The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): Strategies for Successful Collaboration with Supply Partners

Kutay Saritosun is a textile engineer and sustainability aficionado with a passion for the environmental and social impacts of the textile industry. As CSR Senior Executive at ISKO, Saritosun worked in close cooperation with leading sustainability platforms such as SAC and BCI as well as prestigious certification bodies of Nordic Swan and EU Ecolabel. His public speaking engagements included guest lecturing at Parsons School of Design, participating in panel discussions globally and presenting at EU Green Week by the invitation of the EU Environmental Commission. Mentorship activities included CFDA+Lexus Fashion Initiative 2018/2019 and teaching the Sustainable Fashion seasonal workshops on at POLIMODA in Florence, Italy. Saritosun currently serves as Director of Brand Services and Partnerships at bluesign in Switzerland, where he continues his work to globally unite chemical suppliers, textile manufacturers and brands in order to collectively reduce their impact on people and the environment through clean chemistry, clean production, providing clean fashion to the consumers.