About Us

DGrade's mission is to provide our customer's high quality clothing and accessories made in a sustainable way.

Using discarded plastic bottles that we collect as a raw material we enable our customers to participate in a circular economy.

Our vision is to eliminate plastic pollution and provide sustainable manufacturing solutions for every day items such as clothing, uniforms, bags and accessories.

Sustainability

Collaboration

Integrity

Quality

Circularity

Innovation

Client Value Creation

DGrade has been awarded The Dubai Chamber CSR Label in recognition of our efforts to implement CSR best practices. We strive continuously to not only reduce the impact of our commercial activities, but to make positive contributions towards the community and environment.

Our Team

Emma
Emma Barber
Managing Director
Emma is responsible for the day to day running of DGrade - managing the team, overseeing product development, sales and the Simply Bottles recycling initiative.
Jeroen
Jeroen Adriaansens
Procurement & Trade Director
As Procurement & Trade Director Jeroen controls all raw material inflow as well as any final product output, with the focus on PET flakes and yarn.
Ella
Ella Clemits
Simply Bottles Coordinator
A passion for sustainability and the environment brought Ella to DGrade where she now delivers the Simply Bottles recycling initiative to schools across Dubai.
Rebecca
Rebecca Rich
Head of Marketing & CSR
Rebecca brings more than 15 years of marketing, PR, CSR experience and a passion for the environment to her position.
Kris
Kris Barber
Founder & CEO
Kris founded DGrade in 2010 after he recognised a need to address the vast amount of plastic water bottles being produced in the UAE.
Ishaq
Ishaq Khan
Operations Manager, Simply Bottles
A committed sales and operations professional with diversified experience in waste management and recycling, Ishaq leads the operational side of DGrade’s Simply Bottles recycling program.
Jasper
Jasper Adriaansens
Plant Operations Manager
Jasper oversees operations at DGrade’s PET plastic recycling facility in Kizad. His responsibilities include factory outputs, compliance, and environmental impact of the plant’s operations.
Vigil
Vigil Thiyagaraj
Plant Manager
As Plant Manager at DGrade’s Kizad recycling plant, Vigil oversees technical aspects of plant operations ensuring efficiency of DGrade’s recycling process from bottle to flake.
Mohit
Mohit Daryani
Sales Executive
Mohit brings to DGrade 10 years experience in the field of promotional products and uniforms and a passion for sustainability.
Arafat
Arafat Mahmood
Sales Executive
Arafat joins DGrade with an ambition of supporting global organizations in meeting their CSR goals by providing sustainable uniforms and textiles.
Saad
Saad Zoubi
Sales Executive
As a Sales Executive at DGrade Saad utilizes his expertise in clothing production to understand the needs of customers and fulfil their requirements, with a goal to exceed their expectations.

Our Team

Emma
Emma Barber
Managing Director
Emma is responsible for the day to day running of DGrade - managing the team, overseeing product development, sales and the Simply Bottles recycling initiative.
Jeroen
Jeroen Adriaansens
Procurement & Trade Director
As Procurement & Trade Director Jeroen controls all raw material inflow as well as any final product output, with the focus on PET flakes and yarn.
Ella
Ella Clemits
Simply Bottles Coordinator
A passion for sustainability and the environment brought Ella to DGrade where she now delivers the Simply Bottles recycling initiative to schools across Dubai.
Rebecca
Rebecca Rich
Head of Marketing & CSR
Rebecca brings more than 15 years of marketing, PR, CSR experience and a passion for the environment to her position.
Kris
Kris Barber
Founder & CEO
Kris founded DGrade in 2010 after he recognised a need to address the vast amount of plastic water bottles being produced in the UAE.
Ishaq
Ishaq Khan
Operations Manager, Simply Bottles
A committed sales and operations professional with diversified experience in waste management and recycling, Ishaq leads the operational side of DGrade’s Simply Bottles recycling program.
Jasper
Jasper Adriaansens
Plant Operations Manager
Jasper oversees operations at DGrade’s PET plastic recycling facility in Kizad. His responsibilities include factory outputs, compliance, and environmental impact of the plant’s operations.
Vigil
Vigil Thiyagaraj
Plant Manager
As Plant Manager at DGrade’s Kizad recycling plant, Vigil oversees technical aspects of plant operations ensuring efficiency of DGrade’s recycling process from bottle to flake.
Mohit
Mohit Daryani
Sales Executive
Mohit brings to DGrade 10 years experience in the field of promotional products and uniforms and a passion for sustainability.
Arafat
Arafat Mahmood
Sales Executive
Arafat joins DGrade with an ambition of supporting global organizations in meeting their CSR goals by providing sustainable uniforms and textiles.
Saad
Saad Zoubi
Sales Executive
As a Sales Executive at DGrade Saad utilizes his expertise in clothing production to understand the needs of customers and fulfil their requirements, with a goal to exceed their expectations.

Our Partners

Waste Management Partners

Memberships