Tawfiq Nasr Allah

Tawfiq Nasr Allah is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Fairbrics, a start-up company whose mission is to fight climate change by developing circular manufacturing processes using renewable resources instead of fossil-based resources.

His innovation is the development of a strategy to transform CO2 into a raw material for the manufacture of fabric. Currently, polyester accounts for 60% of all textiles produced globally and a third of the fashion industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. Replacing a petro-based product with a CO2-based product provides energy-intensive industries with an ecological and cost-effective solution to decreasing their carbon emissions at once, at scale.

Tawfiq’s interest in green chemistry began whilst studying at Columbia University where he became familiar with the potential uses of CO2 as a carbon source and its possible applications. During his PhD at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and Paris Saclay University, Tawfiq investigated innovative ways to create highly valuable nitrogen-based compounds through the catalytic transformations of CO2, CO, and Hydrogen. 

Since co-founding Fairbrics, the team has improved the technology and delivered three proofs of concept to fashion brands such as H&M, On, and Aigle. Work is ongoing to diversify the platform to serve other energy intensive markets, such as sports equipment, automotives, and packaging.