Introducing Dr Barbara Scorza Cairo Textile Week 2026 Featured Guest Speaker
Cairo Textile Week 2026 is proud to welcome Dr Barbara Scorza as the conference guest speaker.
Dr Scorza is the Environment, Health, Safety and Social Compliance Line Lead and Project Director within the Sustainability Unit at WSP Italia.
She is a senior environmental scientist with over 25 years of international experience managing complex environmental and social impact assessment studies, environmental and social due diligence, auditing, and monitoring projects.
Since 2020, Barbara has been leading the environmental and social monitoring on behalf of the senior international lenders for the modernization of the Egyptian textile industry, overseeing compliance for the state-owned Cotton & Textile Industries Holding Company.
Besides her international experience in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, she has an extensive track record in Egypt, including leading major environmental and social studies and monitoring for infrastructure and energy projects, such as the 1GW Obelisk solar project in Qena, the Nefertiti and Horus renewable energy initiatives in Ras Ghareb and Aswan, and the West Nile Delta offshore development. Expert in IFC Performance Standards, EBRD Environmental and Social Requirements and Equator Principles, she excels at bridging the gap between international financial oversight and local operational sustainability.
Dr Scorza lecture in Cairo Textile Week conference is Meeting Global ESG Standards & Social Compliance
The global textile industry is facing a double mandate: meeting strict international financial compliance and adapting to revolutionary digital transparency regulations. For Egyptian manufacturers targeting growth in premium export markets, alignment with both the European Union’s upcoming Digital Product Passport (DPP) and international Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards is no longer optional—it is a business imperative.
Drawing from extensive, hands-on experience directing Environmental and Social Governance for the modernization of Egypt’s state-owned textile industry, this session provides a strategic roadmap for factory owners and compliance managers. The presentation will dissect how manufacturers can leverage their existing industrial upgrades to meet the data-driven traceability requirements of the EU DPP, ensuring product-level transparency from fiber to finished garment.
Furthermore, the session will bridge these circular economy mandates with the operational requirements of the IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles, and OECD Guidelines.
Attendees will discover how robust Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) act as the foundational infrastructure required to capture, verify, and report the exact data that global buyers and international financiers demand.
