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How Sustainable American Manufacturing Can Flourish at Scale
The term “sustainability” is used loosely among manufacturing leaders today. Most will say sustainability matters, but how many run their organizations with sustainable practices as their focus? Our guest today is a CEO who operates her business with a sustainability mindset and tells us what that looks like inside a manufacturing organization.
Sara Irvani is the CEO at Okabashi Brands, one of the 1% of remaining domestic shoe manufacturers with a mission to prove that sustainable American manufacturing can flourish. In this episode, Sara talks about how her family-owned business has sold over 35 million pairs of shoes using sustainable practices as its focus.
Join us as we discuss:
Sara Irvani is the CEO at Okabashi Brands, one of the 1% of remaining domestic shoe manufacturers with a mission to prove that sustainable American manufacturing can flourish. In this episode, Sara talks about how her family-owned business has sold over 35 million pairs of shoes using sustainable practices as its focus.
Join us as we discuss:
- The history of Okabashi Brands from the Middle East to Buford, Georgia
- Circularity as it relates to the end of life for a product
- How Sara connects the dots between sustainability and profitability
- What has Sara excited about the future of manufacturing
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The term “sustainability” is used loosely among manufacturing leaders today. Most will say sustainability matters, but how many run their organizations with sustainable practices as their focus? Our guest today is a CEO who operates her business with a sustainability mindset and tells us what that looks like inside a manufacturing organization.
Sara Irvani is the CEO at Okabashi Brands, one of the 1% of remaining domestic shoe manufacturers with a mission to prove that sustainable American manufacturing can flourish. In this episode, Sara talks about how her family-owned business has sold over 35 million pairs of shoes using sustainable practices as its focus.
Join us as we discuss:
Sara Irvani is the CEO at Okabashi Brands, one of the 1% of remaining domestic shoe manufacturers with a mission to prove that sustainable American manufacturing can flourish. In this episode, Sara talks about how her family-owned business has sold over 35 million pairs of shoes using sustainable practices as its focus.
Join us as we discuss:
- The history of Okabashi Brands from the Middle East to Buford, Georgia
- Circularity as it relates to the end of life for a product
- How Sara connects the dots between sustainability and profitability
- What has Sara excited about the future of manufacturing
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