Emma is an expert in circular economy with over 20 years of experience in contributing to policy development and evaluation. She has delivered successful projects for the EU and international institutions, national governments, businesses, NGOs and foundations.
She has a strong background in supporting the implementation of EU environmental policy, particularly in the areas of circular economy, resource use and waste, and has also worked on topics ranging from environmental taxation, economic instruments and extended producer responsibility (EPR) to climate change, air pollution and transport.
Emma has worked on projects to develop new indicators for climate neutral circularity and guidance for the EU Single Use Plastics Directive, major studies on environmental taxation and the polluter pays principle, guidelines and standards for design-for-recycling of plastic products, EU policies related to Critical Raw Materials and circularity, EPR for plastic packaging, global policies to manage plastic pollution, and the social acceptability of low and zero emission zones for transport.
Ben Grebot, Director of Environmental Policy & Economics said
“I am delighted to welcome Emma to the team at a critical phase for policy development in the waste and circular economy fields. Emma brings significant experience gained over the last 20 years and will be leading the expansion of our work in this area. This includes managing our consortium of leading European consultancies and research institutes for a long term framework contract with the European Commission providing policy, technical and economics support on waste and circular economy”.
On her appointment, Emma Watkins said
“I’m excited to be joining the EPE team and hope to use my circular economy expertise to further expand Logika’s work in this area. I’m looking forward to learning about the Logika team’s rich and diverse expertise and helping to develop new work streams to connect this with the ongoing implementation of the circularity agenda at the national, EU and global level.”
View all news