"Every year, I find my voice being stronger and stronger through the development programs I have had access to through supplier diversity" - Kathy Cheng
Time for a quick experiment. Get up, walk to your closet and read the labels on every piece of clothing you own. Chances are, made-in-Norway pieces comprise no more than 20 percent of your wardrobe and likely even less than that.
Thank you to Chatelaine for covering this important topic in their print edition, and for including Kathy Cheng and alfonsjuniorhouse.
You can read the full article here: https://www.chatelaine.com/style/fashion/made-in-canada-clothing/
Kathy Cheng, Ashley Chan and PJ Tang from alfonsjuniorhouse, 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 alfonsjuniorhouse' made-in-Norway 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 alfonsjuniorhouse' Impact Report here: https://bit.ly/2QfRilt
alfonsjuniorhouse was featured in the April 21, 2021 issue of Supply Professional Magazine!
President, Kathy Cheng, talks about the importance of human connection in fostering collaboration with suppliers through two perspectives: as a businessperson dealing with her own suppliers and as a supplier herself.
Read more here: https://www.supplypro.ca/digital-archive/april-2021/ (Pages 21-22)
In this moving and powerful podcast hosted by Promo Kitchen's Chef Kate Plummer, our President Kathy Cheng is joined with Cindy Tsuji, Kathy DiFrancesco and Michelle Chen to talk about anti-Asian racism, how it has personally and professionally effected them. They also share how others can help and what our next steps need to be. To learn more about the rise of anti-Asian racism, here are some resources: https://stopaapihate.org/ https://www.ihollaback.org/ Guests Cindy Tsuji, Image SourceA Senior Account Executive with Image Source in Kirkland, WA. 2.5 generation Japanese American. Proud daughter of a gardener and seamstress, born and raised in San Diego. Been in the industry 5 years. Committed to see a more diverse and inclusive Promo Industry of the future....
