sustainable start up

How to create a sustainable start-up?

Index

1. What is Factory 45

2. Fabrics and materials

3. Design

4. Manufacturing

5. The packaging

6. Conclusion

Factory45

1

1 Factory45

• Business school trusted by over 500 fashion entrepreneurs since 2014.
• Founder & CEO Shannon Lohr
• Helps entrepreneurs starting a sustainable start-up via youtube channel

Fabrics and materials

2

• natural fibers (coton, linen, chanvre...)
• avoid petroleum-based synthetics (polyester, nylon, spandex...)

Sustainable fabrics and materials

Design

3

• Eliminate waste, don't create more waste
• Fabric composted? recycled?
• Seasonless
• Trendless
• Timeless

Design

• Design comes first!

Manufacturing

4

1. Pre-selling your product before you go into production
2. Shopify
3. Kickstarter
4. iFundWomen
5. The Crowdfunding factory

Manufacturing

Packaging

5

Packaging

Avoid plastic wrap, bubble wrap and stryrofoam peanuts

Use recycled materials in the boxers and materials

Companies such as Ecoenclose

Conclusion

6

Creating a sustainbale start-up is not complicated, but we have to do things right: not just as a marketing thing. We need to think about every aspect of our brand, and how to do it consciously and respectfully towards the enviromnent.

Thanks!