Irtaza H.

Overview: A multi award-winning sustainability professional with expertise in corporate social responsibility, ESG, sustainability, energy, health & safety, quality and environmental management. I specialize in ESG reviews, policies, strategies and obligatory reports as well as providing advisory services in the aforementioned subject areas. Irtaza Hussain is a Corporate Sustainability, ESG, Compliance, and HSE leader with over 16 years of international experience across multinational organizations in the textile, chemical manufacturing, engineering, oil & gas, and energy sectors. He currently serves as Group Head Corporate Sustainability, Compliance & HSE at Sapphire Group, a multinational textile group with operations across Pakistan, Europe, and the United States, where he leads global sustainability strategy, ESG integration, regulatory compliance, and sustainability reporting frameworks across multiple regions. He specializes in integrating global sustainability frameworks such as GRI, CSRD, UN SDGs, Net Zero, SBTi, ESG reporting, and EcoVadis into business operations, aligning sustainability strategy with corporate governance, regulatory requirements, and operational performance. His work focuses on embedding sustainability into supply chains, manufacturing operations, procurement, and corporate strategy while ensuring compliance with international environmental and social standards. Prior to his current role, he worked with CHT Group (Germany) as Regional Sustainability Specialist for the Asia Pacific region, managing sustainability, compliance, quality, energy, and environmental management systems across multiple countries including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Singapore, and Australia. He led ESG programs, GHG inventories, sustainability reporting, compliance management systems, and international certifications including ISO standards, Responsible Care, Ecovadis, GRI reporting, and EU regulatory frameworks. You can bank on me for all your energy, waste, carbon, environmental, sustainability and ESG needs and you will receive good value for money. My key expertise areas are; 1) Quality & HSE Management Systems Auditing 2) Training & Capacity building 3) QHSE Inspections 4) Stakeholder engagement (internal/external) 5) Communication (internal/external) 6) Facilitating audits (Customer/pre-qualifications/certification/internal etc.) 7) Sustainability/ESG framework and strategies 8) Sustainability reporting (GRI/TCFD/UN-SDG'S/SASB etc.) 9) Sustainability projects, budgeting, communication & engagement 10) Formulation of ESG policies, strategies, procedures & frameworks 11) Digitalization of ESG/QHSE/Sustainability modules 12) Analyze, Evaluate & Calculate Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint & Energy Footprint 13) Environment & Energy Management (ISO 14001 & ISO 50001) 14) Climate Change and Risk Management 15) Conducting Materiality Assessment 16) ESG/HSE Risk & Opportunity Analysis & Impact Scoring 17) ESG/HSE/IMS Objectives, Targets, KPI's & Metrics development 18) Developing Carbon inventory (GHG Accounting) (ISO 14064) 19) Developing Energy, Sustainability & QHSE Management Systems (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 50001, 14064, 37301, 26000) My Educational or Degree Credentials are; 1) BS Chemical Engineering (CGPA 3.36/4.0) 2) MS/M.phil Total Quality Management (TQM) (CGPA 3.73/4.0) 3) Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Specialist (Corporate Finance Institute, Canada) My Professional Certification Credentials are; 1) Certified lead auditor in Occupational Health & Safety Management System ISO 45001 OHS. 2) Certified lead auditor in Environmental management System ISO 14001 EMS. 3) Certified lead auditor in Energy management System ISO 50001 EnMS. 4) Certified lead auditor in ISO 18001 OHSAS. 5) Certified internal auditor in ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001. 6) Certified Nebosh Level-3 in occupational health & Safety. 7) Certified in IOSH Managing Safely. 8) Certified Incident Investigator & Root Cause Analysis. 9) Certified on SCAT (Systematic Root Cause Analysis Technique). 10) Certified Chemical Management Sustainability Professional (GIZ Germany) 11) Certified Environment, Social, & Governance (ESG) Specialist (CFI, Canada) 12) Certified ESG Disclosure Professional (CFI, Canada) 13) Certified Greenhouse Gas Accounting Professional (CFI, Canada) 14) United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (United Nations, System Staff College) 15) Global Sustainability & CSR (Macquarie University, Australia) 16) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Accounting (Corporate Finance Institute, Canada) 17) ESG Risk & Opportunities (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 18) Circular Economy – Sustainable Materials Management (LUND University) 19) Carbon Market Fundamentals (Corporate Finance Institute, Canada) 20) Carbon Taxation Certification (United Nations, Climate Change Institute) 21) Climate Change: Carbon Capture & Storage (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)