Zero Waste Sustainable Shopping – with Safia Minney, MBE Founder. People Tree adviser and author
Safia Minney writes: Have I ever told you about why I started Global Village in Japan when I was 26? People Tree grew out of Global Village, a voluntary group I set up to promote sustainable living – a topic that I have been revisiting recently in my new short film. Newly married, aged 26, […]
Ethical consumption can’t change the world, and we never thought it could on it’s own.
Why I’ve joined Extinction Rebellion Safia Minney I started People Tree nearly 30 years ago and whilst we make great clothes, foods, and crafts, which are high on social impact and low on environmental impact, it has never been enough. The company has helped to inspire other companies, policy-makers, and people generally to think about […]
Why Safia Minney is calling for SDG18 – to be added to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Safia Minney writes: “An additional Sustainable Development Goal: #SDG18, would recognise the power of communications, media, education, and activism to promote the existing 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Safia Minney (@safia_minney) on Mar 20, 2019 at 11:25pm PDT The power of the advertising and […]
International Women’s Day 2019 – Today Women call for Equality & Democracy
Yes, I am a #GlobalFeminist – for the sake of Humankind Safia Minney writes: How many women are in the management team? How do you address women’s rights and inequality? Why are women in the lowest paid roles? What do they need to get into the higher paid roles? How do we stop undermining women […]
Austria, DariaDaria and the Clean Clothes Campaign
A guest in Vienna, with DariaDaria and the Clean Clothes Campaign This week Safia visited Vienna, to speak at the beautiful arthouse cinema GartenbauKino in the heart of the Austrian city. ENTUZIASM KinobetriebsGmbH have been organizing events since 2016, on different environmental issues, from Zero Waste to Minimalism, from Water to the Paris Climate Conference. Safia […]
2018 annual UK TOP100 corporate modern slavery influencers’ index rankings announced
Safia Minney, MBE, has been recognised as the #9 influencer in the inaugural 2018 Annual UK Top100 Corporate Modern Slavery Influencers’ Index. Index recognises individuals from all business sectors, third sector, media and academia who are influencers in raising awareness to end modern slavery and labour exploitation. The inaugural 2018 Annual UK Top100 Corporate Modern […]
Sustainable Fashion Night, Shoreditch
Safia Minney speaking at the Sustainable Fashion night 17 July 2018, Shoreditch, London Organised by @OurFutureRocks @carlinnovates Safia Minney joins panel of evolutionaries (more to be announced soon): Orsola de Castro, Founder & Creative Director Fashion Revolution @orsoladecastro @Fash_Rev Safia Minney, Managing Director Po-Zu, Founder, People Tree @SafiaMinney, @slavetofash, @po_zu David Greenfield, Organiser, Circular Economy […]
World Fair Trade Day 2018 and Modern Slavery
Is this you? Do you LOVE Fashion? HATE Sweatshops? 1) READ: Slave to Fashion Safia Minney’s book raises awareness of modern slavery in the fashion industry, shows how it can be eradicated by business & consumers. Available here from publisher New Internationalist or on Amazon UK/US. 2) CELEBRATE: World Fair Trade Day – 12th May […]
Safia Minney, speaking engagements, April to July 2018
Safia Minney, MBE, author, activist, MD of Po-Zu & founder of People Tree, will be speaking at the following events: 1) Monday 23 April 2018 – Fashion for Good in Amsterdam 19:00 – 20:00 – Panel with Ethical Fashion Trailblazers – Safia Minney (Founder, People Tree), Antoinette Klatzky (Executive Director, Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute); Ruby Veridiano […]
Books in my DNA? Safia Minney, Author
Safia writes: Books in my DNA? Yes, books kind of run in my blood. My Grandparents ran a book publishing house and book shop in Zurich. They published political books, papers and religious books. My Mother and her sisters studied librarianship. Before the days of computers they were expected to have read every book in the shop and were expected […]