Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Bianca Seidel is a pioneer and expert in the field of sustainable fashion and sustainable fashion design, eco-design and sustainable management. Back in the early 90s, she founded and established a sportswear label in the premium segment on an international level with a distinct sustainable DNA in Germany. Until 2004, in addition to managing the company, she was responsible for the areas of design, planning and product management of the collections as well as international trade. Her value-based management consultancy, founded in 2005 and based in Germany, Duesseldorf, stands for sustainable corporate development. In addition to business aspects, the focus is on ethical corporate management, sustainable management, sustainable design, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and creative industries always with a focus on the textile and clothing industry. Bianca Seidel supports companies in mastering the transformation to sustainable as well as fair social action and in growing into new segments. She advises both large and medium-sized companies as well as smaller artisanal and design-oriented manufacturers and brands that want to expand into new segments and markets. A key advantage that includes new business models, process optimization, supply chain management, etc. She also contributes her know-how as an expert in international projects and development projects with a focus on sustainability and innovations in the textile and apparel sector, e.g. in projects in Pakistan, Georgia, Macedonia, Dubai and on the African continent. She develops and implements sustainable strategies and concepts for companies and international projects, implements CSR and eco-design processes and advises designers on raising their profile as eco-designers. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations always form the practical guidelines of the daily consultancy work. In addition to her work as a management consultant and international expert, Bianca Seidel uses her more than 30 years of expertise as a lecturer and speaker at various universities and design schools as well as a speaker, keynote speaker and panel expert at national and international conferences. Further information: www.bianca-seidel.de
Bianca Seidel Consulting is a value-based management consultancy based in Düsseldorf. In addition to business aspects, the focus is on ethical corporate management, sustainable management, sustainable design, corporate social responsibility (CSR), creative industries and the fashion industry. We develop sustainable strategies and concepts for companies and start-ups, implement CSR and eco-design processes and advise designers on raising their profile as eco-designers. Where necessary, we also provide operational support for the change process by taking over project management for individual areas. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations form the practical guidelines in our daily consultancy work. Bianca Seidel Consulting is one of the few consultancies in Germany that also specialises in the requirements of the design industry as well as design-oriented companies in the start-up phase and in sustainable corporate development. Values play a central role in our consulting approach, as we are convinced that the future belongs to companies that act fairly, ecologically and ethically. In contrast, companies that are only interested in maximising profits and short-term returns are sawing the branch they themselves are sitting on in times of dwindling resources, global warming and its accompanying phenomena, such as refugee movements. Bianca Seidel Consulting was founded in 2005 by Bianca Seidel, who is one of the pioneers of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainable Fashion Design, Ecodesign and Sustainable Management. Already in the early 90s, she founded and established a sportswear label in the premium segment on an international level with a distinct sustainable DNA. Until 2004, she was responsible for the company's management, design, planning and product management of the collections as well as international trade.
Key notes and conception, organization and moderation of panels on sustainability and corporate social responsibility e.g. at the TEXPO textile sourcing and trade fair on behalf of the Pakistani Ministry of Commerce, ICST 2024 (International Conference on sustainable textiles) on behalf of the Department of Textile Engineering UET Lahore.
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Under the special initiative ‘Decent Work for a Just Transition’ and the BMZ's guiding theme of ‘Just transition’, which aims to create new green employment opportunities and promote good jobs, research is being conducted as part of ‘Invest for Jobs’ and the African Fashion Textile Accelerator Network (Africa FAN) project, research work is being carried out with the aim of creating position papers on corporate interests, investment barriers and the employment relevance of German and European textile and clothing companies in the Africa FAN partner countries (Senegal, Ghana, Morocco). This should enable the derivation of specific measures for action and the strengthening of market relations.
GIZ develoPPP Project: Conception and development of advanced training seminars on “Sustainability & CSR in the Clothing and Textile Industry.” The aim was to provide practice-oriented further education for designers and technicians of the Textile Trade Association of North Macedonia (TTA), designers of the Macedonian Fashion Association, as well as professors and lecturers from the University of Stip in the fields of ecodesign, circular design, sustainable fashion, and production—taking into account BSCI, CSR, Green Button, the EU Textile Strategy, and the EU Green Deal. One seminar was specifically aimed at managers and decision-makers (C-level) to foster an understanding of the upcoming changes in the industry within the context of the EU Textile Strategy. The new role of designers in the transformation process was also to be recognized and promoted. The seminar contents provided fundamental knowledge and awareness of sustainability in the textile industry, highlighted the benefits of social and ecological action, and the resulting economic opportunities. Further focal points included ethics as a new guiding principle, recognition of social and ecological changes, new approaches to material sourcing, the use of certifications, optimization of supply chains according to the “Green Button” and EU Textile Strategy, and sensitizing executives to sustainable action as the basis for long-term corporate success. The importance of ethics and values in corporate management, as well as presenting ecodesign as a solution-oriented management principle, were emphasized.