Sustainably Versatile Summit – TEX 360 concludes on high note

Control Union Sri Lanka, part of the global network of Inspections, Certification and Laboratory services, held its ‘Sustainably Versatile Summit – TEX 360’ to weaving a greener, more sustainable future for the textile industry.

The summit was held recently at Hilton Colombo, and saw the participation of many industry leaders, subject experts, and policy makers, coming together to discuss groundbreaking ideas and solutions that will help the industry embrace a more holistic eco-conscious and responsible approach in tackling some of the most pressing issues facing today and in the future.

The event saw some of renowned personalities as speakers, to include Franco Costantini – CEO, Regenagri; Ganesh Kasekar – South Asia Representative,  Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS); Saket Kulkarni – Implementation Manager, South Asia, Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP); Vincent Decap – Co-Founder, Zero Plastic Oceans, and Abhishek Bansal – Head of Sustainability, Global Water Innovation Centre for Action – GWICA, discussing issues and providing solutions and standards in addressing them.

The panellists were Dr. Kingsley Bernard, Chairman/CEO – Sri Lanka Export Development Board Dr. Saranga Alahapperuma, Chairman – Industrial Development Board, Indika Liyanahewage, Chairman – Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association; Yohan Lawrence, Secretary General – Joint Apparel Association Forum Sri Lanka, Dr. Sampath Wahala – Chairman, Sri Lanka Accreditation Board, moderated by Roshan Ranawake, Managing Director – Control Union Sri Lanka.

The second panel discussion titled ‘Innovation Unraveled’ brought together some of the most senior executives at Control Union, including Dr. Binay Kumar Choudhury and Fakhrul Islam Khan, Co-Chairmans – Global Expert Team; Dirk Teichert, Board Member/Chairman Asia Pacific; Lonneke de Kort, Manager Sustainable Textiles & Materials EMEA; Roshan Ranawake of Sri Lanka, and Mariecar Gecale, Product Owner for Asia, Peterson Technologies, moderated by Naveen Singh, Center of Excellence – Textile – Asia.