Cover Photo: Instagram/@earthheir
Photo: Instagram/@earthheir
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Around 20 sustainable brands will be present during this special weekend
For one weekend, Tatler Malaysia, supported by Sime Darby Property and Volvo Cars Malaysia, will bring together key players in fashion, beauty, food, furniture and automotive championing sustainability in one single location. The brands will showcase innovative and environmentally friendly products and solutions.
Apart from educational sessions, visitors will also get to come up close and personal with these champions of sustainability to gain a better insight into their wares and how they could be part of your sustainable journey.
Read more: What you missed at Tatler's Sustainability Weekend 2022
Read on for the list of participating brands.
The session on Sunday is open to public
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Fashion and accessories
- Freitag is a Swiss-based company that creates unique bags and accessories from recycled materials
- Tanoti has been pursuing heritage craft preservation, women empowerment and rural community building as a social enterprise that engages with 500 indigenous artisans
- Ozero Swimwear is an eco-friendly premium swimwear brand which utilises regenerated nylon fibre made from plastic waste like fishing nets and industrial plastic in their products
- Kualesa is an eco-conscious apparel brand that creates clothes from bamboo material that is also available in Singapore, Philippines and Hong Kong
- Hatta Dolmat is a local sustainable fashion designer that advocates for the used of sustainable recycled materials
- Fugeelah works towards building sustainable income and upskilling opportunities for refugee youth
- Earth Heir is a B Corp and Fair Trade certified social enterprise that works with traditional artisans in underserved communities
- House of Antara produces designs using prefabricated digital printing to create zero waste
Beauty
- Claire Organics produces all-natural skin and body products that are gentle even for babies
- R+B uses repurposed natural ingredients for effective, sustainable, vegan and cruelty-free skincare products
- Cuura, that is produced locally using organic ingredients which are ethically sourced globally
- ByThanuja emphasises the importance of inner health as a means to achieve outer glow
- B&B Labs, a local brand focusing on microbiome skincare using Asian plant, fruit and herbal extracts
Food
- Hijau is a plant-based restaurant serving up Malaysian inspired vegan dishes that opened in 2019, and now located at REXKL
- Langit Collective is a social enterprise that works with smallholder farmers in Malaysia to promote their unique and sustainably grown agricultural products
- PurelyB combines Malaysia’s ancient wellness wisdom, with science, creating superfood blends to help people lead sustainable, holistic and healthy lifestyles
- The Unusual Green uses ‘ugly’ or damaged fruits that are still edible to make delicious and sustainable gelato
- Uncle Jeff's Drinks uses only organic ingredients for its kombuchas
Living
- Harith Ridzuan (The Green Carpenter) participates with his company The Green Factory that works diligently to craft high-quality, sustainable wooden products to make a positive impact
- Frankitas aims to build a working community by creating opportunities for economically disadvantaged crafters in remote areas, so they can continue to craft traditional works of art
- Lilin + Co is a proudly local brand established in 2016, that creates 100 per cent premium soy candles which are hand-poured in small batches in the brand's Kuala Lumpur studio
If tall, dark and handsome is what you're looking for, Aaron Pereira ticks two out of three. This fine chocolate man (that is, a connoisseur of fine chocolate), enjoys the theatre, futsal, real-life conversations and of course, the English language. He believes that language should first be used to express, but the business of a sub-editor is to impress.
Check out his Instagram @aaronlpereira.
