Marie Claire UK Sustainability Awards 2023

Celebrate the Marie Claire UK Sustainability Awards winners and highly commended.
Plus, hear from special guests and judges including:
Livia Firth - Co-founder and Creative Director, Eco-Age
Livia Firth, MBE is Co-founder and Creative Director of globally renowned Eco-Age, the only integrated strategy consultancy creating systemic solutions in line with science, in harmony with nature and in solidarity with human rights. As such, Livia and Eco-Age have been operating for the last 14 years on a spectrum of strategic support, from climate action and business agility to industry advocacy and creative activations. Livia is also the founder of The Green Carpet Challenge (GCC), The Renaissance Awards and The Green Carpet Fashion Awards, the Los Angeles ceremony uniting the fashion and entertainment industries to celebrate interconnected change and positive transformation. Livia is a founding member of Annie Lennox’s The Circle NGO, a powerful women’s advocacy group, that recently presented the first legislation in history for a living wage in the fashion industry to the EU Commission. Livia is a UN Leader of Change and has also been recognised with the UN Fashion 4 Development Award and the Rainforest Alliance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability. Livia also covers the role of Sustainability Editor at Large of Vogue Arabia and is part of the CNBC ESG Council, a roundtable for discussion and collaboration among chief executives from some of the world’s most prominent companies, as well as global thought leaders, to discuss the challenges posed by sustainability - and the strategies needed to surmount them.
Q&A hosted by Andrea Thompson, Editor-in-Chief, Marie Claire UK
Amy Nelson-Bennett - Co-founder, Positive Luxury
Amy is the Managing Director of Positive Luxury, who provide the luxury industry’s leading independent sustainability certification with The Butterfly Mark, alongside data benchmarking, expert advice, and industry-leading reports. Born and educated in the USA, Amy brings 25 years of global experience to Positive Luxury across Brand Strategy, Marketing Communications and Business Transformation gained across media, retail and luxury goods - most recently as CEO of Molton Brown and then the Clive Christian Group. By championing the alignment of the core principles of luxury and sustainability, she aims toaccelerate the actions of the luxury industry and the positive impact they can make as a collective to shape a better society.
Q&A hosted by Georgina Wilson-Powell, journalist & author
Amy Bourbeau - Co-founder & Chief Impact Officer, Seismic
Amy is the Cofounder and Chief Impact Officer at Seismic, a sustainability advisory that helps businesses to change society and fix our planet by being a force for good. Amy specialises in B Corp and how its framework can help organisations improve their impact and meet the high standards required for certification. She started working as the UK’s first B Corp Consultant in 2015, and has been committed to helping the movement grow ever since. Amy has supported hundreds of organisations on their sustainability journeys, with clients including innocent drinks, Avon, Lily’s Kitchen, Gousto, The White Company, Finistere and PZ Cussons.
Q&A hosted by Ally Head, Health, Sustainability & Relationships Editor, Marie Claire UK

[@tanjamrnjaus1982]

This is such a great focus across all industries!