Ines Dos SANTOS COSTA

Dr. Costa, Ines dos Santos was Secretary of State for the Environment, between 2019 and 2022, and assistant to the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Environment and Energy Transition for the circular economy, between 2016 and 2018. Ines is currently Advisor at Deloitte Sustainability & Climate at Risk Advisory. She has 20 years of experience in the areas of research, consultancy, and public policy, particularly on corporate sustainability, industrial ecology and circular economy. Within these areas, she has developed work in environmental policy, waste management, eco-parks, and industrial symbiosis. Besides having a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, she is also author and co-author of scientific articles, books, and technical documents in industrial ecology. In 2006, she was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Industrial Ecology of Yale University, in the United States.