What To Do With the Waste?

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Coach's SVP of Global Marketing and Sustainability, Joon Silverstein, delivered a TED Talk about Coachtopia's innovative approach to waste management in fashion. The talk focused on how Coachtopia, launched in 2023, aims to advance a circular fashion system through their Made Circular™ principles. Using the Alter/Ego collection as an example, Silverstein discussed their journey toward circularity, emphasizing progress over perfection. The initiative focuses on lowering carbon footprints compared to conventional manufacturing methods and collaborating with industry partners to eliminate waste and reduce emissions across their supply chain.

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• Launch of innovative circular fashion initiative Coachtopia
• Implementation of Made Circular™ principles to reduce carbon footprint
• Strategic industry partnerships for waste reduction and emissions control

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Coach's SVP of Global Marketing and Sustainability, Joon Silverstein, discusses how Coachtopia was founded on a deeper understand of what to do with waste

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / November 4, 2024 / Coach's SVP of Global Marketing and Sustainability, Joon Silverstein, was invited by TED Conferences to speak on the innovative work Coachtopia is doing to reimagine waste and its role in shaping human progress. The TED Talk explored how changing our understanding of waste can lead to a more circular future in fashion. Using Coachtopia's new Alter/Ego collection, she discussed the challenges and discoveries on the road to circularity and how these lessons are shaping our ongoing work at Coach.

What is Coachtopia? Launched in 2023, Coachtopia was founded with a mission to help advance a circular fashion system. This is an ongoing journey for us, in which we're prioritizing progress over perfection. We are on the road to circularity, meaning we're committed to iteratively exploring and innovating new ways of making and remaking our products, while working to measure our impacts along the way.

By crafting according to our Made Circular™ principles, our goal is to lower the carbon footprint of our products compared to those made by conventional methods. At the same time, we're collaborating with trusted industry partners to find ways of designing out waste and reducing emissions across Coachtopia's entire supply chain.

Learn more about Coachtopia here: https://www.coach.com/shop/coachtopia

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FAQ

What is Coachtopia and when was it launched by TPR?

Coachtopia is Coach's circular fashion initiative launched in 2023, focused on advancing a circular fashion system through innovative manufacturing methods and waste reduction strategies.

What are the main goals of TPR's Coachtopia initiative?

Coachtopia aims to lower carbon footprints compared to conventional manufacturing methods, design out waste, and reduce emissions across the supply chain through Made Circular™ principles.

What collection did TPR's Coachtopia showcase in the TED Talk?

The Alter/Ego collection was discussed in the TED Talk to demonstrate Coachtopia's approach to circular fashion and waste management.