About the Advisory Board on Zero Waste
The establishment of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board of Eminent Persons on Zero Waste (the Advisory Board on Zero Waste) was announced by the Secretary-General at the High-Level Meeting on the Role of Zero Waste as a Transformative Solution in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, held during the General Assembly on 30 March 2023. The Advisory Board was established for a period of three years. The 12 members that constitute the Advisory Board are to promote local and national zero-waste initiatives through awareness-raising, promotion of local and national zero-waste initiatives, and dissemination of best practices and success stories towards implementation of United Nations General Assembly resolution 77/161. UN-Habitat and UNEP are the Secretariat for the Advisory Board. Under-Secretary-General for Policy Guy Ryder acts as ex-officio representative for the UN Secretary-General.
Ex-officio representative for the UN Secretary-General
Guy Bernard Ryder
Under-Secretary-General for Policy, Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG)
Emine Erdoğan
First Lady of Türkiye
Chair
José Manuel Moller
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Algramo
Deputy Chair
Fatima Maada Bio
First Lady of Sierra Leone
Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry
First Lady of Suriname
Carlos Silva Filho
President, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
Muhammad Yunus
Co-founder and Chairman, Yunus Environment Hub
Laura Reyes
Executive Director, CEMPRE (Compromiso Empresarial para el Reciclaje)
Lara van Druten
Chief Executive Officer, The Waste Transformers
Saleem Ali
Professor, Energy and Environment, University of Delaware, and Honorary Professor, Sustainable Resources Development, University of Queensland
Hakima El Haite
Founder, EauGlobe
Gino Van Begin
Secretary-General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Vijay Jagannathan
Secretary-General, CityNet Asia Pacific
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
United Nations Environment Programme