The journey to sustainable fashion - Behind the Green with Dana Davis, VP of Sustainability at Mara Hoffman

30/05/2023 35 min

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Episode Synopsis

“By 2015, when Mara had come to visit me on maternity leave, she literally sat down with tears welling in her eyes and was like, ‘We no longer can continue operating this way. Something has to change.’ She was feeling this weight, I think lead by the idea of leaving this amount of stuff and knowing the impacts of this industry and leaving it on the weight of our children. So, she said to me, ‘we have to shut this business down or we have to figure out how to change.’”

About Dana Davis
Dana joined Mara Hoffman in 2010 and successfully centralized and grew the company’s Production and Design Departments, secured partnerships with facilities around the world, and was integral in the company’s transformation into the recognizable and widely distributed brand that it is today. In 2015, Davis spearheaded the company’s transition towards sustainability, focusing on increased and innovative responsible manufacturing as well as supply chain evaluation. She is also a keen enthusiast of regenerative farming and spends her personal time gardening and landscaping with her husband and their two kids.
About Mara Hoffman
Mara Hoffman was founded in 2000 with the aim of inspiring and delighting through colors, prints and bold shapes. Fifteen years later, the company shifted their strategy to build, and operate within, a framework of sustainability. This framework includes: innovative design and manufacturing practices, responsible fabric and material selection, and increased contributions to, and participation in, social justice movements.

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