From waste and resource management to corporate social responsibility, our researchers are looking to improve the sustainability and efficiency of our systems.
Get to know their areas of expertise.
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Advancing six Sustainable Development Goals
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Our researchers
Goretty Dias
School of Environment, Enterprise and Development
- Waterloo Industrial Ecology Group
- Sustainability assessment of dietary patterns and conventional/agricultural food systems using life cycle assessment and other biophysical accounting tools
- Sustainability performance of agricultural and food certification systems
- Foodshed analysis
Komal Habib
School of Environment, Enterprise and Development
- Waterloo Industrial Ecology Group
- Exploring resource dependency of future clean energy systems
- Metals, material and energy flow analysis
- Resource criticality assessment
- Waste management, and life cycle assessment
Simron Singh
School of Environment, Enterprise and Development
- Waterloo Industrial Ecology Group
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Resource use and resource efficiency of small islands (material and energy flows)
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Sustainability transitions on small islands
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Societal “time-use" and sustainability
- Can also supervise graduate students in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
Steven B. Young
School of Environment, Enterprise and Development
- Waterloo Industrial Ecology Group
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Corporate social responsibility and life-cycle assessment (LCA)
- Responsible sourcing, sustainability standards and management systems; auditing, assurance and certification
- Sustainable materials, conflict minerals and critical raw materials