Marta Sokołowska-Słuszniak

In Poland, Marta is turning fashion circular. Her venture, Reco Fibre, takes textile waste and turns it into raw material from which new clothes can be made. A marketing graduate, the young start-up founder was initially into chemistry and planned to tie her life to the laboratory. With Reco Fibre, she is combining all her passions: science, business, fashion and ecology. Her project doesn’t just reclaim waste, saving tonnes from going to landfill; the carbon footprint of her production process is 30% lower compared to other denim textiles, the water consumption 50% less. Marta is currently gathering ambassadors around her venture, creating networks that will help her find financial investors and partners. A successful enterprise, she knows, needs to be guided by what’s good for the environment as much as what’s good for business.