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Dr Sri Ram

Dr Sri Ram

Founder, Bags of Ethics, Supreme Group
Dr. R. Sri Ram is a first-generation entrepreneur and has 40 years of management and leadership experience. He earned an honours degree in business and management, followed by a Ph.D in leadership studies. He was the Managing Director for UK and Europe in the nineteen eighties for one of India’s largest business group, The Birla group. He founded Supreme Creations in 1999 for the eco-packaging industry and built manufacturing facilities in South India and sales offices in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany. The Supreme Group is one of the largest manufacturers in its field and has won numerous awards. It has developed into a strong team of 800 designers, creators and makers. Led by a mission to change the way consumers shop, Dr. R. Sri Ram has been at the forefront of bringing this behavioural change. In 2005, when the plastic bag ban was introduced, Supreme Creations worked with major supermarket brands Tesco, The Co-op, Sainsburys, John Lewis and Waitrose. Over a period of 10 years, they created beautifully designed sustainable, reusable bags made from materials like cotton, canvas and jute. This greatly influenced consumer buyer behaviour in the UK, reducing the use of almost 20 billion single use plastic bags over the years and making reusable bags the standard. In response to the demand, Dr. R. Sri Ram set up one of the most advanced manufacturing facilities, incorporating state of the art printing and fabrication services in his factory in Pondicherry. In the wake of the covid crisis, Dr. R Sri Ram had to think creatively and find a way to support his employees and contribute to society. As a solution to single use face masks that caused environmental damage, Bags of Ethics/Supreme Creations collaborated with the British Fashion council to introduce reusable designer face coverings made from cotton. The fashionable face masks were sold in retail stores across the country and a percentage of the proceeds were donated to the BFC designers. Bags of Ethics/Supreme Creations created a sustainable collection of merchandise for The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative to celebrate HM Queen’s Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Most recently, they launched an ambitious campaign Green Tree Badge with founding charity partner Royal Forestry Society, with the aim to get 1 million children across the UK to actively learn more about trees. Dr. R Sri Ram also founded the Wings of Hope charity over 20 years ago. It’s a UK based charity supporting children and young people in India, Malawi, and in the UK. With a focus on transferrable skills for life, the flagship programme, WOHAA, has empowered over 40,000 British students from 400 schools and supported over 5,000 underprivileged students in India since it started in 2005. Flagship programmes include speed mentoring, and taking British students to teach in India.
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