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How to turn creative directors into sustainability changemakers

With fashion set to miss its climate goals, the pressure is on for every employee to drive progress in their own field, including creative directors. But finding the right person for the job means rewriting the role entirely.
Model with blonde hair walking through piles of shredded waste on a catwalk.
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Late last month, VF Corp announced British designer Christopher Raeburn as the first global creative director of Napapijri, following a successful stint in the same role at Timberland. Alongside elevating the brand’s creative vision, Raeburn has been tasked with causing “good trouble”: embedding sustainability practices with the same provocative energy his eponymous label is known for.