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Managing certified materials is one of the most manual and most risk-prone processes in apparel supply chains. Transaction certificates get mismatched, quantities don't align, and evidence gets assembled under audit pressure rather than maintained continuously.
In this live panel, we bring together experts from brands and certification bodies dealing with this directly. Columbia Sportswear and Patagonia share how they manage certified material claims at scale. ICEA offers the certification body perspective on what rigorous, audit-ready management looks like. Retraced will show how digital tools are changing the way certifications are tracked, verified, and reconciled.
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Ellen is a sustainability and innovation leader with 11+ years of experience building and advancing sustainability strategies, shaping industry standards, and guiding cross-functional teams in global apparel and footwear supply chains. Recognized for building transformative initiatives such as prAna’s Responsible Packaging Movement and Regenerative Organic Cotton program, co-leading the Textile Exchange Brand Advisory Group, and for translating complex sustainability topics into accessible, actionable narratives that drive industry collaboration and impact.
Chemical Engineer with 9 years of experience in textile auditing, sustainability, and certification schemes. Skilled in compliance assessment, supply chain sustainability, and industry standards verification.
Philipp Mayer is CPO and Co-Founder of Retraced. Before that, he built CANO, an ethical shoe brand, where wrestling with his own supply chain challenges pushed him toward a bigger question: why is traceability so hard for the entire industry? That question became Retraced. Today he works at the intersection of product development and sustainability, helping fashion brands get real visibility into where and how their products are made. He's spoken at the UN in Geneva, the Global Fashion Agenda in Copenhagen, and Cascale's Annual Meeting, always on the same core topic: What does it take to make supply chains more transparent?
Professional with expertise in supply chain traceability and compliance issues with experience in research, development, training, and client development and service. Program development and field experience in the following topics: C-TPAT, Wood Legality, Conflict Minerals, Country of Origin and Brand Protection/Grey Market diversion. Currently focusing on raw material traceability, sourcing and supply chain management.
Sarolta leads content and PR at Retraced, shaping how topics connected to supply chain transparency are communicated across different channels. She has spent years working closely with different teams to make complex topics easy to understand and worth discussing.
Retraced is a traceability & sustainability compliance management platform that enables fashion companies to digitize & trace their supply chains, ensuring full transparency and promoting a fairer fashion future.
