Ms Miho Hayashi

Programme Manager, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan

Ms Miho Hayashi is a Programme Manager in the Sustainable Consumption and Production area at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan, which she joined in 2020 at the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on EnMsvironmental Technologies. She has around 15 years of experience in developing countries across Asia and the Caribbean, having worked with a consulting firm, the United Nations Development Programme, the Japan International Cooperation Agency and international non-governmental organisations. Ms Hayashi has managed projects on watershed management, energy efficiency, rural electrification, solid waste, water and sanitation, and disaster risk reduction, and founded a water purification company in Haiti. Her interests include waste management and the circular economy, community development and natural resource management. She holds an MA in Sustainable Development from the School for International Training, USA, and a BS in Environment and Resources from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.