Nellie Cohen
Nellie is the founder of BALEEN, a specialized agency that works with some of the world’s best-known brands to design and implement circular business models. She has over 20 years of sustainability experience and is widely recognized as a leading figure within the circular economy movement, having spent nearly a decade at Patagonia as the architect of the brand’s precedent-setting and award-winning circularity program, Worn Wear. She is a former lecturer in Industrial Ecology at UC Santa Barbara and holds a BA in Environmental Systems from UC San Diego and a MS in Biological Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
6,000 garments and over $1M in sales: How to tell if a resale program is successful
Brands hit new highs when resale revenue displaces the production of some new products. Read More
More sustainable doesn’t mean sustainable: How to use circularity to make the shift
Sponsored: The case for circular business models as a critical enabler of truly sustainable business, by operating within the finite resources of planetary boundaries. Read More
Resale is not changing our relationship with stuff — here's why
Companies are still producing too much new stuff. Read More
