Sophie Martin

Secondment by the French oil company Total S.A. to REMPEC, Valletta (Malta).

About REMPEC: a regional centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), providing support to Mediterranean coastal States for prevention and response to marine pollution from ships.
REMPEC is administered by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), in collaboration with the Mediterranean Action Plan of UNEP (UNEP/MAP).

Duties:
- Support the Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response Unit
- Support the implementation of the GloBallast Partnerships project in the Mediterranean region

April 2009 – October 2009 Le Pecq, France

6-month internship on anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and waste
Within CIRSEE, International Research Centre on Water and the Environnement of Suez Environnement

Achievements:
- Review of state-of-the-art European plants and existing industrial technologies
- Laboratory experiment design, implementation and monitoring, including
sampling at waste water treatment plants and methanisation units
- Data analysis, conclusion and recommendations

3-month internship within an environmental consultancy

Carbon footprint assessments for industries, administrations and banks