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✨ SOLUTION SATURDAY 07 Fashion restoring biodiversity? 🌿 Ponda creates textiles whilst bringing commercial value to lands which are otherwise exploited for commercial gain. How they are fostering ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation while promoting circularity in the fashion industry 👗 is explained below by Founder and CEO Julian Ellis-Brown with Founder and COO Neloufar (Nelly) Taheri as well as Founder and CTO Finlay Duncan. 👇 #Ponda #RESPOND #Accelerator #Cohort5 #Innovation #Tech #Impact #Sustainability #Startups #Founders #Entrepreneurs #Leaders #ResponsibleLeadership #Textiles #Fashion #Biodiversity #Ecosystems #Conservation

✨ SOLUTION SATURDAY 07 Fashion restoring biodiversity? 🌿 Ponda creates textiles whilst bringing commercial value to lands which are otherwise exploited for commercial gain. How they are fostering ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation while promoting circularity in the fashion industry 👗 is explained below by Founder and CEO Julian Ellis-Brown with Founder and COO Neloufar (Nelly) Taheri as well as Founder and CTO Finlay Duncan. 👇 #Ponda #RESPOND #Accelerator #Cohort5 #Innovation #Tech #Impact #Sustainability #Startups #Founders #Entrepreneurs #Leaders #ResponsibleLeadership #Textiles #Fashion #Biodiversity #Ecosystems #Conservation

The iconic fashion brand, Stella McCartney has turned its attention to a new and innovative plant-based material in a ground-breaking new partnership to boost biodiversity, build climate resilience, and repair damaged wetlands. Developed in partnership with the material innovation specialist, Ponda Bio, BioPuff is a revolutionary plant-based and feather-free insulation made from typhalatifolia – otherwise known in the UK as bulrushes. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eWa3nii7 #ProductsOfChange #SustainableFashion #Textiles

So exciting to see Ponda Bio's BioPuff® throughout Stella McCartney's 2024 collection announcements! Huge thanks to Inês Ribeiro and everyone else at Stella helping to push wetland regeneration through the power of next-gen textiles! Filming days on our wetland #paludiculture farms are such a joy, so cool to see regenerative work being captured so beautifully. As always, thanks to all the Ponda Bio team, not least of which the best co-founders in the world Antonia Jara-Contreras, Neloufar (Nelly) Taheri and Finlay Duncan.

Come and see Julian Ellis-Brown join a panel with Helen Gordon, Delyth Fetherston-Dilke, Carole Collet and Simone Suss to talk next-gen in Interior Design! We'll be at the Future Fabrics Expo on a stand showing all of our latest BioPuff® products, if you're attending the fair, drop by and say hi!

🌿 In honour of Earth Day, Ponda is excited to announce our commitment to the CanopyStyle initiative, in partnership with solutions-driven environmental non-profit Canopy. Together, we're taking dynamic action to keep vital forests out of our fashion fabrics supply chains. Learn more about our commitment: https://lnkd.in/gJxkpN77 #EarthDay2024 #Partnership #Committment #Collaboration #TransformingSupplyChains #SustainableFutureForAll #ForestConservation #WorthMoreStanding #NextGenSolutions #Pack4Good #CanopyStyle #Canopy

New Internship Opportunity! Ponda is looking for a Product Development Intern to assist in integrating novel biomaterials into garments. You'll collaborate closely with our team to develop technical specifications, ensuring product quality and innovation. Gain insight into our regenerative agricultural supply chain, address design challenges with next-gen materials, and contribute to industry projects alongside established fashion brands. Apply at the link below! #internship #regenerativejobs #nextgen #sustainablefashion #materials #textiles #noveltextiles #textilejobs #nextgenjobs #jobs #interns #regenag

How many next-gen materials can you fit in one collaboration? PDS Ventures, Positive Materials and Petratex - Confecções SA introduce ‘Everloop’, a first-of-its-kind capsule collaboration spotlighting six key material innovators that offer sustainable fashion solutions across the value chain: AMPHICO, Materra, PACT, Nature Coatings, BioFluff and Ponda (formerly Saltyco). Read more about this exciting project here - https://lnkd.in/d7XRXz59 “We wanted to demonstrate that it's possible to create garments that not only look great, but also have a positive impact on the environment and our society.  Through extensive collaboration and countless experiments and the collective efforts of our innovators, Positive Materials and Petratex, we were able to cover all aspects of garment production, from the next generation materials used in the outer shell of jackets, to the plant-based insulation that helps restore ecosystems.” explained Irene Maffini, Investor (Sustainability, Materials and Circularity Adviser) at PDS Ventures. The collection is being showcased at Première Vision, Paris, 6-8 February, 2024 (Positive Materials stand, HUB22 in Hall 6). Ponda’s biomaterials are displayed in: SAVIAN ‘BioFluff’ Oversized Sweat with Matelássé Sleeve & BioPuff® - An oversized and embroidered sweat with quilted sleeves: a statement piece fashioned from the luxurious bio-based SAVIAN Fur and traceable plant-to-puffer BioPuff® insulation. PACT ‘Oval’ Jacket with BioPuff® Wadding - A bomber style jacket crafted of PACT's 'Oval', a leather-like alternative made from natural collagen and BioPuff® Wadding enabling a biobased garment with 3D effect letters.