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Theresa Hegel

  • Executive Editor, Special Projects & Sustainability

Theresa Hegel oversees various strategic initiatives for ASI’s editorial department and also serves as editor of Promo for the Planet, ASI’s award-winning educational resource hub for sustainability. In addition, she regularly contributes to ASICentral, Counselor and PPM, with a focus on apparel, technology and sustainability. She’s won multiple regional and national awards for her writing and reporting, including three Jesse H. Neal awards for Best Range of Work By a Single Author.

Atlantis Headwear Shares Life Cycle Assessments for Select Styles

The sustainable Italian supplier conducted the thorough, year-long studies as part of e...

Q&A: Getting to Carbon Neutral

Victoria Sierra of Koozie Group explains some of the steps the Top 40 supplier took to ...

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Launches Carbon Reduction Program

The organization, which counts suppliers including SanMar, HanesBrands and Gildan among...

Ashley McCune Stepping Down as President of Facilisgroup

Chris Lee, CEO of Facilisgroup parent company Pebble Group, will serve as acting presid...

Drinkware Supplier Nearing Goal To Keep 1 Billion Bottles’ Worth of Plastic From Oceans

Ocean Bottle, which funds the collection of ocean-bound plastic with each purchase, hop...

Decorating Roundup: The Latest From Equipment & Material Suppliers

A popular white screen-printing ink is re-released, direct-to-film ink and powder gets ...

Joe Simsoly Returns as Interim CEO of Next Level Apparel

The founder of the company came out of retirement to help go “back to the basics” with ...

HanesBrands Evaluating Whether to Sell Champion

The apparel company, which recently signed a license agreement with G-III, is consideri...

Columbia Sportswear Shares Progress on ESG Initiatives

The global apparel maker, which sells extensively in promo, noted its work funding wate...

Zing Helped Keep 4 Million Plastic Bottles From Oceans in August

As part of its 100 Million Bottle Initiative, the supplier has been donating 1% of reus...

Vantage Apparel Partners With Berne Apparel

The Top 40 supplier will offer workwear from the century-old brand.

BELLA+CANVAS Introduces a 100% Recycled Tee

The EcoMax T-shirt is made from combining pre-consumer cotton scraps with dope-dyed pol...

PCNA Releases Inaugural Sustainability Report

The Top 40 supplier shared its 2022 achievements and announced future targets, includin...

American Apparel Official Printwear Supplier for Select Live Nation Festivals

The Gildan-owned brand will be debuting a Tee Lab live decoration activation today at t...

Industry Companies, Brands Work To Close the Loop on Fashion

Check out a few examples of how apparel makers are incorporating circular design into t...

Josh Ellsworth Named Chief Revenue Officer at GroupeSTAHL

Ellsworth has been with the heat transfer material and equipment maker since 1998 and h...

Steve Jennings Appointed President of Pinnacle Promotions

Jennings has worked as the Georgia distributor’s chief financial officer since 2008.

LeAnn Jellinek Joins New Sustainable Industry Supplier To The Market

The woman-owned B Corp is a software platform that connects buyers with ethical and sus...

Koozie Group Becomes Carbon-Neutral for Scope 1 & 2 Emissions

The Top 40 supplier supports a forest conservation project that protects 460,000 acres ...

Beyond Recycling: Build the 6 Rs of Sustainability Into Your Business

Use these six strategies as a framework to make your company more environmentally frien...

Decorating Roundup: Boost Speed & Efficiency

Equipment sellers share details of their latest product releases.

Study Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Paper, Bamboo Straws

Reusable stainless-steel straws did not contain PFAS, according to the recent research.

5 Winning Ideas for Cap Decoration

Whether it’s a puff embroidery logo or a custom laser-cut metal embellishment, the deco...

7 Questions To Ask Before Working With an Apparel Decorator

Pricing is only one part of the puzzle when shopping for a screen printer or embroiderer.

Charles River Apparel Launches Breast Cancer Research Giveback

The apparel supplier is donating 10% of sales of select pink products to fund research.