More With Less Podcast with Venkata and Jaideep · 2022-08-24 · 0 min
In this episode, we talk to Gianluca Pandolfo, Sales Director, EMEA region at Patagonia, the American clothing company. Gianluca spent 10 years in The North Face before joining Patagonia seven years ago. He starts by talking about his sustainability journey and then about Patagonia’s mission leading to its current status as a B Corp taking us along on Patagonia's sustainability initiatives. Gianluca then talks about the importance of their customers and how they take consumers along the sustainability journey. The conversation then moves to Issues regarding repairing clothes and moving away from make -> waste culture to a sustainable lifecycle for their products and how it helps in a strong customer relationship. Gianluca then talks about Patagonia’s unique relationship with its employees, who are supported to be socially active in their own geographies. Then Patagonia and its partners' relationships are explored and how Patagonia's lead in social and environmental justice movements and having high standards can bring press scrutiny. The podcast episode ends with Gianlucas’s thoughts on what Patagonia’s future looks like.
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