Ranitya Nurlita is an environmental consultant whose focus has been on sustainability issues, particularly in waste management, ocean conservation, and ecotourism. Lita holds the positions as Founder and Managing Director of Wastehub®, a Practitioner Lecturer for the Ministry of Education in Indonesia, CMO of PT. Earthnusa Jelajah Dunia (a regenerative and ecotourism startup), and an Ecotourism Bali Ambassador.

Maria Hughes is an Associate Programme Management Officer at the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. In her work, she focuses on accelerating circularity and sustainable consumption and production in collaboration with regional and global partners. Before joining UNEP, Maria gained experience in accelerating the circular economy on a global level through the World Circular Economy Forum and by working with a network of stakeholders from the public and private sectors. Maria has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Turku, Finland.

Cza is the Project Manager of the “Clean Ports, clean oceans: Improving port waste management in the Philippines” and serves as the Program Manager of the No Plastics in Nature Initiative implementation of the WWF – Philippines, a WWF network approach to stop plastic waste leakage in nature by 2030 through the elimination of unnecessary plastics; doubling reuse, recycling, and recovery; and ensuring the remaining plastic is sourced responsibly.