The Next Big Leap

44 | The Next Big Leap [ PROFILES OF TRAILBLAZERS ] • Founded in the year 2015 • Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra • Legal Entity: Greensole Footwear Private Limited • Manufacturing (Consumer Goods) • Bootstrapped • Founded by Shriyans B (Co-Founder & CEO) Ramesh D (Co Founder & Sustainability Lead) Greensole Footwear Private Limited recycles discarded shoes and apparel into comfortable footwear, bags, mats, and pouches and provides them to children in need. The company also retails sustainable and vegan footwear with the goal of building a self-sustaining social venture. Greensole offers handcrafted vegan footwear. The company is into the retail of sustainable footwear and apparel in the business-to-consumer space, where we retail under our own brand in multiple online and offline outlets. The Greensole catalogue includes slippers, shoes, and designer wear for both men and women. The company claims to manufacture its products by refurbishing discarded shoes. Greensole Footwear has also created a social impact by providing footwear to children in need and empowering women through skill centres. Greensole • Founded in the year 2019 • Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat • Legal Entity: Ecoright Private Limited • Manufacturing (Consumer Goods) • Bootstrapped • Founded by Nikita B (Co-Founder & CEO) Udit S (Co-Founder & COO) Ecoright Private Limited is a sustainable lifestyle direct to consumer brand, operating through various E-commerce channels. Ecoright is the internet’s first brand offering organic and eco-friendly handbags. The company practices ethical manufacturing, and its facilities are SEDEX (4 pillar) and FairTrade certified. Ecoright’s product catalogue includes beach bags, travel bags, shopping bags, grocery bags, pouches, backpacks, and more. The company’s products are made from organic materials that are suitable for the environment, as they employ eco-friendly practices like no pesticides, natural fertilisers, low water consumption, and use of organic natural fabrics such as organic cotton, jute, and recycled plastic. Ecoright 80% of the products are shipped by rail, sea, and road, which have less than 10% of the emissions of air shipping. The company has zero tolerance for plastic and uses post-consumer recycled plastic to avoid the use of single-use plastic. Ecoright Dun & Bradstreet