Harith Ridzuan, known as The Green Carpenter, is a sustainability speaker and ESG consultant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He helps companies upcycle waste into products and plan their ESG work. His work connects sustainability with results you can see in daily operations.
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2,460 kg
of discarded pallets and crates upcycled into furniture
Transport waste from the Muadzam Shah factory became fixtures for the UPM farm park and JomCha outlets across seven states.
28
trophies, plus 400 gift boxes, from 67 kg of fruit-bunch fibre
Empty fruit bunches, a major palm oil by-product, became trophies and gift boxes for FGV’s 2024 Sustainability Framework launch.
200
upcycled timber covers for The Datai Pledge Impact Report 2023
A sustainability partnership since 2020, spanning woodworking training, guest workshops, sustainability strategy and the creation of 200 upcycled timber covers for the resort’s 2023 Impact Report.
I turned my family’s timber business into a benchmark for sustainable manufacturing, launching Malaysia’s first PEFC-certified homeware brand, Dapo, and pioneering upcycling in wood manufacturing. Seventeen years in, with 79 hours on stage since 2016, I advise and partner with companies across industries.
Harith Ridzuan is a Malaysian entrepreneur, sustainability speaker and ESG consultant based in Kuala Lumpur. He is known as The Green Carpenter. He runs The Green Factory and launched Dapo, Malaysia's first PEFC-certified homeware brand.
The Green Carpenter is the name Harith Ridzuan uses for his sustainability work. He first branded himself Harith Green Carpenter in 2013 to separate his upcycled, sustainably made furniture from his family's traditional business. Today the name covers his talks, consulting and collaborations.
The Green Factory is Harith's manufacturing hub in Ampang, Selangor, for green manufacturing, research and design. It moved to a compact 13,000 sq ft factory in 2017, uses circular economy practice and upcycling, and welcomes visitors, including an annual open factory day. It won the Good Design Japan Award in 2018.
The Green Factory and The Green Factor are separate brands. The Green Factory is the production side: it makes products and runs the factory in Ampang. The Green Factor is Harith's consultancy and expertise arm. It started in 2020, during Covid, as a podcast when corporates were home bound, and now covers consulting and expertise, building on more than 80 interviews with industry leaders.
Awards include the Good Design Japan Award (2018), the Europa Awards for Sustainability, Best Environmental Impact, SME category (2018), the MTCC Sustainability Awards (2019), the Malaysian Timber Council Industry Awards (2022), the PEKA Young Entrepreneur Award for Green Furniture (2023) and the Sustainable Energy and Green Technology International Innovation Award (2024). In 2025 Harith became a Certified Industrial Designer with the Malaysia Design Council. He was also named a Tatler Gen.T Leader of Tomorrow and a Prestige Malaysia Top 40 Under 40 honoree in 2021.
What is upcycling? PEFC certification explained What makes furniture green? Is reclaimed wood strong?
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