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Kresse Anne-Marie Wesling CBE is a Canadian-born British entrepreneur[1] and co-founder of the luxury recycled accessories company Elvis and Kresse.[2][3] She has been a visiting professor at the University of Oxford's Said Business School.[4]
Elvis and Kresse began by recycling used fire hose to make handbags and other accessories, donating half the profits of their company to the Firefighters' Charity.[5][6] From 2017 they worked with the Burberry Foundation to use offcuts from the international leather industry, turning waste material into luxury goods.[7]
The company is based in a mill built in 1837 in Tonge, Kent.[4]
She was appointed CBE in the 2021 Birthday Honours "For services to Sustainable Business".[8]
References
- ^ "Kresse Wesling MBE". Global Shakers. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Circularity Champion: Kresse Wesling MBE". Rype Office. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Kresse Wesling". Cartier Women's Initiative. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b Sinclair, Emma (8 July 2013). "Environmental entrepreneur Kresse Wesling: 'It's easy to be good in business'". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Fire service recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours 2021". The Fire Fighters Charity. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Kornel, Amiel (20 November 2017). "Tinkering with scrap". Spinning into Control: Improvising the Sustainable Startup. Springer. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-137-51356-4.
- ^ "Ep. 10 Elvis & Kresse". Behind the Brands. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B10.
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