Janet Salem has worked on sustainable consumption and production at the United Nations for the past 15 years. Her current work, the Closing the Loop project, focuses on applying digital technologies to addressing plastic waste flows in South East Asia. Janet set up the Asian Circular Economy Leadership Academy with Chulalongkorn University and the Low Carbon Lifestyles Challenge, which supports start-ups with circular economy business models in Asia. Janet’s previous work focused on government policy and private sector partnerships in circular economy, plastics, tourism, eco-labelling, eCommerce and retail, venture capital and food systems.