Sustainability & Chemical Compliance Officer Mid level
Runs the chemical inventory, environmental data and traceability evidence buyers now audit as hard as quality.
Sustainability & Chemical Compliance Officer — what the job really is
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Works in: Compliance office, dye house, ETP
What you actually do
- 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 & experience
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 — the realistic route
- 1. Study the free chemical compliance and utilities material and audit one small facility on paper.
- 2. Start in a dye house, ETP or lab so your data instincts are real.
- 3. Apply as Compliance / Sustainability Officer in vertically integrated groups — they own the wet processing.
Free study to finish first
Organisations that employ this role
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DBL Group
Dhaka · Bangladesh
Vertically integrated knitwear manufacturing, spinning, dyeing and printing
- Address
- South Avenue Tower, House 50 (6th Floor), Road 3, Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Interloop Limited
Faisalabad · Pakistan
Hosiery, denim, knitted apparel and seamless activewear
- Address
- 1 KM Khurrianwala–Jaranwala Road, Khurrianwala, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Phone
- +92 41 4360400
Arvind Limited
Ahmedabad · India
Denim, woven shirting and garment manufacturing
- Address
- Naroda Road, Ahmedabad 382 345, Gujarat, India
- Phone
- +91 79 6826 8000
- investor@arvind.in
Envoy Textiles Ltd
Mymensingh · Bangladesh
LEED-certified denim fabric weaving and rope-dyed spinning
- Phone
- +880 2 9102583
Viyellatex Group
Dhaka · Bangladesh
Vertically integrated knit apparel, shirts, spinning and packaging
- Address
- Le Méridien Dhaka (6th Floor), 79/A Commercial Area, Airport Road, Nikunja 2, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh
- Phone
- +880 2 55098318
H&M Group
Stockholm · Sweden
Global fashion retail group publishing a public supplier list
- Address
- Mäster Samuelsgatan 46A, SE-106 38 Stockholm, Sweden
- Phone
- +46 8 796 55 00
- info@hm.com
Inditex (Zara)
Arteixo · Spain
Retail group with published supplier standards and sourcing clusters
- Address
- Edificio Inditex, Avda. de la Diputación s/n, 15143 Arteixo, A Coruña, Spain
- Phone
- +34 981 185 400
BGMEA — Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Dhaka · Bangladesh
Apex association for woven and knit garment exporters in Bangladesh
- Address
- BGMEA Complex, 23/1 Panthapath Link Road, Karwan Bazar, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh
Free explainers that teach this role
Photo and diagram walk-throughs covering the fabric, pattern, machinery and quality knowledge this job is built on — free, no sign-up.
Sustainability · Free
Water, energy and chemicals: how impact is measured in a factory
Litres per kilogram, kWh per garment, ETP limits and MRSL compliance — the numbers a factory can actually measure and improve.
Sustainability · Free
Recycled fibres, traceability and circular claims explained
What recycled content, chain-of-custody certification and design-for-recycling actually require — and which claims a factory can safely support.
Fabrics · Free
How to read a fabric test report without guessing
GSM, shrinkage, colour fastness, pilling and tensile results — what each line means and which failures actually stop production.