My drive
I always seek to connect with a sense of purpose before I leap into motion and I need to find meaning in whatever I do, to dedicate myself fully to a cause and work I believe in.
"We all like to talk about purposeful brands, purpose is found when the mission of a company interacts with a societal value. Our invitation is to go deeper than purpose, let’s find meaning. Meaning happens when your personal passion, interacts with a company vision and that company vision interacts with society."
By being curious, stepping outside my comfort zone, going beyond the surface, breaking silos and connecting with people’s inner values I want to help the textile industry find its deeper meaning. One project, one person, one company at a time.
Previous & current clients
Textile Exchange / UNFCCC Fashion Charter / Southpole / Climate Farmers / Kering Group / Lenzing AG / Candiani / Burberry / Transformers Foundation / ID Factory / Fat Face / Fashion Revolution / Zara / Montebelo GmbH / Rovo’ GmbH / Drip by Drip / Tiziano Guardini / The Right Project x Ninety Percent / Alexa Chung / Vivienne Westwood / ID Factory.
Publications
*Cotton At The Source: A Media Toolkit [A Growing Culture · March 2024]
*Cotton: A Case Study In Misinformation. A report on building critical data consumption in fashion. [Transformers Foundation · Oct 8, 2021]
*Ending Unethical Brand and Retailer Behavior: The Denim Supply Chain Speaks Up. [Transformers Foundation · Oct 1, 2020]
Podcast Interviews
*Manufactured Podcast: “Putting supplier voices at the center of the sustainable fashion story” and “A constitution for the fashion industry”, with Andrew Olah, hosted by by Jessie Li & Kim van der Weerd
*Crash Course Fashion by SFF: “Why misinformation matters and how to increase data literacy to make informed sustainability decisions (PT 1)” and “how to avoid greenwashing and create honest marketing claims based on accurate data (PT2)” with Elizabeth Cline, hosted by Brittany Sierra
*BlueCast by CARVED IN BLUE®: “Ep7 - A Change Agent for the Denim Industry”
*Unspun by Population Cotton Diaries: From Seed to Shelf
Speaking engagements
*14th Brazilian Cotton Congress - Panel Estratégias globais no mercado têxtil: Conectando com o consumidor final - September 2024
*14th Brazilian Cotton Congress - Presentation Gender & leadership in Cotton - September 2024
*A Growing Culture Press Forum - Keynote Shifting Cotton Narratives: A Worshop For Journalists & Storytellers - April 2024
*Cotton Australia Forum - panel The global picture: Challenges and solutions Hear from a number of global textile organisations about how they're tackling the big issues for cotton. - May 2023
*Supima Harvest Celebration - panel Myth Busting: Straight talk on cotton. (speaker) Los Angeles - November 2022
*Fashion Takes Action - WEAR conference - October 2022
*Selvedge Magazine - Cotton Talks - May 2022
*GCNYC - guest lecturer for the Measuring Sustainable Fashion: Understanding and Applying Data course - April 2022
*Women In Cotton by ICA - Women in Action talk presenting “Cotton: A Case Study in Misinformation“ - December 2021
*Fashion Sustain by Messe Frankfurt/Neonyt - Day 3 panels ‘A conversation about Cotton Sustainability’ and ‘Cotton and Denim: The Insiders' Perspective’ (moderator) - July 2021
*Fabricademy Recitations by FabLab Barcelona - February 2021
*Transformers Foundation Truth Series - EP.4 Regenerative Agriculture & Denim (moderator) - January 2021
*Transformers Foundation Truth Series - EP.3 Cotton Claims: The Good, The Bad, and The Nuanced (moderator) - December 2020
*Kingpins Show Forced labour in cotton supply chain with The Responsible Sourcing Network (moderator) - October 2020
*Transformers Catalyst online event (moderator) - July 2020
*Ecosistema creativo Ambiental panel (curated by Learning by helping)- Barcelona, November 2019
*Amsterdam Denim Days - October 2019 - (moderator) Modern Definition of Denim: Cotton & Beyond (curated by Carved in Blue)
*AboutYou Pangea Festival, Ribnizt, August 2019 - Panel: Conscious Consumption
*ITMA, Barcelona - June 2019 - Better Cotton Initiative intro: Scaling Sustainable Cotton
*Global Startup weekend - Sustainability Revolution, Barcelona - May 2019: Mentor on sustainability and strategy
*Show of Cotton and Textile (SICOT), Burkina Faso - September 2018: Organic Cotton Round Table discussions
*TCBL - Fashion Change, Prato - May 2018: Jam session: Human
*BCI Global Cotton Conference, Brussels - June 2018: Storytelling as a Tool to Inspire Action
*International Cotton Conference, Bremen - March 2018: Sustainability in Cotton and Textiles
*Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference, Washington - October 2017: Consumer Engagement