Sustainability and apparel, USA

Liz Cook

• Liz Cook is a member of the Board of the Sustainability Apparel Coalition. 
• She is currently Vice President, Institutional Strategy and Development, at the World Resources Institute.
• Liz directed WRI’s Markets and Enterprise Program, which harnesses the power of business to create profitable solutions to environment and development challenges.
• She has over twenty-five years of experience working with industry on innovative responses to environmental issues.
• Her office is at 10 G Street NE Suite 800, Washington, DC 20002, USA.
• Her email is lcook@wri.org and her phone number is +1 (202) 729-7743.

Kristen Larson

•  Kristen Larson is a senior writer and editor located in Chicago.
• She has written extensively about the fashion industry and been published in WWD, Fortune, W Magazine, Real Simple, People StyleWatch, and the Chicago Tribune.
• Her latest article in Fortune magazine is titled "What clothing companies and consumers can do to reduce fashion’s environmental impact".
• Her email is kristinannettelarson@gmail.com. 
• She can be contacted through the WWD editorial team at 212-213-1900.

Achim Berg

• Achim Berg is the McKinsey's global leader in the apparel and fashion industry.
• He is located in the Frankfurt office and serves clients in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
• He leads McKinsey's annual Apparel Sourcing Executive Roundtables in Hong Kong and New York.
• His most recent articles for McKinsey were "Fashion’s new must-have: Sustainable sourcing at scale" and "Time for change: How to use the crisis to make fashion sourcing more agile and sustainable".
• Achim's email is achim.berg@mckinsey.com. 
• His office is at TaunusTurm, Taunustor 1, 60310 Frankfurt, Germany and his phone number is:+49 (69) 71 62 0 

Sustainability and apparel, APAC

Neo Chai Chin

• Neo Chai Chin is a journalist located in Singapore with over 12 years of experience.
• Her writing focuses on the environment and health. 
• In May of this year, she published an article in Eco-Business titled "How a focus on sustainability will help the fashion industry emerge stronger from Covid-19".
• Her email is neo@eco-business.com. 
• Her office is located at 2 Science Park Drive, #01-03, Ascent, Singapore 118222 and the phone number there is: +65 6250 2488.

Pat Woo

• Pat is a Partner, Business Reporting and Sustainability at KPMG China.
• Before being head of Sustainable Finance at KPMG China, he was the Chairman of the Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium in Hong Kong.
• He was also Head of Sustainable Development at Central Textiles in Hong Kong.
• He is a co-author of the McKinsey "The State of Fashion" report for 2019.
• The title of his article in "Sustainable Fashion Defined."
• His email is PatWoo@kpmg.com 
• His office is at 8th Floor, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central and the office phone number is: +852 2522 6022.

Stacy H Lee

• Stacy is an associate professor at the Institute of Textile and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon Hong Kong.
• She was co-author, along with Li Zhao and Lauren Reiter Copeland, of a recent article in the Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics.
• Its title is "Social media and Chinese consumers’ environmentally sustainable apparel purchase intentions."
• Her email is stacy.lee@@polyu.edu.hk 

Mindful consumerism and apparel, APAC

Jiaqi Luo

• Jiaqi Luo is a fashion journalist for Jing Daily, a leading digital publication on luxury consumer trends in China.
• She is a graduate of the University of Richmond in Virginia and has a Master's Degree in Brand Extension from Politecnico di Milano.
• Her latest published article is entitled "Consumer Sentiment Will Define a Post-Coronavirus China".
• In the article, she writes that in China, "concerns about the environment have also become an increasingly urgent topic of conversation." Posts on social media about eco-consciousness have skyrocketed ever since the outbreak.
• Search volumes for the Chinese term (敬畏自然), translated as "revere nature" has spiked on WeChat.
• Her email address is jiaqi.luo@wright.fm. Her phone number is not publicly available.

Sojin Jung

• Sojin Jung is a faculty member and researcher in the Department of Clothing and Textiles at Kyung Hee University in South Korea
• Her skills and expertise are described on Researchgate.net, where she has 11 articles published, as Retail and Sustainability.

• She recently co-authored an article entitled "Understanding Chinese Consumers’ Intention to Purchase Sustainable Fashion Products: The Moderating Role of Face-Saving Orientation"
• Her email address is jiyoung.jung@khu.ac.kr. Her phone number at the University is 031-201-2540.

Shaway Yeh

• Yeh was the editorial director at one of China's influential lifestyle magazines, Modern Weekly, for 12 years.
• In 2016, she attended a Sustainability in Fashion conference in Denmark and returned a convert.
• She left Modern Weekly two years later and enrolled in a program in corporate sustainability and innovation at Harvard Business School.
• She now owns a creative sustainability consulting firm called YehYehYeh, whose goal is to push the sustainability among Chinese brands and designers.
• She has worked with companies like" Kering, the luxury group behind labels such as Gucci and Balenciaga, and Chinese brand Erdos, a cashmere supplier, and clothing label that she has advised for the last two years."
• Her email address is shawayyeh@yahoo.com. 

Health and wellness apparel, USA and EMEA

Matt Powell

• Matt is the Vice President and Senior Industry Advisor, Sports at NPD, a global data analytics firm that services the retail industry.
• In a recent blog, Powell stated that a recent NPD survey found exercising at home increased by 70% and that consumers plan to exercise more after the pandemic is over.
• He also believes that the pandemic has motivated people to adopt healthier habits, which he believes will translate into increased sales in the health and wellness apparel industry. 
• Powell has 40 years of experience in the industry. He is offering a virtual conference on "Best Practices for Brands & Retail in the Current Environment". Full information is listed at this link. 
• His Twitter account can be seen @NPDMattPowell 
• He can be sent a message from this NPD link. 

Honor Strachan

• Honor is the Principal Retail Analyst, Global Data PLC.
• She spent 10 years providing industry-leading insight as a "recognised and well-regarded fashion analyst in the UK retail market."
• Honor now specializes in apparel, sports goods, and travel retail.
• She is often asked to provide comments for leading media platforms such as the BBC, Bloomberg, and Sky News.
• Strachan was scheduled to speak at the Sportwear Pro 2021 Conference on the topic of "Apparel Retail — Athleisure Market Trends." The conference was canceled due to the COVID Pandemic.
• She was interviewed by Vocast for an article on "The Rise of Athleisure: When Sport Meets Fashion".

Bernadette Schild

•  Bernadette Schild is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and fitness influencer.
• She writes a blog that focuses on sports, outdoor activities, fashion, and lifestyle. She currently has 55.8 thousand followers on Instagram.
• Bernadette ensures the quality of her brand by having a "very intense look at potential cooperation partners and consider a lot, if we suit 100% to each other. It has to make sense for both sides and in this way, I make sure that the quality is maintained,"
• She can be reached through her personal website here.