#27 Benjamin Malatrait, CEO & co-founder of ICTYOS, Cuir Marin de France (sustainable leather company)

This week we’re meeting with Benjamin Malatrait. He is the CEO and co-founder of ICTYOS Cuir Marin de France, a sustainable leather company using fish skins from the food industry. It all started at a restaurant, where Benjamin and his friends Gauthier and Emmanuel wondered what they could do from fish skins. As chemist engineers, they worked on a strong innovative technology transforming the waste of skins into what they call ‘marine leather’. By collaborating with restaurants, they believe that using local resources can make a huge difference as a circular economy company. Their high quality products are the result of a specific process allowing them to work with luxury and craftsmanship customers.In this episode, Benjamin reveals the making of sustainable leather and shares his commitment for a meaningful product.Recently Ictyos was selected to join the LVMH startup house at Station F in Paris.  CONTENT TO FIND YOUR WAY IN THE EPISODE 0:50 : Benjamin presents himself1:27 : How the company started 2:50 : Was he attracted to the fashion industry 3:55 : In what extent his product is sustainable and what does sustainable leather goods mean to him6:10 : The process for making leather goods from waste 8:20 : Who is he partnering with to collect the skins ?11:35 : The leather fish skins’ properties14:30 : What’s its favorite product15:05 : Where can we see the products16:45 : The KPI’s he looking at for his company18:30 : Their biggest challenges18:55 : How can the industry accelerate the sustainable revolution 20:05 : What would he advise to a young designer to make the right material choices21:55 : What does Benjamin want to close the door in our industry22:35 : What does he look at to get inspired23:10 : What’s the last piece of clothes he bought 20:35 : Who would he like to listen to in this podcast KEY LEARNINGS « We pay attention to what we eat and now we have to pay attention to what we wear. It’s just logic. » «  We decided to include in our job the sourcing of the material : each week we are picking skins from restaurants and pisciculture. The closer we are to our suppliers the better it is. « I think using a local material is really important. Transparency is also a key point : you have to prove and you have to explain where your material is coming from and how it has been processed. »  « We are just trying to add commitment and common sense in our product and that’s the DNA of ICTYOS. Each of our decisions on the process, on the material, on the partnership is always based on what’s going to be the ecological and ethical impact. »  WHERE TO FIND ICTYOS https://www.ictyos.com @ictyos : https://www.instagram.com/ictyos_official/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/cuirs-marin-de-france/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ICTYOS/  TO SUPPORT SMART CREATION THE PODCAST Don’t forget to share and talk about the podcast to your friends and colleagues, it’s easy and it helps the podcast a lot, and please rate it 5 stars and leave us a comment on Apple Podcast. To know more about Smart Creation and Première Vision https://www.premierevision.com/fr/See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.