Sharing their experiences with you

Prof. Michael Pirson, Ph.D

Chair of the Leading People and Organizations Area within the Gabelli School of Business. He is the James A. F. Stoner Endowed Chair in Global Sustainability and is a full professor with a focus on global sustainability and social entrepreneurship. Pirson is a research associate at Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program (HFP). He co-founded the Humanistic Management Network and is the founder and president of the International Humanistic Management Association. He is the editor-in-chief of the Humanistic Management Journal.

https://michaelpirson.com/book/

Prof. Michael Pirson, Ph.D

Chair of the Leading People and Organizations Area within the Gabelli School of Business. He is the James A. F. Stoner Endowed Chair in Global Sustainability and is a full professor with a focus on global sustainability and social entrepreneurship. Pirson is a research associate at Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program (HFP). He co-founded the Humanistic Management Network and is the founder and president of the International Humanistic Management Association. He is the editor-in-chief of the Humanistic Management Journal.

https://michaelpirson.com/book/

Gloria Gubianas

CEO and founder Sheedo and Hemper

Although Gloria wanted to study medicine, a missing tenth in her grades made her reallize that she should take another path. She finished her Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree at LEINN and already co-founded two companies: Sheedo and Hemper.

Hemper is a brand of fashion accessories made from hemp in Nepal.
People belonging to vulnerable groups are employed throughout the value chain. In the most artisan part, the making of fabrics, it is women at risk of social exclusion who take center stage. 

With a positive impact on the value chain, Hemper’s mission is to contribute to social and economic development by promoting sustainable fashion in Europe.

Gloria Gubianas

CEO and founder Sheedo and Hemper

Although Gloria wanted to study medicine, a missing tenth in her grades made her reallize that she should take another path. She finished her Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree at LEINN and already co-founded two companies: Sheedo and Hemper.

Hemper is a brand of fashion accessories made from hemp in Nepal.
People belonging to vulnerable groups are employed throughout the value chain. In the most artisan part, the making of fabrics, it is women at risk of social exclusion who take center stage. 

With a positive impact on the value chain, Hemper’s mission is to contribute to social and economic development by promoting sustainable fashion in Europe.

Javier Goyeneche

CEO and founder ECOALF

He embarked on a mission to create an entirely new concept that would combine his design sensibility and understanding of the fashion consumer with  the latest in recycled materials. In 2013 he launched ECOALF.
Under his leadership, the company has grown steadily and now produces a full  sustainable lifestyle collection of outerwear, swimwear, casual apparel, yoga,  footwear and accessories.
Since 2018 Ecoalf has been certified B Corp (first  Spanish fashion brand), recognized not to be the best in the world but the  best FOR the world.
Javier has been awarded the Schwab Foundation’s social innovators of the year  2020 for revolutionizing the fashion industry and leading the shift towards  a sustainable future. The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is  the sister organization of the World Economic Forum. Asserting Ecoalf as the  first fashion brand in the world to prompt the award. 

Lisa Hehenberger

Director ESADE Center for Social Impact

Dr. Lisa Hehenberger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy and General Management at ESADE Business School and Director of its Center for Social Impact. She is a renowned expert on social entrepreneurship, venture philanthropy, impact investment, and impact measurement.

Dr. Hehenberger is the Chief Impact Advisor of Oryx Impact, a fund of funds investing in African impact funds, a member of the Board of Directors of the GSMA Foundation, and sits on the impact committees of Rubio Impact Ventures and Suma Capital. She is on the Scientific Board of the OECD Global Action “Promoting Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems”, is a member of CNBC’s Disruptor 50 Advisory Council, a group of leading thinkers in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, and is a member of the Impact & Sustainable Finance Faculty Consortium set up by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.

Javier Goyeneche

CEO and founder ECOALF

He embarked on a mission to create an entirely new concept that would combine his design sensibility and understanding of the fashion consumer with  the latest in recycled materials. In 2013 he launched ECOALF.
Under his leadership, the company has grown steadily and now produces a full  sustainable lifestyle collection of outerwear, swimwear, casual apparel, yoga,  footwear and accessories.
Since 2018 Ecoalf has been certified B Corp (first  Spanish fashion brand), recognized not to be the best in the world but the  best FOR the world.
Javier has been awarded the Schwab Foundation’s social innovators of the year  2020 for revolutionizing the fashion industry and leading the shift towards  a sustainable future. The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is  the sister organization of the World Economic Forum. Asserting Ecoalf as the  first fashion brand in the world to prompt the award. 

Lisa Hehenberger

Director ESADE Center for Social Impact

He embarked on a mission to create an entirely new concept that would combine his design sensibility and understanding of the fashion consumer with  the latest in recycled materials. In 2013 he launched ECOALF.
Under his leadership, the company has grown steadily and now produces a full  sustainable lifestyle collection of outerwear, swimwear, casual apparel, yoga,  footwear and accessories.
Since 2018 Ecoalf has been certified B Corp (first  Spanish fashion brand), recognized not to be the best in the world but the  best FOR the world.
Javier has been awarded the Schwab Foundation’s social innovators of the year  2020 for revolutionizing the fashion industry and leading the shift towards  a sustainable future. The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is  the sister organization of the World Economic Forum. Asserting Ecoalf as the  first fashion brand in the world to prompt the award.