A Bangladeshi businessman and a women`s health advocate have been listed in Vogue Business 100 Innovators 2023.

The two persons are --Mostafiz Uddin, founder and CEO of Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE) and Tawhida Shiropa, founder of Bangladeshi startup Moner Bondhu, which provides low-cost and trusted mental healthcare support-service, are listed in Vogue.

Both of them have been selected in the list as a ‘Sustainability Thought Leader’.

This year’s sustainability innovators are founders, activists, organisers and designers, all working toward a common goal: to bring fashion’s footprint within the realm of planetary boundaries, minimising waste and spent resources, the Vogue Business said in its explanation.

‘These are the people fighting the uphill battle and proposing new solutions for a better industry,’ it said.

The Vogue Business 100 Innovators’ is an annual announcement of the internationally renowned magazine where it names top 100 change makers from across the world for their outstanding contribution to make the fashion industry more sustainable.

‘The annual Vogue Business 100 Innovators 2023 list returns with a fresh roster of leaders, founders and activists who are being recognised for their work as they rewrite the playbooks for fashion and beauty from the inside out’ said the Vogue.

This year, the Vogue Business 100 Innovators has been classified in 5 categories -- ‘Tech and Web3 Innovators’, ‘Sustainability Thought Leaders’, ‘Next-gen Entrepreneurs and Agitators’, ‘Beauty Disruptors’ and ‘Champions of Change’.