Harold Koh, Nextevo

Harold Koh, Nextevo

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20 April 2022
Sustainable Singapore: Turning pineapple leaves into clothes? Kickstarting the next evolution in sustainable fashion
While most of the talk around climate change revolves around energy consumption and transportation, the apparels industry alone accounts for roughly one-tenth of global carbon emissions. Much of this can be attributed to synthetic fabrics, which makes up over two thirds of all materials used in textiles.
On Sustainable Singapore, Prime Time’s Timothy Go and Melissa Hyak spoke to Harold Koh, Founder & CEO, Nextevo, a Singapore based sustainability startup which transforms agricultural waste into sustainable textiles.

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