LRQA Strengthens Apparel Supply Chain Expertise With Appointment Of Dr. Siva Pariti
LRQA has appointed Dr. Siva Pariti to strengthen its capabilities in apparel and complex supply chain risk management across the textile, footwear and leather sectors.
Dr. Pariti brings more than 20 years of industry experience, having worked closely with mills, manufacturers and global brands on areas including chemicals management, wastewater treatment, process optimisation, traceability and circularity.
Over the course of his career, he has contributed to major industry frameworks such as the Fairtrade Textile Standard and the ZDHC Foundation CMS guidance, while conducting over 400 audits across global supply chains.
Commenting on the evolving sustainability landscape in the textile industry, Dr. Pariti highlighted the need for a more integrated approach toward managing carbon, chemicals and water within manufacturing operations.
“Over the past two decades, I’ve worked across hundreds of facilities globally. One thing has remained consistent: the same core issues continue to surface; energy, chemicals and water, yet they are still managed separately,” he said.
According to Dr. Pariti, while the textile industry has made considerable progress in areas such as chemicals management, wastewater programmes and decarbonisation over the past 15 years, implementation gaps still remain at the factory level due to fragmented systems, disconnected datasets and differing compliance priorities.
He noted that many suppliers are already being assessed separately across carbon, chemicals and water programmes, often by different teams and timelines, creating inefficiencies in sustainability execution.
Dr. Pariti emphasised that future progress will depend on connecting existing sustainability frameworks and applying them in a more coordinated manner at site level. He added that integrating chemicals management, water optimisation and energy efficiency measures can generate stronger environmental outcomes while improving operational efficiency.
He also pointed to the growing role of digital technologies and AI in helping companies connect fragmented supply chain data and identify actionable insights across complex sourcing networks.
LRQA said the appointment aligns with its broader strategy of combining expertise in chemicals and water management with specialist decarbonisation capabilities through RESET Carbon, part of LRQA, to support more integrated supply chain risk management solutions across key sourcing regions, particularly in Asia.
“The industry has already built a strong foundation. The next phase is about execution, connecting what we know works and applying it consistently at site level,” Dr. Pariti added.
