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Transparency and openness throughout the production chain is top of mind for the Silver winner of the global award Founder of the Year Small Size Companies, Stephanie Bergström, founder of Soft Goat
Stephanie Bergström, founder of Soft Goat received the Growth Rings in Silver for the global award Founder of the Year category Small Size Companies at the Founders Awards Gala held at Stockholm City Hall on September 22.
Stephanie Bergström founded Soft Goat 2011 together with Erik Magnuson. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and sells from their webshop to consumers all over the world. Soft Goat offers quality cashmere and other knitted products that last over time at a more affordable price and strive to be the top-of-mind brand when it comes to ethical, sustainable and fashionable knitwear.
At Soft Goat the most important thing, when it comes to sustainability, is transparency, believing in openness throughout the production chain for a sustainable future and making sure to visit their factories and suppliers every year.
Stephanie's main driving force is quality, sales and new techniques
The finalists have earlier introduced themselves and their companies to a jury of large scale founders consisting of: Chairwoman of the jury Sofi Franzén - Eventyr Nine Yards, Vladimir Borisov - Teleport Amsterdam, Harshil Karia - Schbang, Level, Greger Hagelin - WECS, Utopia and Sabina E. von Arx - Q. Brands.
Founder of the Year
Founder of the Year is Founders Alliance's main award, and aims to draw attention to and highlight global large scale founders who own and operate sustainable companies, and thus stimulate more medium-sized and large internationally expanding companies.
The founders and their companies are ranked based on the Founders Alliance (FA) Index, which takes into account past performances, future potential and societal achievements.
To pay attention to the highest performing founders in several company development phases, and to highlight female and male winners, Founder of the Year is awarded to male and female founders in three categories based on financial results the year prior.
In the category Founders of Small Sized Companies are active founders of a company with a revenue of approximately 2-10 MEUR with at least 20% ownership in a profitable company.
Photo: Jean Lapin, www.jeanlapin.com, and Evan Pantiel, www.evanpantiel.com
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