WEBVTT 00:00:00.083 --> 00:00:01.376 Today, I am here with Mr. 00:00:01.376 --> 00:00:04.254 Fatih Konukoglu, chairman of RE&UP Recycling 00:00:04.254 --> 00:00:05.046 Technologies. 00:00:05.505 --> 00:00:05.714 Mr. Fatih 00:00:05.714 --> 00:00:06.798 Konukoglu, welcome. 00:00:07.215 --> 00:00:09.217 We are in New York for the Climate Week. 00:00:09.217 --> 00:00:11.594 I know you have joined several meetings so far. 00:00:11.594 --> 00:00:13.221 What are your key observations? 00:00:13.847 --> 00:00:15.265 Thank you very much, Asli. 00:00:15.598 --> 00:00:17.142 It has been a busy week. 00:00:17.308 --> 00:00:21.563 We started fast and we've been to nice meetings. 00:00:21.980 --> 00:00:25.775 We learned a lot, we communicate, and we gathered 00:00:25.775 --> 00:00:28.987 with many other colleagues together here. 00:00:29.571 --> 00:00:35.368 And I mean, there's been a lot of different topics, of course, 00:00:35.368 --> 00:00:40.874 but the most important topic for me was the, I mean, making 00:00:40.874 --> 00:00:47.130 inaction in this climate change and the cost of inaction is too big. 00:00:47.130 --> 00:00:49.883 So, we need to act. 00:00:50.383 --> 00:00:53.386 And that's what is the summary for me. 00:00:53.970 --> 00:00:58.516 And as globally, we must act a little bit faster, and as 00:00:58.516 --> 00:01:02.812 RE&UP, we are doing our best to make this happen. 00:01:03.438 --> 00:01:03.855 Exactly. 00:01:04.147 --> 00:01:07.275 And as RE&UP Recycling Technologies, you are already 00:01:07.275 --> 00:01:10.862 acting, you are creating impact, and you are increasing your scale. 00:01:11.154 --> 00:01:13.615 You met several people about this topic as well. 00:01:13.615 --> 00:01:15.742 How is that working on RE&UP's side? 00:01:15.742 --> 00:01:17.702 What are you up to in the coming years? 00:01:18.328 --> 00:01:23.083 When we talk with our colleagues in, I mean, with the community 00:01:23.083 --> 00:01:27.754 that are interested in textile and textile recycling, they all 00:01:27.754 --> 00:01:30.423 admire what we have done up to now. 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:37.722 Of course, it's been becoming an impact-making facility as well, 00:01:37.722 --> 00:01:42.519 which is one of the major capacities today in the world in 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:45.897 recycling textile-to-textile area. 00:01:46.314 --> 00:01:53.363 We've been getting a lot of good comments, and it was nice to 00:01:53.363 --> 00:01:59.285 hear those words from some of those top companies, CEOs, 00:01:59.285 --> 00:02:01.329 and managers. 00:02:01.329 --> 00:02:03.748 I was witness to a few of your conversations. 00:02:04.290 --> 00:02:08.211 I think the scale that RE&UP has already is getting a lot of 00:02:08.211 --> 00:02:11.714 interest from the players that we have met so far because 00:02:11.714 --> 00:02:15.718 textile waste has already been a big problem of the universe. And 00:02:15.718 --> 00:02:19.514 having technology that is able to solve it with a big scale, I 00:02:19.514 --> 00:02:23.143 think that was one of the key things that got interest from 00:02:23.143 --> 00:02:24.853 the people that we have met. 00:02:24.853 --> 00:02:26.729 So, congratulations on that for RE&UP. 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:27.605 Thank you. 00:02:27.605 --> 00:02:32.986 And RE&UP is also making this journey to do this in a 00:02:32.986 --> 00:02:37.490 global action, building different facilities in 00:02:37.490 --> 00:02:38.950 different areas. 00:02:39.367 --> 00:02:42.078 This will give us a good impact. 00:02:42.078 --> 00:02:46.624 And, as again, we need to collaborate together. 00:02:46.791 --> 00:02:52.505 It's a big, I mean, the amounts that we are talking are huge. 00:02:52.922 --> 00:02:58.219 So, we need to work with colleagues, with brands, with, I 00:02:58.219 --> 00:03:03.516 mean, we need to have support from many angles. And if we 00:03:03.516 --> 00:03:08.146 collaborate all together, we can make this happen. 00:03:08.563 --> 00:03:14.194 And that's where we need our partners, supporters, to build 00:03:14.194 --> 00:03:20.366 this all together because it's a journey that we go all together. 00:03:20.575 --> 00:03:21.117 You're right. 00:03:21.117 --> 00:03:24.329 One of the panels, you remember, was about innovation, 00:03:24.329 --> 00:03:26.206 collaboration, and acceleration. 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:29.042 So as RE&UP, you have already innovated, you are 00:03:29.042 --> 00:03:31.169 already collaborating with several players. 00:03:31.169 --> 00:03:34.756 So it's now time for accelerating RE&UP's impact 00:03:34.756 --> 00:03:35.632 on the world. 00:03:35.798 --> 00:03:36.591 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:03:37.050 --> 00:03:37.967 Thank you for your time.