Woo Pat-nie is the Director of Central Textiles (Hong Kong) Ltd, a leader of innovation in the textile field with a number of proprietary patented technologies, and is also one of the first Asian (ex-Japan) mills to exhibit at top global fabric shows such as Premiere Vision and Expofil in Paris.

Under Mr Woo’s leadership, Central Textiles actively promotes sustainable development in the textile and apparel industry; Central Textiles is the first Asian manufacturer in the textile and apparel industry to issue a sustainability report under the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. The sustainability report has not only gathered interests from the industry, but has received praise from NGOs such as WWF Hong Kong and Oxfam.

Mr Woo also serves as Chairman of the Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium (SFBC) in Hong Kong. Mr Woo shows his passion in promoting the adoption of sustainable practices to industry across the fashion supply chain, from raw material suppliers to spinners and all the way to garment manufacturers, retailers and designers. Mr Woo is determined to see SFBC become an agent of change, making the industry more conscious on environmental and social issues.

Through Central Textiles and SFBC, Mr Woo has started an industry-wide initiative to introduce a more sustainable business model into the fashion supply chain. This initiative is the first of its kind in the textile and apparel industry and has received global recognition. Mr Woo often speaks at major conferences in Hong Kong as well as in Europe and the US. The industry has been pleasantly surprised by the proactive approach that Asian manufacturers are taking in leading the industry into the second decade of the 21st Century.

Other posts that Mr Woo holds include Chairman of the Hong Kong Cotton Spinners Association, General Committee member of the FHKI, Board member of the Textile and Clothing Training Board of the Vocational Training Council and Board member of the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles & Apparel.



Judges' Comments

• Committed to green manufacturing
• Believes in promoting sustainable development in the industry
• Committed to the industry