Julija Menise

TDi Sustainability / Solar Stewardship Initiative

Senior Vice President / Director of Standards and Assurance

Description

Julija Menise is a social responsibility professional with experience in the review and analysis of international standards and national laws and policy instruments related to human rights, labor rights, environment, and supply chain traceability, among others. Julija’s role at TDi centres around working on advisory projects for clients related to the development of responsible sourcing programs, including supply chain mapping and risk assessments, due diligence assessments, training, supplier monitoring and capacity building and continuous improvement. Julija has extensive onsite assessment experience conducting human rights, due diligence, traceability, and management system assessments in industries ranging from mining, smelting, manufacturing and retail to wood products, electronics and food and beverage in over 40 countries in Europe, USA, Latin America, China, India and Central Asia. Julija is an approved lead assessor for RMI, Copper Mark, Bettercoal, MAC TSM, LME among others. Julija holds LL.M in Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights from Lund University, Sweden. As the Director of Standards and Assurance at the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI), Julija is responsible for the development and implementation of SSI’s Standards covering environmental, social, governance and supply chain traceability issues, applicable to the full silicon value chain from quartzite mining through metallurgical grade silicon and polysilicon to ingots and wafers to cells and modules. Julija is also managing SSI’s Assurance Programme to maintain its credibility, quality and robustness.