Vanessa Barboni Hallik
Founder, Another Tomorrow

From our conversation

“There’s more joy in doing something that is net nature positive rather than just less bad.”

Biography

Vanessa Barboni Hallik is the founder, co-CEO and Executive Chair of Another Tomorrow, a B Corp Certified end-to-end sustainable design company with a mission to model a resilient future for fashion—including a fully digitized product infrastructure delivering transparency, authenticated recommerce and additional digital-to-physical engagement. Vanessa serves on the Advisory Board for Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, where current work focuses on the ethics of AI. She is also an investor in early-stage companies positioned to catalyze systemic change. Vanessa is an active speaker on innovation, digitalization and new business models. She has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, Bloomberg, Forbes and Vogue for her work, and is one of Wallpaper* Magazine’s USA 400, Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 500 and Worth Magazine’s Worthy 100.

Visit Another Tomorrow’s sustainability page to learn more about the brand’s materials and philosophy.

Interview

Building a Farm-to-Closet Supply Chain: Vanessa Barboni Hallik
In this conversation, Vanessa recounts her experience founding Another Tomorrow with the goal of establishing a blueprint for a better fashion system. She emphasizes the importance of innovations like digital IDs to inspire customer curiosity and intentional purchasing. As she reflects on the challenges and successes of her journey, she focuses on the possibilities for traceable apparel supply chains that prioritize three pillars—human, environmental and animal welfare.


All Speakers

Eileen Fisher
Founder, EILEEN FISHER, INC.

Paul Hawken
Environmentalist, Entrepreneur & Author of Regeneration

Dr. Sass Brown
Writer, Educator & Researcher

Natalie Chanin
Founder, Alabama Chanin 

La Rhea Pepper
Visionary Leader in Regenerative Organic Textiles & Global Sustainability

Jim Fitzpatrick
Director, Regenerative Fund for Nature

Carrie Childs
Design Director, Patagonia

Dana Davis
Founder, Dana Davis Consulting

Aditi Mayer
Global Storyteller & Speaker 

Korina Emmerich
Artist & Designer

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin
Founder, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

Lucianne Tonti
Sustainable Fashion Journalist & Author of Sundressed

Tameka Peoples
Founder, Seed2Shirt

Dieter van den Broeck
Design Strategist & Facilitator, Commonland

Katrin Ley
Managing Director, Fashion for Good

Felipe Urioste
Director, Land to Market

Vanessa Barboni Hallik
Founder, Another Tomorrow

Esha Chhabra
Journalist & Author of Working to Restore

Ryan Zinn
Director of Regenerative Programs, Dr. Bronner’s

Safia Minney, MBE
Chief Executive, Fashion Declares & indilisi

Lewis Perkins
President, Apparel Impact Institute

Carmen Gama
Director of Circular Design, EILEEN FISHER, INC.

Friederike von Wedel-Parlow Director, Beneficial Design Institute

Aneel Kumar Ambavaram Founder, Raddis® Cotton

Lily Hope Artist & Designer

Antoinette Klatzky (Host)
Vice President, Eileen Fisher Foundation

Amy Hall (Host)
Sustainability Strategic Advisor, Eileen Fisher Foundation