Our Team
Karin Ekberg
Founder & CEOMain Role & Function at L&S
Founder & CEO, Consultant, Verifier and Trainer
Education & Experience
Karin has a Master of ...
Sandra Cristina Ferreira Teixeira
Senior Supply Chain ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Sandra works as a Supply Chain Manager at Leadership & Sustainability, she supports the team lead of the supply chain team i...
Olga Chkanikova
Senior Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Olga works as Senior Sustainability Manager at Leadership & Sustainability and is based in Sweden.
Education & Exper...
Janne Tesch
Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Janne works as the Sustainability Manager at Leadership & Sustainability. Among other things, her responsibilities include i...
Sophia Wolf
Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Sophia works as Sustainability Manager at Leadership & Sustainability. She is works on diverse strategy projects, sustainabi...
Julia Wolf
Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Julia co-leads the supply chain team together with Kim Beerthuis. They ensure that the team of students, associates, and tec...
Kim Beerthuis
Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Kim co-leads the supply chain team together with Julia Wolf. They ensure that the team of students, associates, and technica...
Vanderlei Ekberg
Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Vanderlei works as a Sustainability Manager at Leadership & Sustainability. He is largely responsible for assisting the mark...
Gülçe Ayan
TraineeMain Role & Function at L&S
Gülçe works as part of the supply chain team at Leadership & Sustainability. She supports the supply chain team in adminis...
Giovanna Perrucci
TraineeMain Role & Function at L&S
Giovanna is a working student at Leadership & Sustainability. She supports the Strategy Team in the development and implemen...
Diana Pllana
TraineeMain Role & Function at L&S
Diana is in control of the administrative tasks and functions in the Office Management, where she makes use of her various s...
Lukas Englert
TraineeMain Role & Function at L&S
Lukas works in the Supply Chain Team at Leadership and Sustainabilty. He supports a variety of administrative tasks and cont...
Antonia Hildmann
Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Antonia works as the assistant to the CEO, Karin Ekberg, providing essential support in a wide range of administrative tasks...
Julian Poeschl
Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Julian works for the office management team and is in charge of administrative and finance-related tasks and functions.
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Burçin Aydın
VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Burçin works as a Higg FEM Chemical Specialist Verifier for Leadership & Sustainability, based in Turkey.
Education...
Farouk Boujemaa
Auditor & VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Farouk works as a verifier and trainer.
Education & Experience
Farouk holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical En...
Ahmer Butt
Higg FEM VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Ahmer works as a Higg FEM Verifier.
Education & Experience
Ahmer has more than 17 years of experience working in ...
Dr. Nilesh Kanoongo
Auditor & VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Nilesh works as an auditor and verifier.
Education & Experience
Dr. Nilesh Kanoongo has over 13 years of experien...
Ramya Kandiyoor
ConsultantMain Role & Function at L&S
Ramya is a Higg FEM verifier & trainer, BEPI Consultant, BRM Verifier, ZDHC Trainer, ZDHC InCheck verifier and ZDHC Supplier...
Mahidul Islam
Sustainability ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Mahidul is an Assistant Manager based in Bangladesh, where he supports the Country Manager in developing the market for the ...
Palanisamy K
Higg FEM and SLCP VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Palanisamy works as an SLCP, Higg FEM Verifier for Leadership & Sustainability.
Education
Palanisamy holds a Bac...
Simon Tang
Country Manager China & SLCP VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Simon works as a China country manager and as an SLCP Verifier at Leadership & Sustainability.
Education & Experience<...
Ceyhun Yalçın
Country Manager TurkeyMain Role & Function at L&S
Ceyhun Yalçın joined our team at the beginning of 2023 as the Country Manager for Turkey. His main responsibilities are; m...
Phoebe Ye
Business Development ManagerEducation & Experience
Phoebe Ye is a dedicated professional with a strong background in business administration and education. She holds a degree in Bu...
Sayda Farhat
VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Sayda works as a Higg FEM Generalist Verifier for Leadership & Sustainability, based in Tunisia.
Education & Experien...
Thoeun Kong
Higg FEM VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Thoeun works as a Project Manager and as a Higg FEM Verifier & Trainer for Leadership & Sustainability. Thoeun is based in C...
Dang Tran
Senior SLCP and Higg FEM VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Dang Tran works as Senior Verifier for SLCP and Higg FEM Verification program at Leadership & Sustainability.
Educati...
Bien Dao
Senior Higg FEM Chemical Specialist VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Bien Dao is the Operations Manager for Vietnam at Leadership & Sustainability. He is a Higg FEM Chemical Specialist Verifie...
Danny Dinh
Business Development ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Danny works as a Business Development Manager. He is responsible for communicating the benefit of a company’s service in ...
Bien Vu
Regional Manager South-East Asia & Strategy DirectorMain Role & Function at L&S
Bien Vu serves as the Strategy Director at Leadership & Sustainability, where he is responsible for business development ac...
Kieu Bui
SLCP Lead Verifier/ Social Lead Auditor.Main Role & Function at L&S
Kieu Bui works as a SLCP Lead Verifier/ Social Lead Auditor.
Education & Experience
Kieu holds a Bachelor’s deg...
Phuong Pham
Vietnam Country Supervisor and SLCP Verifier and Trainer, Deputy Country ManagerMain Role & Function at L&S
Phuong Pham is an SLCP Verifier and Trainer, serving as the Deputy Country Manager.
Education & Experience
Phuo...
Long Le
Vietnam Assistant Manager and Higg FEM Chemicals Specialist VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Long Le works as a Vietnam Assistant Manager and Higg FEM Chemical Specialist Verifier.
Education & Experience
Lo...
Marinel Androne
Higg FEM VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Marinel works as a Higg FEM Verifier at Leadership & Sustainability.
Education & Experience
Marinel holds a Bache...
Fauzia Sampono
Higg FEM generalist VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Fauzia works as a Higg FEM generalist Verifier at Leadership & Sustainability.
Education & Experience
Fauzia hold...
Isabela Tihu
SLCP VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Isabela works as a SLCP verifier at Leadership & Sustainability.
Education & Experience
Isabela has a university ...
Elitsa Likova
SLCP VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Elitsa works as a SLCP verifier at Leadership & Sustainability.
Education & Experience
Elitsa holds a degree in B...
Vijay Kumar Gudi
SLCP VerififerEducation & Experience
Vijay Kumar Gudi has over 30 years of experience in the textile industry and textile research. He holds a bachelor’s degree in ...
Sanjay Mukherjee
SLCP VerifierMain Role & Function at L&S
Sanjay works as a Manager India Operation and SLCP Verifier and Trainer at Leadership & Sustainability.
Education & Ex...
About Us
Company Overview
Leadership & Sustainability was founded in 2015 by Karin Ekberg and delivers a broad and deep spectrum of Consulting, Empowerment and Sustainable Business Models in the sustainability area. We have global expertise and networks and operate worldwide. We can serve you wherever you are located.
Our Customer Vision
- Sustainability as Corporate Strategy
- Sustainability as Business Model
- Sustainability as Leadership Quality
We offer our solutions over the entire value chain and supply chain networks. Our focus sectors are consumer goods, for example, Apparel, Textile, Footwear, Luxury Goods, Retail, Food, and Electronics, as well as Manufacturing and Finance.
Our Mission
Initiate and support the transformation of industries, corporations, and organizations towards excellence in sustainability performance. We create business value by embedding sustainability practices into sustainable business models.
Our values are
- Excellence.
- Responsiveness.
- Integrity.
- Innovation.
- Collaboration & Partnership.
To find out more about our values, please read our Code of Conduct.
Our approach and methods are
- Result-oriented
- Solution-oriented
- Tested in practice
- Powerful and assertive engagements
- System-oriented with a holistic perspective
- Bundled and focused on project goals
You can download a company presentation here.
You can also visit our Solutions page here.
For some examples of our work please visit our Reference page.
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How we work
- Single day engagements, for example, workshops.
- Starter package. You need consulting or empowerment support related to several topics? Wish to get overall feedback related to your program? We can define a small retainer package at the beginning.
- Single-topic, short consulting projects.
- Larger strategy or operational consulting projects with defined objectives and milestones.
- Ongoing strategy advisory board membership.
- Fixed price packages. On a regular basis, we will offer a specific service for a fixed price. Usually, these are high-level, high-density, short-term projects.
- Interim positions. Do you need someone to fill in for a short or medium period? We can do that on a full-time or a part-time basis.
- Software solutions. Reseller of software solutions.
Our Partners
Leadership & Sustainability operates together with partners for sustainability software solutions, procurement, supply chain, lifecycle assessments and communication, to name a few.
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