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Sustainability & Chemical Compliance Officer

Runs the chemical inventory, environmental data and traceability evidence buyers now audit as hard as quality.

Level
Mid level
Works in
Compliance office, dye house, ETP
Department
Sustainability & chemical management
Hiring regions
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden
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The daily work

  • Maintain the chemical inventory and MSDS set, and screen purchases against the restricted substances list.
  • Collect water, energy and effluent data and report it in the buyer's platform.
  • Prepare ZDHC, Higg, GOTS/GRS and buyer-specific audits and close findings.
  • Trace fibre and fabric origin through transaction certificates.
  • Train dye house and store teams on safe handling and documentation.

Skills employers screen for

  • Restricted substances lists and MSDS reading
  • Utility metering and data integrity
  • Certification schemes: ZDHC, GOTS, GRS, OEKO-TEX, Higg FEM
  • Documentation discipline — audits are won on evidence

Qualification

Textile, chemistry or environmental qualification. Fastest-growing hiring area in the industry, and buyers are pushing factories to staff it properly.

How to get in

  1. 1.Study the free chemical compliance and utilities material and audit one small facility on paper.
  2. 2.Start in a dye house, ETP or lab so your data instincts are real.
  3. 3.Apply as Compliance / Sustainability Officer in vertically integrated groups — they own the wet processing.

Employers who hire this role

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