Katrin Ley (@leykat) profile picture

Managing Director @FashionforGood

Amsterdam
Joined May 2009
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Russia banned me and colleagues for our reporting for @washingtonpost .This is the price of telling the truth. .@JeffBezos, journalism is under fire. Please help all of #America and the #World by protecting #Journalism that is fair, independent, and truly matters. #SaveThePost
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.@JeffBezos I cover international security for @washingtonpost and reported on ISIS, Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, al-Qaeda, Iran and Israel. I’ve been imprisoned, lived under threats, and escaped kidnappings to do this work. #Journalism matters to America and the world. #SaveThePost
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Congratulations Katrin ⁦@FashionforGood⁩ for being woman of the week and more importantly for all you do to drive the sector to a more sustainable and equitable future. Now more important then ever #NetPositive harpersbazaar.com/nl/women-o…
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“In an industry where even the biggest players alone cannot achieve the scale of change needed, collaboration is essential. Actors need to jointly take responsibility and risk to support disruptive solutions that will lead the transformation.” Paul Polman
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"A perfect storm of innovation and opportunity is forming: companies and investors can capitalise on sustainability and disruptive innovation, in turn transforming the industry. And by working together, we can create the change needed."
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According to a new BCG and @FashionforGood study, transitioning toward #sustainability in the fashion industry yields a $20B to $30B financing opportunity per year to develop and scale disruptive innovations: on.bcg.com/2RbohEZ #BCGatDavos | #wef20
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7,000 people from all over the world, from more countries than are involved than the World Cup, have signed up to our FREE online #whomademyclothes course. fashionrevolution.org/curios… @fash_rev_mooc
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Check out our Instagram stories this afternoon where we'll get a closer look at all of our innovators - thank you @FashionforGood for all your support putting this together! #CopenhagenFashionSummit xitter.cf/FashionforGood/status/…
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The session “Business Models for a Closed Loop Fashion System” is about to start. @GiBonazzi, Bert Wouters, @jeffdenby, Katrin Ley, Sébastien Fabre, @billmcdonough will speak about how it is possible to close the loop in the fashion system. @CphFashSummit #CopenhagenFashionSummit
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“We shouldn’t be designing for end-of-life. We should be designing for end-of-use — for a product’s next phase.” - @billmcdonough on #circularfashion in a panel moderated by @FashionforGood’s @leykat at #CopenhagenFashionSummit @CphFashSummit
"Everybody is looking for purpose, From students to CEO's, people ask themselves where is my instrument of change and how do I best use that?" - Cara Smyth from the Fair Fashion Center at @FashionforGood year end event #FashionforGood
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Fantastic turnout + thought-provoking dialogue at tonight's #truefashiontalks w/ @TFCollective_ at @FashionforGood. xitter.cf/fashionforgood/status/… – at Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Asking questions can be scary. Thanks for all the awesome input! We have one for you. Who is your favourite #sustainablefashion influencer?
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The next batch of start-ups for the @FashionforGood accelerator ⏩ has been announced! 😍 buff.ly/2uqoxq7
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Meet Katrin Ley (@leykat), the new Managing Director of @FashionforGood, whose community we're proud to help build > bit.ly/FFGDirector
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Grateful and inspired to be part of the @PYMWYMIC gathering tonight in the Netherlands...so many impact investors doing good in the world...
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Check out the great lineup of speakers & panels—including our @lieselpritzker—for @PYMWYMIC’s #impactdays17: ow.ly/xk9i30ayqD9 #impinv
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Speakers Announced for Alternative Currencies Event: Pymwymic is proud to present the following speakers for ... bit.ly/2dd0tQg
Looking forward to eating some #fishontheroof in this amazing place with @PYMWYMIC – at Groente- en Fruitmarkt, Den Haag
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