Manufactured

This is an audio version of a piece I wrote for the Asia Garment Hub called “Practical Tips for Talking to Manufacturers About Decarbonization.”

Do apparel manufacturers have mapped pathways for achieving their decarbonization targets, or not? This episode features responses to this question from three different manufacturers: Mustafa Ahmad the General Manager of Sustainability for US Apparel & Textiles in Pakistan, Krishna Manda the Vice President of Corporate Sustainability for Lenzing, and Matthew Guenther, the Director of Environmental Sustainability for TAL Apparel.

In this episode, Kim and Jessie are in conversation with Ebru Debbag, the Executive Director of Global Sales and Marketing at Soorty Enterprises Pvt.Ltd. As the daughter of a cotton farmer, Ebru spent most of her childhood running around fields. From a small atelier making doll dresses to a successful career spanning 27 years at [...]

Always wanted to know how leather is made? Vijay Suvarna, formerly the CSR and Sustainability Manager for Asiatan, gives an overview of the leather production process. What’s their relationship with shoe factories? And what’s their relationship with brands?

In this episode, part two of our conversation with Marsha, we get into what it would take to get suppliers to open up and share their perspectives more freely.