Ali Sami Balci

Main Role & Function at L&S Ali works as a SLCP verifier at Leadership & Sustainability. Education & Experience Ali holds a Bachelor’s degree in Textile Engineering and has more than 10 years of experience in the apparel and footwear sector working on issues related to social sustainability. Over the course of his career, Ali gained knowledge in different social audit schemes such as GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard), SEDEX or OCS (Organic Textile Standard). In addition to that, several years he worked as a CSR manager and auditor in different textile factories. Ali possesses in depth knowledge of Health & Safety and working condition standards within the apparel and footwear sector, having performed over 300 social assessments in many different factories. These assessments cover areas such as forced labor, safe buildings, foreign workers, payments, social insurance and more. Ali is an approved SAC Higg SLCP verifier. Furthermore, he has knowledge about BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative) requirements as well for example ISO 9001. Languages English and Turkish