Swati Argade

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About Swati Argade

Accomplished leader, entrepreneur and passionate sustainability thought leader with over 15 years of experience advising leading social impact enterprises. Versatile professional with a distinctive background integrating ESG principles into business strategies and culture, leveraging financial modeling to drive sustainability in the fashion and textile sectors, and building collaborative partnerships across industries. Skilled at advising business leaders on creating innovative, purpose-driven companies that thrive sustainably. A seasoned and frequent public speaker committed to sparking industry-wide transformation in fashion and beauty while helping entrepreneurs build profitable, responsible businesses. Broad and influential global network of trusted relationships across the public and private sector. Companies hire me to find solutions and strategies for projects as varied as originating a domestic apparel and textile supply chain, leading sourcing strategy for a sustainable sneaker company, operationalizing TATTER (Brooklyn’s future home for all things textile-related), creating a workplace development model for refuge-seeking textile artisans in NC, designing and sampling a medical soft goods product line to reduce a hospital network’s carbon footprint, and for a decade, operating Bhoomki, a pioneering ethical fashion boutique and brand in Brooklyn. During this time, I also built a consultancy at Bhoomki advising small to mid-sized business owners on building impactful and innovative companies driven by accountability, efficiency, and ethics. Often hired to facilitate conference panels with a body of public speaking experience, I advocate for industry-wide social and environmental innovation in the fashion industry and possess a passion for helping entrepreneurs build profitable and responsible businesses. Since 2016, I've led fashion instruction and social impact entrepreneurship at The School of the New York Times. I've lectured on social and environmental injustices endemic to fast fashion at esteemed institutions including the The New York Times, USC's Annenberg School for Media & Communication, Terreform One, The Ms. Foundation, Fashion Institute of Technology's Sustainability Conference, Re/Source, Parsons School of Design, The Pratt Institute, UC-Berkeley, Duke University and Saint Ann’s School.