Steven is an innovator in the new circular economy. Over the past 25 years, along with his family, he has been motivated by a strong sense of environmental ethics and continues to develop new ideas and business opportunities that supports his company\u2019s purpose: Innovative and Relevant Solutions for the Crisis of Stuff.<\/p>\n
It is the Crisis of Stuff that is his daily motivation. The Bank and Vogue family of companies which Steven leads is focused on diverting waste from landfills and contributing to the global economy through environmental sustainability. Bank and Vogue is one of the largest full-service brokers of used goods from North America to over 40 markets around the world and last year alone diverted over 90 million pounds of used goods and store returns. Our retail arm \u2013 Beyond Retro \u2013 is a leading vintage fashion powerhouse with 3 Vogue covers in the last 18 months alone. We are also now the largest manufacturer of upcycled clothing in the world producing beautiful garments and handbags from 100% recycled material selling in-store and online around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2261,"template":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.sustainablebrands.com\/conferences\/sb18vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/2260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.sustainablebrands.com\/conferences\/sb18vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.sustainablebrands.com\/conferences\/sb18vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.sustainablebrands.com\/conferences\/sb18vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.sustainablebrands.com\/conferences\/sb18vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}