Sila Yesilyurt

Main Role & Function at L&S Sila works as Senior Sustainability Manager at Leadership & Sustainability and is the team lead for the German team. Furthermore, Sila’s responsibilities encompass the oversight of Leadership & Sustainability’s supply chain services, project management of client projects as well as business development. Education & Experience Sila holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering and has 11 years of experience in the social and environmental sustainability field. Sila has spent seven years in the position of Global Code of Conduct and Auditing Manager at Lindex. Lindex is a Swedish fashion chain that has around 5000 employees and approximately 480 stores in 18 markets. Sila was responsible for assisting in developing and managing Lindex's Social Assessment System and Self-Assessment System. In addition to that, her responsibilities covered the CoC, supply chain sustainability scorecard, and the Social Responsibility Policy, including gender equality and a living wage. Sila was leading a project team with eight people from Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, and Sweden. Besides this role, Sila was responsible for ensuring that the Turkey Production Office and its supply chain set and met social and environmental targets. Sila worked with the production teams to reduce the environmental impact of the products throughout their entire lifecycle, including sustainable fibers and materials, better production processes, and strategy development topics. Furthermore, Sila worked as a social and environmental compliance auditor in the EMEA Region. Sila possesses in-depth knowledge of social sustainability within the global textile sector including social assessment systems like BSCI, SEDEX, SA8000. Sila worked with corporate social responsibility-related issues such as human rights, decent work, gender equality, living wages, and risk assessment reports. In addition to this, Sila also worked with environmental sustainability-related topics such as environmental rating systems, sustainable fibers, and materials such as organic cotton, recycled qualities, cellulose fibers, production processes with less water consumption and clean energy, chemical management, waste management, and setting climate strategies and targets. Languages Sila speaks English and Turkish.