- Robyn Turk
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Levi’s announced over 380 thousand dollars in grants to the second
class of LS&Co. Collaboratory fellows, with the goal of creating a
more sustainable apparel industry.
The brand started its fellowship program, LS&Co. Collaboratory, to
focus on a different sustainability challenge facing the apparel
industry with each class. Its second class of entrepreneurs is
centered on climate change.
The 11 fellows from all over the world are each working on their
own projects that will create a more sustainable future for the
industry. The grants from Levi’s will fund their projects, which
include rescuing and recycling excess fabrics, a data platform that
enables end-to-end trading and tracing and a shipment solution to
reinvent the way goods are sent and received.
“We all know how urgently our industry, and our planet, need real
solutions to the challenges presented by climate change, so we are
proud to support ideas and projects that can help get us closer to
where we need to be,” said Paul Dillinger, vice president of global
product innovation at LS&Co, in a statement.
The Collaboratory fellows recently attended a weekend workshop at
LS&Co.’s Eureka Innovation Lab, where employee mentors from Levi’s and
sustainability experts helped them to develop concrete and tangible
plans for their respective projects.
“Taking part in the Levi’s Collaboratory gave my passion for a more
sustainable fashion industry the perfect supportive and amplifying
sounding board, which allowed ideas to grow from concept into real
change,” said Christina Dean, Collaboratory fellow and founder of the
Hong Kong-based Redress and the R Collective.
