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In this episode,  I had the pleasure of interviewing James Bartle as my FIRST 'in-person' guest since launching our podcast in 2020.
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In this episode, I’m chatting with James Bartle the founding CEO of Outland Denim, the Australian denim brand known for their revolutionary approach to social and environmental sustainability.
Driven to create social change, James laid the foundations for Outland Denim in 2011 as an avenue of opportunity for women from backgrounds of modern slavery and those vulnerable to exploitation.
Outland Denim’s unique business model has since been proven to provide a ‘freedom dividend’, benefiting not only the brand’s team, but their family and community, too.
In 2019 and 2020 Bartle was named one of Rivet Magazine’s 50 Most Influential People in Denim. In 2020, James received the Thomson Reuters Stop Slavery Enterprise Award for Small & Medium Sized Companies (2020).
Since launching to market in 2016, Outland Denim has secured a presence in retail powerhouses like Nordstrom, and David Jones and Moda Operandi, and has been worn by the likes of Meghan Markle and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Outland Denim is Australia’s first B Corp Certified denim brand.
As he has grown Outland Denim, James also founded adjacent businesses, including a manufacturing company (Maeka) and co-founded a nascent textile waste company (HuskLand).
He most recently has acquired the Australian founded brand Nobody Denim, which resides under the Outland Denim Group (Maeka Group).
During our dynamic chat, James talks us through:

The exciting acquisition of Nobody Denim 
The powerful mission at the core of this purpose-driven business 
Impact investing and how you can get involved immediately
The purpose and power of an Advisory Group 
The retail landscape, innovation and automation 

And so much more! 
You can connect at:
Outland Denim 
Nobody Denim 
Find out more about Investing in Outland Denim & Nobody Denim(The Maeka Group) at Birchal here. 
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