In honor of Women’s History Month Tencel features the five-part ‘Solutionist’ podcast that spotlights solutions led by women social entrepreneurs.

The project is part of Tencel’s Blue Cast podcast series created on its blog Carved in Blue by the Tencel denim team sharing in-depth talks to the denim community, and happens in collaboration with the Fashion Impact Fund, a charitable fund supporting women entrepreneurs to “accelerate the fashion industry’s transition to an ecosystem that values people and planet.”

Each week for the month of March, Solutionist will spotlight solutions led by women social entrepreneurs advocating for a new paradigm in the fashion sector. Following the theme of Women’s History Month “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope”, Solutionist will feature women in the fashion and denim industry who are making an impact in forging a new path.

Episodes ­– available on iTunes or Spotify – include:
March 2 - Miko Underwood, founder / chief creative director, Oak & Acorn,
March 9 - Sarah Bellos, founder, Stony Creek Colors,
March 16 - Lea d'Auriol, founder, Oceanic Global,
March 23 - Sarah Ahmed, founder and CEO, Warp + Weft
March 30 - Hilary Jochmans, founder, PoliticallyinFashion.

Miko Underwood, founder/chief creative director, Oak & Acorn
Photo: Oak & Acorn
Miko Underwood, founder/chief creative director, Oak & Acorn
“As we discuss the theme of “providing healing, promoting hope”, the five women in this series come from various aspects of the apparel industry with powerful determination and insight. Hearing their incredible stories brings a depth of passion to their work and the communities they support,” comments Tricia Carey, director of global business development at Tencel’s mother company Lenzing.
Tricia Carey, director of global business development, Lenzing
Photo: Lenzing
Tricia Carey, director of global business development, Lenzing
Kerry Bannigan, executive director, Fashion Impact Fund, adds: “The Solutionist podcast series amplifies the leadership and representation of women entrepreneurs driving social, environmental, and economic change in the fashion sector. Each advancing progress with a variety of solutions that the industry, and wider, can learn from, implement towards effective participation in system change and join for collaborative sector engagement.”



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