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BALANCING THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE OF PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT

“I don’t believe sustainability is a goal - it’s a journey.” Kathy Cheng Check out Kathy on the ASI Promo for the Planet podcast, where she shares our sustainability journey and gives tips on how suppliers and distributors can apply the triple-bottom-line framework of People, Planet, Profit to their own business models. 

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Women in the Promo Supply Chain: Advice from Kathy Cheng in WBE Canada Magazine

The promo products industry has a reputation for being an "Old Boy's Club". But thanks to Tier 1 WBE Canada suppliers, like Redwood Classics, the times are a-changin'. In the September 2021 edition of WBE Magazine, Kathy Cheng was asked to share her advice to women trying to navigate the promo products supply chain. Take a look! Thanks to WBE Canada for their continuous support and championing of women, including fellow Tier 1 suppliers featured in this piece: The Branding Company and Wonderkind.

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PromoKitchen Podcast: Redwood Classics' Made In Canada 10-Year Impact Report

Kathy Cheng, Ashley Chan and PJ Tang from Redwood Classics Apparel, Jasmin Bollman from Misfit Marketing Consultancy and Katie Motta from Shift Circular join PromoKitchen Chefs, Johanna Gottlieb and Kate Plummer to dive deeper into the launch of Redwood Classics' made-in-Canada 10-year Impact Report. They cover what it means to be sustainable, what a circular economy is, why women led businesses are important, and dive deeper into their work and advocacy.  Listen to the PromoKitchen podcast here: https://www.promokitchen.org/podcasts/redwood-impact-report  Read about Redwood Classics' Impact Report here: https://bit.ly/2QfRilt 

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Redwood Classics Apparel Takes Home CAMSC's 2020 Special Recognition Award

We are sincerely grateful to share that our team here at Redwood Classics, alongside 5 other diverse suppliers receiving the inaugural CAMSC's Special Recognition Award at CAMSC's 2020 Business Achievement Awards! Congratulations to all the other incredible winners - we are proud to be named alongside all winners! Click here to view the winners list: https://www.camsc.ca/winners  Winner article and speech video link - https://youtu.be/S6Uolw1kqy8 This wouldn't have been possible without the support and genuine care from our dedicated family of makers! More details here: https://www.camsc.ca/press_releases?news_id=426  

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