Industrial ecology

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.

Industrial ecology. Aerial view of land.

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

Steven B. Young

School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

  • Waterloo Industrial Ecology Group
  • 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