
Lewis & Friends: Curious Conversations with Leaders in Sustainable Fashion
With more than a decade working in sustainability in the fashion, textile, and apparel sector, Lewis Perkins speaks to inspiring women and men who are putting climate concerns first in the apparel industry. In each of these curious conversations, Perkins converses with a thought leader about their personal journey, new ways to think, design, source better materials, and make better purchasing decisions to align with the 2030 climate goals.
Episodes
27 episodes
PWC
Guests:Arindam Saha, Director, Advisory, PwCPhil Patterson, Climate Solutions Portfolio Advisory Council memberPauline Op de Beeck, Environmental Portfolio Lead, Aii
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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48:59

PxD
Guests:Owen Barder, CEO, PxDBeth Jensen, Climate Solutions Portfolio Advisory Council memberPauline Op de Beeck, Environmental Portfolio Lead, Aii
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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44:04
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GIZ
Guests:Steffen Müller, Head of Team, GIZMallory McConnell, Climate Solutions Portfolio Advisory Council memberPauline Op de Beeck, Environmental Portfolio Lead, Aii
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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36:11

BluWin
Guests:Dr. Siva Pariti, Senior Technical Marketing Officer, BluWinPauline Op de Beeck, Environmental Portfolio Lead, Aii
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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35:15

Made2Flow
Guests:Atnyel Guedj, Chief Product Officer, Made2FlowPauline Op de Beeck, Environmental Portfolio Lead, AiiMallory McConnell, Climate Solutions Portfolio Advisory Council member
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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40:59

Lewis and Friends - Climate Solutions Portfolio
Lewis and Friends discuss the Climate Solutions Portfolio grantees and their projects. Guests: Linda Greer, Aii's Climate Solutions Portfolio Advisory Council memberKurt Kipka, Aii's chief impact officer
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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42:53

Lewis & Friends Fashion Climate Conversations - Beth Jensen, Director Climate Strategy - The Textile Exchange
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27:18

LaRhea Pepper (Textile Exchange) on Lewis & Friends
La Rhea Pepper is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the global non-profit Textile Exchange and a life-long advocate for more sustainable practices in the apparel and textile industry. For more than 18 years, Textile Exchange h...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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34:52

Amina Razvi (Sustainable Apparel Coalition) on Lewis & Friends
Amina Razvi is the Executive Director of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). Under Amina’s leadership, the SAC’s 250+ members develop the Higg Index, a suite of tools that measure environmental and social impacts in the apparel, footwear, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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34:44

Marci Zaroff on Lewis & Friends
Marci has been instrumental in driving authenticity, environmental leadership & social justice worldwide for nearly three decades. With a degree from the Haas Business School at UC Berkeley, Marci co-founded a thriving health & environm...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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37:38

Burak Cakmak, CEO of the Fashion Commission, Saudi Arabia
Burak Cakmak is a strategic catalyst with extensive experience in corporate, academic and non-profit organizations building innovation driven sustainable solutions. He is the co-founder of Thean.co, a strategic fashion consultancy and T...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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30:18
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Kurt Kipka, Vice President of Programs, Apparel Impact Institute
KURT KIPKA, VICE PRESIDENT at APPAREL IMPACT INSTITUTEAs Vice President of Apparel Impact Institute, Kurt manages the growth and longevity of global programs including Clean by Design – a proven platform for improving the resource efficienc...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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35:02

Lewis Live, Earth Day 2021 Special Podcast
On Earth Day, Aii President, Lewis Perkins, talks about where we are in the sustainable fashion movement, how consumer/ citizens can better address their closet and make "green" choices, and what's coming next.... Join us. A...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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17:37
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal
Jasmin Malik Chua is the sourcing and labor editor at Sourcing Journal, where she writes about the apparel and footwear industry through the lens of sustainability and human rights. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Vogue Business, t...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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31:45

Bandana Tewari, Lifestyle Journalist and Sustainability Activist.
Bandana Tewari is a lifestyle journalist and sustainability activist. She writes for The Business of Fashion extensively on a variety of topics from indigenous ‘made-by-hand’ economies of India and Indonesia, to transgender and LGB...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:49

Kali Hough, Activist and Student Leader for FashionX, Stanford University
Meet Kali Hough. Activist and Student Leader for FashionX.A Brooklynite and Stanford student, Kali Hough currently leads the student group, FashionX, a collective of young people thinking, discussing and writing about some of fashion...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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40:02
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Zem Joaquin, Founder of Near Future Summit
About Zem Joaquin:Zem founded the Near Future Summit, a visionary event that seeks to scale solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. It is driven by leading tech founders, investors, inventors, and influencers. Prior to Near Future,...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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30:27

Dr. Linda Greer, Apparel Industry Expert for Chemistry
Linda Greer is a specialist in industrial chemical pollution, currently working as a Global Fellow with the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, the leading environmental NGO in China. A Ph.D. toxicologist by training, L...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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45:20
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Julie Gilhart, Chief Development Officer and President of Tomorrow Projects
Lewis speaks with friend and industry "influencer" before social media became the tastemaker of our times. Fashion industry veteran Julie Gilhart is Chief Development Officer of Tomorrow and President of Tomorrow Projects. In 2011, she fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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34:13

Adriana Galijasevic - designer, action researcher, innovator, educator and an advocate for circular economy in the fashion industry
Adriana Galijasevic is a designer, action researcher, innovator, educator and an advocate for circular economy in the fashion industry based on the Cradle to Cradle design principles. Before starting as an independent consultant, she spent th...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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33:13

Claire Bergkamp, Chief Operating Officer of Textile Exchange
Lewis Perkins, President at Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) speak with sustainable fashion leader - Claire Bergkamp - the Chief Operating Officer at Textile Exchange. Previous to joining Textile Exchange she held the position of Worldwide Sustai...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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27:17
