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Carol Chyau Design Shanghai è è ä šæµ ä En Shokay is the global leader in sustainable yak wool and is the preferred fibre supply for premium brands. through its supply chain, shokay directly impacts over 4000 tibetan. families and was selected as one of cartier women's initiative award most impactful businesses. Her social entreprise have revolutionised social entrepreneurships in china and helped so many families and communities there the past couple of years. what you see: co founder and former ceo of.

Carol Li Design Shanghai è è ä šæµ ä En It's rewarding to know that we did more than just create a product or a brand,” carol says. a big part of this evolution was shokay’s major spinning partner, the sustainable yarn supplier upw, which sells to brands all over the us and europe that are pursuing sustainability. Carol’s innovative work earned recognition as top 10 creative talent in shanghai (2013), forbes china’s top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 (2010) and a cartier women’s initiative award for community impact. “we realized that in order to sell knitting yarn you have to have patterns and if you are going to knit something then you might as well sell the finished good and you need a store,” says chyau. a shop in shanghai’s famous tianzifang complex on taikang road was their first foray into retail. The pursuit of that answer has led carol on a 17 year journey to develop the broadest range of yak wool products available on the market across the entire supply chain.

Shokay Creates Textiles Made From 100 Yak Fiber “we realized that in order to sell knitting yarn you have to have patterns and if you are going to knit something then you might as well sell the finished good and you need a store,” says chyau. a shop in shanghai’s famous tianzifang complex on taikang road was their first foray into retail. The pursuit of that answer has led carol on a 17 year journey to develop the broadest range of yak wool products available on the market across the entire supply chain. Whilst studying at harvard, shokay co founder carol chyau knew she wanted to find a way to influence social change and sustainability. she figured she would start by exploring one of the more remote places in asia, the tibetan plateaus of western china. Learn more about shokay's innovation around yak fiber from co founder carol chyau, recipient of the cartier women's initiative. Chyau carol is the founder and former chief executive officer of xiujia trading (shanghai) co., ltd., which is founded in 2009. currently, ms. carol is the managing director at kamia. Founded in 2006, the shanghai based label cum social enterprise has been working hard at bringing tibetan yak down to the international market in a way that promotes sustainable style and heritage handicraft culture. we talk to co founder carol chyau about textile innovations, social business models and turning yak fiber into the new cashmere.