Sarah Obser

Sarah Obser is the Senior Manager for Sustainability & Regulatory Supply Chain Management at Lidl & Kaufland Asia. In her role, she leads a team of experts on topics such as social and environmental compliance in our factories, traceability, climate change, sustainable assortment and corporate sustainability.

Prior to this, she was Associate Director for Sustainability Consulting – Supply Chain at LRQA (former ELEVATE). She worked with international brands on their responsible sourcing strategy, risk assessments and traceability projects.

Sarah’s experience also includes the position as Head of Sustainability at a testing laboratory looking after environmental audits as well as a previous role with focus on development aid funded projects across Asia.

Sarah is a Textile Engineer (M.Sc.) who has been working in the supply chain in Asia for 14 years with prior project work in Bangladesh and Indonesia.