Standard Chartered leads Sri Lanka as the South Asian sustainability voice to the world with SLDF 20

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Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has joined forces with the Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) 2013 as the key sponsor for its sustainability agenda for the year. Powering the South Asian Sustainable Fashion Summit at SLDF, Standard Chartered will play an active role in pursuing the

sustainability in fashion and design discussion in Sri Lanka. Standard Chartered’s CEO Anirvan Ghosh Dastidar commenting on this partnership that has enabled Sri Lankan leadership for South Asian fashion sustainability stated: “It is part of the bank’s active CSR policy to promote sustainability. It is extremely important to voice the sustainable policies and practices from South Asia to the world. We are proud to play a key role in showcasing Sri Lanka as the South Asian hub for sustainable fashion and apparel and helping Sri Lanka take the leadership for the South Asian sustainability voice through the South Asian Sustainable Fashion Summit.” This special 2013 edition of the Sustainable Fashion Summit presented by SLDF with Standard Chartered holds worldwide significance as the South Asian edition to the world’s largest and the most prestigious fashion summit on sustainability – the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. With this ascent, the summit will directly represent the South Asian voice at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit which is a platform shared by the world’s top personalities in sustainability and fashion. The key conclusions made during the Sustainable Fashion Summit – South Asia held in Sri Lanka will be made into a white paper and contributed to the Copenhagen Fashion Summit where all major brands interested in sustainability and their decision makers will consider it in their discussions and decisions impacting the course of sustainable fashion for the next year. This significant summit sponsored by Standard Chartered is themed ‘Sustainability – Towards a Global Consensus: Take II’ for its 2013 edition and will be chaired by Copenhagen Fashion Summit/Danish Fashion Institute Development Director Jonas Eder-Hansen who is a renowned global authority in Sustainable Fashion. Futerra Sustainability Communications CEO Lucy Shea will also lead a talk on ‘Consumer Communications/Crafting a Sustainability Story’ that will prove to be valuable to all industries interested in sustainable policies. ‘Enabling Transparency for Global Supply Chains’ – a discussion led by SEDEX Director of Insight and Planning Tom Smith and ‘Sustainable Sourcing Strategies: Partnering for Success’ by MADE-BY Senior Consultant Ariel Kraten are the other key discussions. In addition to Standard Chartered Bank, SLDF 2013 is supported by many others. SLDF 2013’s principal partner is MAS holdings. SLDF was founded by AOD International Design Campus. The Sri Lanka Government, Export Development Board and Sri Lanka Apparel are SLDF 2013 key stakeholders. SLDF 2013 is also supported by Coats Thread – Official Thread Partner, GT Nexus – Official Software Partner, Textured Jersey – Contributing Partner, British Council – Knowledge Partner, Mount Lavinia Hotel – Official Host, Cheryl Gooneratne Official Hair & Makeup, International Media Partner – WGSN, JustStyle, Drapers as well as the partners Goethe Institut, Vista Advertising and Sunshine Travels and tours.