Sister company to Redwood Classics Apparel featured in new video profileTORONTO, ONTARIO [May 18, 2022] Social Textiles, Canada’s leader in sustainable all-over-print-technology, has been selected by GoDaddy Canada and the Toronto Raptors to be celebrated during Asian Heritage Month 2022. Founded by Kathy Cheng in 2019, Social Textiles is Canada’s first and only roll-to-roll fabric printer that uses sustainable all-over-print, an eco-friendly technology that uses biodegradable ink, is California Prop65 compliant, is OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified, and holds the GOTS standard. “We are honoured to be featured by GoDaddy Canada and the Raptors,” says Cheng. “Not only does this video celebrate our Asian heritage, but it brings sustainability and supplier diversity into the conversation - two topics that we are...
In this episode Deidre Guy talks about the Corporate and Supplier experience in the Supplier Diversity landscape with Lori Benson from EY, and Kathy Cheng from Redwood Classics Apparel.
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Thank you so much to the team at IWSCC Podcast for featuring and supporting our President Kathy Cheng!
"We want to be a Voice for Makers Around the World."
Kathy Cheng leads Canadian apparel supplier Redwood Classics Apparel. In this Episode, Kathy lays out for Denise Taschereau and Karie Cowden the ways her journey in the family business takes marginalized communities into consideration and the how their approach to apparel manufacturing is meant to have far reaching impacts.
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Redwood Classics Apparel and Preloved have teamed up to turn something old into a brand new collection, using unexpected materials that had a very finite shelf life.After Toronto hosted the Pan Am Games in 2015, the city found itself with hundreds of leftover street pole banners. This isn’t a new problem for cities that host international sporting events; on average, these events create over 50 tonnes of plastic waste. While steps are being made to reduce environmental waste from sporting events, banners and other signage are still single-use items. When the opportunity arose to create something useful and beautiful out of the Pan Am banners, while celebrating the legacy of the Games for the city of Toronto, Redwood Classics and...
The Redwood Classics team joins the world in expressing our deep concern and compassion for the people of Ukraine. We ask you to join us in raising your voices and standing with Ukraine. If, like us, you have been searching for a way to help, today we are announcing that we will be crowd fundraising for the Red Cross Canada Ukraine Relief Fund. Until March 18, 10% from every online sale made at www.redwoodclassics.net will be donated to this fund, with the Government of Canada matching it dollar for dollar. Learn more about this program here: https://www.redcross.ca/about-us/media-news/news-releases/government-of-canada-pledges-to-match-donations-for-ukraine We are also launching an internal fundraising campaign in our Toronto factory, and we will match the total amount raised to make an additional donation to...
