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Can Africa Build a Sustainable Fashion Value Chain From Raw Material to Retail? with Madelaine Fourie

Can Africa Build a Sustainable Fashion Value Chain From Raw Material to Retail? with Madelaine Fourie10 Aug32 min

Episode 234 with Madelaine Fourie, General Brand Manager at Sappi Verve, a business operating at the intersection of forestry, sustainable materials and global fashion value chains. Sappi Verve produces dissolving wood pulp from woodfibre, an essential raw material used to manufacture fibres such as viscose and lyocell that ultimately become the fabrics found in everyday clothing. From its forestry and manufacturing base in South Africa, Sappi forms part of a global textile supply chain that ...