Fashion for Good Events | Meet the Innovators: Brave New World

In this edition of 'Meet the Innovators', we bring together innovative players ushering in a brave new world in fashion. The pandemic has changed the fashion landscape, limiting manual processes and physical meetups — but it has also created new opportunities in other areas. We kick off with a conversation with Lee Spiteri, Innovation & Performance Designer at the sustainable footwear brand VIVOBAREFOOT, to hear his views on the future of fashion, larger trends of innovation within this space and how new uncertainties are shaping innovation priorities for manufacturers in the region. We’re also joined by innovators to tell us about their solutions within the new context of fashion: Kristoffer Ekman, CEO at Nordshield, speaks about how they’re revolutionising antimicrobial and antiviral coatings, offering natural alternatives that outperform the hazardous substances currently in use. The Nordshield technology is free from heavy metals, safe for the environment and eliminates bacteria, viruses and fungi and is used for example for sportswear and healthcare uniforms. Lea Esterhuizen, founder of &Wider, discusses their cloud platform which enables brands, manufacturers and suppliers to hear directly from the workers themselves about their everyday lives and working conditions, using mobile phones to track and encourage improvement in labour practices along the supply chain. Yazan Malkosh, founder of & CEO at Swatchbook, dives into how they’re building a digital library that