Speakers 2023

Hélène Villecroze is Ecodesign Manager at Chanel Parfums Beauté for which she has been worked for over 18 years. She began her career as Head of eye makeup formulation and collections, and then became Head of complexion makeup formulation. Thanks to her background and experience Hélène Villecroze has put in place strong recommendations to guide the brand’s innovation and always strive for greater sustainability. As a symbol of this commitment, the Chanel No. 1 line embodies these values, from the formulation and packaging to the art of gifting. 

Sophie is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics.

Sophie worked on ENGIE’s climate and environment strategy. She then moved into the organization of international events on climate and environmental topics, first with the Élysée diplomatic service for the One Planet Summit, then with Richard Attias & Associés, as Program Manager. In 2019, Sophie joined the UN Secretary-General’s team to organize action coalitions for the Climate Summit in New York.

Sophie then specialized in the circular economy, joining the ministerial cabinet of the Secretary of State for the Circular Economy. Brune Poirson as advisor in charge of monitoring and implementing the “anti-waste law for the circular economy” (AGEC law)”.

At (RE)SET, Sophie is in charge of luxury goods and textile programs, including support for the Fashion Pact.

Sylvie Benard is a passionate expert on environmental issues and ecological transition. She supports organizations that wish to move towards more virtuous practices and models through her CSR consulting and training activity "La Dame à la Licorne".

She is an agricultural engineer and holds a PhD in microbiology. She managed the Environment Department of the LVMH Group for nearly 20 years. Over the years, she has chaired and led numerous projects within organizations such as ORÉE, Humanité et Biodiversité, the FRB, and the Inspire Institute.

Entrepreneur and committed to take part in the transformation of our society for a more just and sustainable world, Elsa co-founds in 2019 with Nastassia Martinez, a company of organic cosmetics, from fair trade and specialized in bulk sales. Today, Yokoumi has more than 200 “refill points” bulk partners throughout France. At the same time, in 2020, after participating in a Climate Fresco, she developed with Anne-France Mariacher “La Fresque de l’Economie Circulaire”, a playful workshop that allows the largest number of people to become aware of the problems related to the use of natural resources and the solutions offered by the circular economy. Today, more than 9,000 people have participated in a workshop. Before devoting herself to the development of these two projects, Elsa studied urban planning and worked in communities on the reuse of construction materials.

Convinced that the preservation of the environment is a necessity that must influence our choices, Anthony Boule has oriented his career towards environmental engineering.
Five years of consulting experience have allowed him to implement environmental assessment tools for various sectors and structures, and thus to understand their strengths and limitations.
Today, he puts this experience at the service of the development of eco-products. To support the design process, his environmental assessment methods allow, from idea to product, to fuel creativity and guide choices.

Christèle Chancrin, business lawyer and tax specialist, director of the firm E³ Conseil, is an expert in Eco-taxes & Waste Reduction and Packaging. Since 2005, when E3 Conseil was founded, the firm has been assisting companies, large groups and distributors in the management and optimization of their eco-contributions, waste reduction and eco-design, in France and in Europe.

She is a regular speaker at conferences and webinars organized by institutions, companies and trade shows specialized in packaging and eco-design. Among her contributions, we can mention her conferences at the CFIA Rennes 2022 on marking and sorting instructions imposed by the AGEC law, the impacts of the AGEC law on Extended Producer Responsibility at the Securfood / Packinnove Lyon 2022 trade show, or a presentation of the future industrial and commercial packaging sector (Webinar organized by the company Firplast in partnership with Pack Transition)

Christèle Chancrin is also the author of numerous studies and articles on waste regulations and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), in particular a note from a working group she chaired at La Fabrique Ecologique on the efficiency of EPR channels, thus contributing, as she does through her in-depth work with her clients, to the evolution of the legislation.

In 2017, she received the Stratégies Emballages trophy, which rewards professionals who have a strategic approach to packaging for business development.

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After two master’s degrees on law and economics, with a focus on environmental projects & political decisions, Vincent Colard started his professional life with a first experience at Veolia, on industrial waste treatment plants. Then he joined Elipso as environment manager. He started his journey with Citeo in 2016, now he conducts with his team the ecodesign Citeo strategy for plastic and metal packaging. He is part of Cotrep board, in charge of plastic packaging recyclability assessment.

Jean-Yves Daclin has been Director of Plastics Europe for France since July 2021.

A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, Jean-Yves Daclin has more than 25 years of experience in specialty chemicals and low carbon solutions. After a period in the consulting sector, he managed various profit centers at Hutchinson for 15 years. In 2011, he joined TotalEnergies as head of the Solar division to initiate the group’s transition to low-carbon energy. He was then put in charge of the Low Carbon Solutions division within the Polymers activity, where he led the chemical recycling and bio-based polymer production projects at the Grandpuits site in Seine et Marne.

Plastics Europe is the pan-European association of plastics producers. It has several offices in Europe. For over 100 years, science and innovation have been the DNA of our industry. With nearly 100 members producing more than 90% of the polymers in Europe, we are the catalyst for the industry. Our responsibility is to openly engage with stakeholders and provide safe, circular and sustainable solutions. We are determined to act for positive and sustainable change.

Since 2020, François Danel has been CEO of Earthwake Entreprise. This start-up, which is in line with Earthwake Association’s mission, develops and markets Chrysalis: an innovative pyrolysis solution that transforms plastic waste into energy.

From 2014 to 2020, he participated in the creation and development of the Earthwake Association, which tackles the challenge of fighting plastic waste.

Previously, François Danel was the Executive Director of Action Against Hunger from 2007 to 2013. ACF is an international non-governmental organization specializing in the fight against hunger, with programs in nutrition, water, health and food security in 40 countries around the world.

From 1990 to 1996, François Danel was Financial Director of ACF, then Financial Director of UCPA from 1996 to 2003 and finally Secretary General of IFAS from 2004 to 2006.

He was also involved in the associative bodies of Action contre la Faim during the period 1996-2006. He was appointed Vice President of the association in June 2005.

Married with three children, François Danel holds a degree in Business Law and a diploma from the Institute of Political Science in Paris.

Graduated in marketing from ESCP Europe

Started her career in London with the Coty group in marketing and product development for makeup before joining the LVMH group in international marketing for 10 years for Guerlain and Dior as Product Manager, Brand Manager and then Group Manager for makeup.

In 2019, integrated the sustainable development team within Guerlain. Specialization in sustainable innovation (eco-design and clean beauty) as Head of Eco-innovation.

Since May 2022, : CSR Director Diptyque, creation of position, in charge of the global CSR strategy of the House.

As an agricultural engineer specializing in economic policies, I have been working for more than 15 years in the sector of professional associations. After starting my career in a national office and then in the Direction de la Prévision of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, I joined the Fédération du Négoce Agricole where I was in charge of the Grain Trade, the Credit Insurance Service and a shareholder holding company in the biofuels sector. I joined the packaging sector and the association Carton Ondulé de France in 2011, in charge of regulatory affairs, and became its General Delegate in 2013. Carton Ondulé de France is the professional organization of French corrugated board manufacturers. Its mission is to promote a key industrial sector, which represents more than a quarter of the packaging sector in France and is a model of circular economy: 95% recycling rate and 88% use of recycled material.

Architecte d’intérieur et designer de formation, diplômé de l’Ecole Camondo, Vincent Grégoire a assuré, en parallèle de ses études, de nombreuses créations de scénographies, des réalisations d’accessoires pour des créateurs de mode, ainsi que des visuels publicitaires.

Directeur artistique et concepteur des produits exclusifs de la décoratrice Agnès Comar, il a rejoint l’Agence Nelly Rodi en 1991 pour laquelle il développe le Département Art de Vivre Nelly Rodi.

Très investi auprès de ses clients, il sillonne le monde pour être au plus près des tendances, des marchés & des consommateurs.

Depuis 2016, il a pris la direction du pôle « Consumer Trends & Insights » de l’agence de conseil en intelligence business et créative Nelly Rodi. Animé par le désir de faire partager ses découvertes, il conçoit son travail comme une courroie de transmission entre le marketing, la création et la communication.

Depuis 2019 il assure la coordination ainsi que  le suivi des réflexions et engagements RSE de l’agence NellyRodi.

Perpétuellement à la recherche des insights, des nouvelles influences, il hume l’air du temps pour le décrypter. Chroniqueur en 2003-2004 pour Canal +, Chérie 25, Europe 1, il collabore à de nombreux médias (radio, livres, télévision, magazines). Ce « chasseur de tendances » est avant tout un grand créatif, qui sait s’interroger sur le lien entre les marques et les futures tendances qu’il décrypte tout au long de ses voyages.

Passionate about innovation, Eva Lagarde is always scouting the latest trends and products around the world always with sustainability in mind. Eva Lagarde has been working in the beauty industry for over 15 years and is recognized as an expert in sustainability related to beauty packaging, make-up, skin-care and fragrances.  

Director of Sustainability & Responsibility at Martell Mumm Perrier Jouët, a prestige subsidiary of Pernod Ricard since November 2022.
She has been a CSR professional for a dozen years for international groups, first on the corporate side and then as a consultant, with a focus on the food industry, circular economy and responsible communication.
She started her career in Marketing at Danone in London and then in Paris before taking the position of CSR strategy development manager and European deployment manager of the LU Harmony program for the cookie category of Mondelez for 5 years. From 2016 onwards, she worked as a consultant on collaborative approaches to transition at Les2Vaches, Eurial, LVMH (Givenchy), Citéo and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. Between 2018 and 2022, continuation of CSR consulting activities in Stockholm, launch of the podcast “Sweden in Transition” and author of the book Transition(s).

Eve graduated from the world-leading EHL Hospitality Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2021, with a bachelor’s degree in International Hospitality Administration & Management. Her course focused on real estate finance, marketing and corporate strategy, hotel asset management and CSR-SI. She won the Sustainable Hospitality Challenge (SHC) at the AHIC (Arabic African Hotel Investment Conference), and has participated in numerous sustainability-oriented pannels as Sustainability Manager for the world’s first closed loop technology company in wine and spirits.

As Sustainability Manager of ecoSPIRITS, Eve manages the ecoSPIRITS Forest Forest Program and the ecoSPIRITS Oceans Program, which aids endangered marine environments. Eve also manages carbon accounting for the company and its Climate Partners, using ecoSPIRITS’ Carbon Calculator. Eve is responsible for developing sustainability awareness for the company through marketing channels and training for ecoSPIRITS’ European markets.

Eve supports the launch and implementation of some of the world’s leading spirits & wine brands through ecoSPIRITS closed loop technology, leading the sustainability work and project management of all new market openings. Shas worked in some of the world’s best bars and secured a project management position in Singapore with one of Asia Pacific’s leading independent spirits companies, Proof & Company. In this role, Eve supported contracts with luxury hospitality venues across Asia and the launch of ecoSPIRITS.

Eve is passionate about sustainability in the F&B industry. In 2021 she won the Sustainable Hospitality Challenge, the leading competition focused on the evolution of sustainable hospitality. In a team of
three, Eve developed the Shared Economic Value through Co-living Cooperative Opportunities (SEVCCO) concept, which aims to create co-living spaces in developed countries to fight problems such as housing crises or unsustainable living. As the winning project, it was taken on by Accor Hotels to develop a new brand based on the innovative business model.

Anna-Liisa Palatu is the CEO and co-founder of Woola. Anna-Liisa is a serial entrepreneur, with an international background in management consulting at Sutherland in Mumbai, India and PWC in Poland and Estonia.

Passionate about beauty and especially responsible beauty Camille launched a block in 2016 -2017 that deciphers trends and advocates for clean beauty.
After studying at Sciences Po Lille, she joined Guerlain as Communication Manager. She arrived at the beginning of the Stella Beauty adventure in 2020, as Senior Global Marketing Manager, Camille works on the design of the brand and the product range, especially on the packaging with their eco-design agency.

Nicole leads the strategic direction of solutions-driven not-for-profit Canopy, and is committed to ensuring that the power of the global marketplace leverages tangible conservation gains for the world’s forests, species, climate, and frontline communities. Canopy has transformed unsustainable supply chains, kickstarted commercial production of innovative solutions, and greened the practices of 750+ large companies including H&M, Li and Fung and Penguin Random House. Nicole is a member of the UBS Global Visionaries Program, an Ashoka Fellow, recipient of a Canadian Environment Award Gold Medal, recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada, winner of the 2020 Climate Breakthrough Award, and recipient of a Global Australian Award in Sustainability.

Camille Sebbag-Barjon bénéficie d’une expérience de plus de 7 ans dans le secteur des vins et spiritueux.
Elle commence sa carrière chez Moët Hennessy Diageo France où elle restera 4 ans.
Elle travaille pour plusieurs marques du portefeuille du leader mondial Diageo et développe une connaissance pointue de l’ensemble des catégories: alcools blancs, whiskies et liqueurs notamment. Dans le cadre de son dernier poste en tant que responsable des innovations, elle se voit confier le lancement France de Haig Club, la marque de la star internationale David Beckham.
Fort de cette expérience, elle rejoint ensuite les fondateurs du Philtre Vodka début 2020 en tant que directrice générale pour assurer le lancement de la marque et son déploiement en France et à l’international.

Karine Torrent is passionate about perfume and cosmetics with a constant curiosity for trends, new brands and innovations. “Fragrance going wild”, this is the mission of the creator of the in-house perfume brand Floratropia Paris. Manufactured in Grasse, Floratropia offers 100% natural perfumes, with a minimized and carbon-optimized packaging, recollected after use and refillable bottles.