Elisa Tonda

Biography

Elisa Tonda is the Chief of the Industry Innovation Branch in the Industry and Economy Division of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). Elisa has more than 25 years of experience in the field of environmental management, business sustainability, resource efficiency, sustainable consumption and production, circular economy and sustainable development. She has started her career in the private sector as environmental expert and then held several positions in UN organizations. From 2002 she worked as industrial development officer at the UN Industrial Development Organization in the areas of cleaner production and sound chemicals management. In 2009 she joined UNEP as regional officer for resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and production in the Regional Office of Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2012 she joined the Industry and Economy Division where she led a growing team working on sustainable consumption and production, circular economy, sustainable finance, sustainable value chains across several industrial sectors.