GLOBAL VISION

Entrepreneur Sissi Chao, the founder of social enterprise REmakeHub and winner of Generation T and Luxarity’s R.A.W. Prize, discusses her mission to make the planet a better place

BY RACHEL DUFFELL.

When Sissi Chao started her social enterprise REmakeHub in 2018, her parents were horrified. The company, which provides circular solutions for waste in the fashion industry, was not what they envisioned for their daughter, who had studied business in the UK and gone on to earn an MBA in the US. They were reluctant to tell family and friends that she was, essentially, working with trash. “They wanted me to have a nice, prestigious job,” Sissi says. “But me, I’m different. I felt that if I could help sort out the planet’s problems, it would be my honour. I feel like this is my mission and I’m blessed that I can use my knowledge to solve waste problems for the planet and for humankind.” And so, she went against their…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2019

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