Petra Schwager

Petra Schwager is the Chief of Energy Technologies and Industrial Applications Division of UNIDO. She has more than 20 years of experience in the development and management of industrial resource efficiency and cleaner production programs in developing countries and economies in transition. In her position at UNIDO, she collaborates with the public sector, the private sector, NGOs and the academic world to promote policies and models of sustainable and inclusive production. She continuously explores innovative concepts to respond to the emerging needs of the industry, particularly SMEs, and provides strategic and technical advice on different aspects of resource efficiency, sustainable industrial parks and circular economy. She studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria, and Social Sciences and Environmental Management at the University of London in United Kingdom. She is co-author of the 'UNIDO International Guide for Industrial Parks'.