patent applications.
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Janine Weiz-Bühler has been has been Director Brand & Product with CALIDA AG since 2018 and is part of the company’s managementteam. In her role she is responsible for the areas of product management, design, technical product development as well as marketing and communication. Janine was in charge of the brand relaunch with a focus sustainability as a core CALIDA value. Since then she continuous to shape the strategic development of the brand image, continues to drive the sustainability strategy and is responsible for expansion of the collection.
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Coert Zachariasse is owner of Delta Development Group, Holland’s leading independent circular real estate developer and investor. Delta Development Group is currently developing a €1.2 billion real estate development pipeline based on circular economy principles. Coert is the driving force behind the Cradle to Cradle business park, Park 2020 at Hoofddorp, Amsterdam Airport, the first of such projects in the world. His progressive and ambitious thinking has established him as a leader in implementing circular economic principles in the real estate sector.
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Jo Guy is the Environment and Sustainability Manager at TEAM2100, the England Environment Agency’s ten-year Asset Management programme, one of the UK government’s top 40 infrastructure projects and single largest flood risk management programme in England. TEAM2100 will refurbish and replace tidal flood risk management assets in London and the Thames estuary. Embedding the delivery of sustainable assets, including low carbon solutions and materials that take a cradle to cradle approach, is a key task for Jo and the TEAM2100 Programme.
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Nanja Hedal Kløverpris leads strategic environmental initiatives within the Circular for Zero strategy, the environmental impact strategy for Novo Nordisk. She is responsible for the implementation of circular thinking in product design enabling the change to sustainable materials and design for recycling.
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Jörg Witthöft has been leading ZF’s remanufacturing plant in Bielefeld since 2008. At ZF Group, a leading car parts maker, he is committed to environmentally conscious and resources-saving production. The location in Bielefeld was recognized as a pacemaker in the Climate Expo NRW project and manufactures several Cradle to Cradle Certified products with 100% green electricity. Jörg is also a member of the environmental committee of the IHK Bielefeld and a member of the board of the ZAA employers’ association in Bielefeld.
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Dr. Christina Raab is the Vice President, Strategy & Development at the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, where she is globally responsible for the growth, innovation, and impact initiatives of the Institute across sectors. In this role, Christina also leads strategic alliances and partnership initiatives with industry, multilateral organisations, and public institutions to advance the integration of circularity into core business, policy and supply chain practices.
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