Speakers Biography

Catherine Chevauché chairs the international technical committee on circular economy (ISO TC323). This committee brings together many experts from 93 countries. It produces future ISO standards that will define circular economy and will support its practical implementation in organisations. Catherine worked for a water, waste and energy management company. She developed tools to assess environmental and economic performance for industry activities. More recently, she contributed to the implementation of a plan to reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions as part of the 1.5 trajectory objective. She is now part of VEOLIA's Strategy and Innovation Department and is supervising a research project on the transition of linear business models towards circular economy for water, waste and energy resource management activities.