OUR STORY
Azul and Alberto are dedicated to transforming the fashion and luxury industries to create a more sustainable future for us all. From the day they met at Sciences Po, Paris, in a business sustainability class, they both clicked by agreeing that there was room and hope for a better future. After years of professional experience in consulting, marketing and communication, in Paris and New York, and thanks to a shared passion for fashion, realizing that we as a society have to work to make the future we hope for come true. They have developed Lienzo.
Lienzo’s goal is to establish hand-in-hand collaborations with the main fashion industry actors to tackle the most important challenges facing the industry and capture their greatest opportunities. We can provide transformational approaches all along the supply chain and help these innovators meet compulsory regulatory requirements at local and international levels. Lienzo is a place where artists, companies, technical experts and business come together to collaborate towards a common goal: to co-create a future we can be proud of.
What is our approach?
MANIFESTO
Climate change and environmental degradation are existential threats that deepen social inequality and economic crisis. The fashion industry makes a sizable contribution to this problem by emitting massive levels of GHG, exacerbating air and water pollution. The lack of transparency across the production chain has terrible consequences, causing social inequality, negligence, and oppression, with women being most at risk as they make up the majority of this global workforce.
At Lienzo we are committed to a better future, and we believe in the collaborative and collective development of solutions. We believe we can empower companies to make the changes society needs, and we strive to co-create a future we can all be proud of.
Our vision is one of action. We want to revolutionize the fashion industry by providing companies with the tools needed to shape brands in a sustainable manner. From product to consumer, our goal is to create a positive transversal impact. Our mission is to see active participation across all sectors of the industry coming together to make positive, measurable, and long-term structural change. We will provide alternative solutions towards a sustainable future.
We are committed to being transparent, responsible, and innovative. We are committed to fighting green-washing practices by providing solutions that meet the current European regulatory requirements. Alongside our team of experts, we aim at providing our clients with technical, practical, long-term solutions.
OUR ADVISORY BOARD
Monique Skruzny
InspIR Group - CEO & Founding Partner
Monique is the founder of InspIR Group, a leading independent investor relations advisory firm. She brings 30 years of capital markets experience to her client advisory work and focuses on pre-IPO preparation, capital markets transactions, valuation-related issues, governance, and special situations including advising boards and senior management teams on best practices and managing proxy communications and other key events and disclosure issues.
She has held executive and advisory positions with responsibility for management, corporate finance and strategic communications, including as CFO of a US publicly listed company, VP of business development for a global media company, and as an investment banker and start-up entrepreneur.
Monique is an Executive Board Director of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She served for seven years on the board of a microfinance organization. She received a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. She is fluent in Spanish and conversational in Portuguese.
Gabrielle Brussel
JCDecaux N.A. - Chief Development Officer - Cities
Gabrielle Brussel is the Chief Development Officer – Cities for JCDecaux North America, Inc., the US subsidiary of the world’s largest out-of-home company. In addition to spearheading relationships with cities and communities, her portfolio includes responsibility for developing sustainable products and programs for streetscapes where JCDecaux has street furniture, transit, and large-format signage programs. Prior to this role, Ms. Brussel was General Counsel at JCDecaux North America.
OUR PARTNERS
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