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Scott Leonard

Ambassador of Strategic Partnerships at Textile Exchange Board Of Directors and Co-Founder at INDIGENOUS organic + fair trade fashion, California

ontinues to lead industry ~ as a pioneering Impact expert immersed in sustainable supplychain, GHG reductions, protecting Biodiversity and scaling organic, fair trade and Circular Economy.

 

He is an advisor to several global organizations focusing on impact reductions as well as the overall Circular Fashion space. He helped in the formation, funding and launch of Fashion for Good, a global initiative that’s here to make all fashion good. By sparking and scaling innovation, by funding and creating roadmaps, and by fostering sector-wide collaboration. We have enabled best in class Circular inonvations and widespread adoption of good fashion practice. We launched with an Innovation Hub in Amsterdam, a startup accelerator in Silicon Valley and a global network of change makers that Scott Leonard has helped to forge.

 

Scott continues to collaborate with an array of investors, foundations and other financial institutions to scale positive impact globally, with a focus on emerging markets, economically marginalized communities, Biodiversity and climate justice.

Scott is not only one of the founding B Corp business leaders, but he was also part of the "original group" of 12 businesses that came together to help launch the B Corp community.

He responsible for spearheading revolutionary fair trade and human rights certifications, as well as pioneering MFI production financing models to scale fair trade knitting cooperatives with Root Capital, for Communities and Conservation.

Scott has helped nurture community based supply-chains, regenerative innovations and networks/groups into thriving enterprises to scale as beneficial models.

Scott brings vast experience surrounding sustainability and the understanding of scaling innovative quality to market.

- Connecting social and environmental change makers in the business world

- Fostering and mentoring the next wave of bold business leaders toward a more productive green economy.

•Community empowerment throughout the value chain and all product touch points.

•Setting up funding for sustainable development and training for farmers to support and pursue organic, rengenerative and fair trade expansion.

•Source, design, and produce innovative Circular, Organic and Fair Trade product.

•Scaling sustainsble and restorative production models around the globe while bringing access to markets.

Specialties: Finance, Climate Tech, Sourcing of sustainable supply-chain, Innovative Design and Production of Organic, Circular and Fair Trade products.