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Karin Ekberg

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    Karin Ekberg

    Founder & CEO
    Main Role & Function at L&S Founder & CEO, Consultant, Verifier and Trainer Education & Experience Karin has a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers, Gothenburg, and ETH Zürich technical universities and a Diploma from post-studies in environmental management at the University of Zürich. She has more than 35 years of international consulting and industry experience in several sectors, based out of Switzerland, Brazil, Sweden, and Germany, with extended business projects mainly in Europe, North America, and Asia. Karin has spent five years in the position as Head of Environmental Services at Adidas Group, one of the world’s leading sporting goods companies. She was responsible for establishing and maintaining group-wide environmental strategies and programs for the company’s internal business operations and its global supply chain. Previously, Karin held the position of Director Sustainability at ASSA ABLOY for six years, developing and implementing sustainability strategies for the group globally. ASSA ABLOY is the largest global supplier of intelligent lock and security solutions. From 2012 to 2013, Karin was the Chair of the Board of Directors at the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, now known as Cascale. Cascale is a trade organization comprised of brands, retailers, and manufacturers, among others. Cascale represents more than a third of the global apparel and footwear market and working to reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel and footwear products. Karin has also been engaged during the set-up and first years of the ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) taking on several leadership roles within the ZDHC collaboration and is also an approved ZDHC trainer. Karin’s focus is on sustainability strategies, sustainable products and sustainable manufacturing. Audit & training qualifications In this context, Karin is an approved Cascale Higg FEM (Facility Environmental Module) verifier (general and chemical specialist) and trainer as well as an approved Higg FSLM (Facility Social and Labor Module) and SLCP (Social and Labor Convergence Program) trainer. Karin is also an approved Higg BRM (Brand and Retail Module) verifier. In June 2019, Karin was awarded the Higg Index Verification Leadership Award at the SAC Global Member Meeting in Barcelona for her commitment to the verification and her outstanding support for Cascale. Karin is also an approved ZDHC trainer and an approved BEPI consultant. Languages Karin speaks Swedish, German, English, and basic Portuguese.
    Email:
    karin.ekberg[at]leadership-sustainability.com
    Phone:
    +49 (151) 461 70 184

    Karin’s expertise covers the following areas, among others:

    • Sustainability – environment, social, business ethics & corporate governance
    • Materiality, Business case, Strategy development & implementation
    • Value chain and business integration of Sustainability
    • Manufacturing sustainability & Sustainable supply chain management
    • Energy, Water, Waste, Chemistry management
    • Management systems, i.e. ISO 14001 and integrated management systems
    • Systems for data management
    • Sustainability indexing and rating
    • Stakeholder engagement
    • Organizational development for sustainability excellence in multinational corporations
    • Governance and management of large programs and teams
    • Sustainability software solutions – specification and selection

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    Karin’s experience as a speaker:

    Download Karin’s speaker profile as PDF.

    Year Occasion Topic

    2022

    12/2022 Webinar (English)

    Preparing Your Business for the EU and German Supply Chain Due Diligence Acts

    –  Free recording available here

     

    09/2022 ESMA & TPS Conference Leadership engagement, communication & incorporating sustainability strategy

     

    06/2022 Outdoor by ISPO Higg FEM and Hardgoods

     

    05/2022 Webinar (English)

    How to prepare for the Higg BRM verification

    –  Free recording available here

    2021

    10/2021 TEDx Talk Step up to sustainable leadership – What is the connection between sustainability and leadership?

    –       Free recording available here

     

    06/2021 Webinar (English) How to prepare for Higg FEM verifications

    –        Free recording available here

     

    05/2021 Webinar (English) Higg BRM: Operations & Logistics – Environment

    –        Free recording available here

     

    05/2021 Webinar (English) Higg BRM: Supply Chain Management Program for Social Performance

    –        Free recording available here

     

    05/2021 Webinar (English) Higg BRM: Supply Chain Management Program for Environmental Performance

    –        Free recording available here

     

    05/2021 Webinar (English) Higg BRM: Social and Environmental Risk Assessment and Strategy

    –        Free recording available here

     

    04/2021 Webinar (English) Towards the Supply Chain Laws – Are you prepared?

    –        Free recording available here

     

    03/2021 Training (English) for a group of brand suppliers Higg FEM basic training

     

     

    03/2021 Workshop (English) The business case for sustainability

     

    03/2021 Webinar Series(English) Learn what is new in Higg FEM 2020!

    –        Free recording available here

     

    02/2021 Training (English) for a group of brand suppliers Higg FEM basics

     

     

    02/2021 Training (English) for a group of brand suppliers; series of webinars Higg FEM 2020 updates

     

     

    2020

    11/2020 Webinar (English) Climate Change & Science Based Targets

    –        Free recording available here

     

    11/2020 Training (English), virtual one day ZDHC Chemicals Management

     

     

    10/2020 Virtual 3-hour Workshop at The Swedish School of Textiles/ University of Borås, Sweden (English) Circularity and Sustainability in the Textile Supply Chain

     

     

    09/2020 Presentation at SAC Global Meeting (English) Key insights from Higg Index trainings

     

     

    08/2020 Webinar (English) The Business Case for Supply Chain Mapping and Traceability

    –        Free recording available here

     

    08/2020 Presentation at SAC supplier Forum (English) Effective chemicals management

     

     

    07/2020 Training (English), virtual one day ZDHC Top Ten Issues and Best Practices

     

     

    06/2020 Webinar (English) An Introduction to SLCP

    –        Free recording available here

     

    02/2020 – 04/2020 Webinar (English) Step-by-Step: The Higg FEM Verification Trail – Chemicals Management, Waste and Wastewater

    –        Free recording available here

     

    2019

    11/2019

     

    Expert Talk: Performance Days, Munich The Great Importance of the Higg Index for Sustainable Action in the Textile Value Chain

    – Free recording available here

     

    09/2019 – 12/2019 Webinar (English) Step-by-Step: The Higg FEM Verification Trail – Water Use, Energy & GHG, Facility Information, Permits & EMS

    –        Free recording available here

     

    09/2019 2-Day Workshop at The Swedish School of Textiles / University of Borås, Sweden

     

    Sustainability Strategies and Organization in the Textile Value Chain
    01/2019 Guest lecture at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Sustainability Strategies and Organization in the Textile Value Chain

    2018

    12/2018 Webinar (English) How to Improve Your SAC Higg FEM Score!

    –        Free recording available here

     

    11/2018

     

    Moderation Performance Days, Munich

     

    Success with Sustainability – what’s needed?

    –        Free recording available here

     

    10/2018 Presentation Textile Sustainability Conference, Textile Exchange, Milan

     

    Rethinking Supply Chains as Sustainable Supply Networks

     

    10/2018 Presentation Textile Sustainability Conference, Textile Exchange, Milan

     

    Changing the Mindset around Chemical Management

     

    09/2018 2-Day Workshop at The Swedish School of Textiles / University of Borås, Sweden

     

    Sustainability Strategies and Organization in the Textile Value Chain

     

    03/2018 Webinar (English) How to Build the Business Case for Sustainability!

    –        Free recording available here

    2017

    10/2017 Moderation Textile Sustainability Conference, Textile Exchange,  Washington

     

    Session: „Dispelling the Myths of Not a Penny More“
    10/2017 Presentation Textile Sustainability Conference, Textile Exchange, Washington

     

    Rethinking Supply Chains as Sustainable Supply Networks

     

    10/2017 Guest lecture at The Swedish School of Textiles / University of Borås, Sweden

     

    Sustainability in the textile value chain
    09/2017 Webinar (English) 3 Steps to Master Environmental and Chemical Challenges in your Textile Supply Chain

    Special Guest: Jill Dumain, CEO bluesign technologies

    –        Free recording available here

     

    06/2017 Presentation OutDoor, Friedrichshafen

     

    SAC Higg Brand Module Benchmarking of 8 brands – the results
    04/2017 Presentation

    Performance Days, Munich

     

    The SAC (Sustainable Apparel Coalition) Higg Index
    04/2017 Webinar (English) Master Sustainability With Ease. Use A Management System Approach!

    –        Free recording available here

     

    02/2017 Presentation

    ISPO, Munich

     

    A management approach to making sustainability programs more effective and embedding sustainability and compliance into business processes

    2016

    10/2016 Presentation

    Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference

     

    Supply Chain Mapping 101
    09/2016 Webinar (German) Strategische Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation (Communicating Sustainability)

    –        Free recording available here

     

    08/2016 Presentation

    Kofoti & FITI preview exhibition, Seoul

     

    The Vision of Sustainability in the Fashion and Textile Sector
    07/2016 OutDoor, Friedrichshafen

     

    Develop the Business Case for your Sustainability Strategy

     

    07/2016 Workshop

    OutDoor, Friedrichshafen

     

    Making Environmental Claims: Are you bamboozling your customers?
    02/2016 Webinar (English) Using a Sustainability Strategy to Create Business Value

    –        Free recording available here

     

    2005 – 2015

    Different locations: Beijing, Bremen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Shanghai, Friedrichshafen, Hong Kong, Portland, Barcelona, Munich, etc.

     

    Numerous presentations about ASSA ABLOY, adidas, Eco-Index, SAC (Sustainable Apparel Coalition) ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals)

    Karin’s experience as a speaker:

    Download Karin’s speaker profile as PDF.

    What is the connection between sustainability and leadership? That was the topic of Karin’s TEDx talk at Erasmus University in Rotterdam last October. Now the time has finally come and Karin’s TEDx talk has been published online on the TEDx Talk YouTube channel!

    Watch the full talk now & learn how leadership & sustainability can be connected.

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    E-Mail: info[at]leadership-sustainability.com
    Mobile: +49 (151) 461 70 184

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