Sustainably Influenced
By Bianca Foley & Charlotte Williams
Sustainably InfluencedOct 28, 2020
S04EP12: Christmas Special - Making Sustainable Christmas Swaps 🎄
In today's episode we discuss how you can make swaps this Christmas in favour of more conscious or sustainable items, from giftware, to tree decorations to a purely plant based Christmas dinner, listen to Bianca & Charlotte chat through the changes that you can make in time for the big day!
We wanted to take a moment to say thank you for your continued support over the past 2 years. We love creating this podcast and cannot wait to be back in the New Year 💕
Products/Services mentioned in today's show (please note no products mentioned are endorsed by the brands):
Dissolvable Wrapping Paper: https://cleanwith.plus/products/the-dissolvable-gift-wrap
Treedom Trees: https://www.treedom.net/en/
The Week Junior: https://theweekjunior.co.uk
S04EP11: Season Finale with Bianca Foley & Charlotte Williams
S04EP10: Live from the Voicebox stage at the Cheltenham Literature Festival
Todays episode is another live one! Listen to Bianca & Charlotte discuss how Sustainably Influenced came to be. Thank to The Cheltenham Literature Festival and Voicebox for the incredible opportunity.
Watch the live episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJUftYOkRA&t=704s
S04EP09: Is Rental Finally Becoming Acceptable in Mainstream Fashion? With CEO and co-founder of HURR, Victoria Prew
There are many ways that eco-conscious fashion lovers keep their closets low-impact and fashion rental is just one of them. In today’s episode, we will be discussing how fashion rental is a positive way to consume and how mainstream retailers can pivot into non-traditional routes to market with Victoria Prew, the co-founder and CEO of HURR, the fashion marketplace changing the way we wear. HURR aims to address an underserved market of women who want access to the latest trends, without the commitment of purchase. Prew is the first to tap into the growing market, spearheading rental fashion and shifts in millennial behaviour.
Headquartered in London, HURR aims to address an underserved market of women who want access to the latest trends, without the commitment of purchase. Prew is the first to tap into the growing market, spearheading rental fashion and shifts in millennial behaviour.
Prew studied Real Estate, launching her own technology product before training as a Chartered Surveyor. The entrepreneur identified an opportunity born from two complementary movements: the rise of sustainable fashion and the rental revolution. The website showcases an unlimited ‘virtual wardrobe’ for luxury rentals, including curated edits, the latest trend pieces and celebrity wardrobes. HURR carries over £10 million+ of inventory and is showing no signs of slowing down. Partnerships with Depop and Selfridges are putting HURR on the map as a pioneer of the fashion tech sector.
Rent today: https://www.hurrcollective.com
S04EP08: What is Ethical Photography? With Eunice Pais, founder of Pais Agency
As influencers are no strangers to photography and photoshoots, but what impact does what we do and the wider fashion industry have on the environment? Can photography be carbon neutral as well as environmentally and socially impactful? We are speaking with Eunice Pais, founder of Pais Agency to find out just that…
Eunice Pais is a photographer and co-founder of PAIS. PAIS is a photography production agency specialized in carbon neutral and socially impactful fashion photo productions. The agency focuses on addressing systemic imbalances in fashion photography by supporting people and celebrating a diversity of voices through deep engagement in the ethical fashion community.
As an artist, Eunice creates bodies of work that explore, aesthetically, all things related to human-nature interactions.
@pais.agency
S04EP07: What goes into getting a B Corps Certification with Kristi Soomer, founder of Encircled
Have you ever heard of the phrase “B Corps Certified?” In the UK there are only 16 certified B Corporation fashion brands
Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. B Corps are accelerating a global culture shift to redefine success in business and build a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
Encircled is a slow fashion brand that does it all. Founded by Kristi Soomer, Encircled is one of the few apparel brands that is a Certified B. Corp, which puts the planet and people before profits. To give you some perspective, there are only 9 apparel brands in Canada that are Certified. B Corps, and only 4 of these are female-founded/majority female owned B.Corps.
Find out more about Encircled here: https://www.encircled.ca
S04EP06: THE LIVE EPISODE with Circular Block Party
Welcome to the first live episode of Sustainably Influenced!
Our Panel:
Harriet from @Saywoo.studio - responsible sourcing and ethical manufacture. Small quantity stock model.
Teresa from @this_is_Revive - vintage sourcing and revival through embroidery and painting - small collection drop model.
Tabby @Re_considered - Repurposing and remaking - small collections and bespoke service.
Sara @Simastylistlondon - sustainable fashion influencer and conscious shopper.
The Circular Block Party is a new initiative bringing together a collective of small brands and start-ups to celebrate their sustainable and circular approach to creation and showcase their brands. A unique shopping experience, the Circular Block Party provides a creative atmosphere for audiences to interact, create and learn from the brands and industry experts through workshops and events. Today's episode was recorded back at the end of August 2020 in front of a live audience so you may hear a few other voices!
S04EP05: Colonialism, climate change & consumerism...How can me make changes? With Aja Barber
Get your copy of “Consumed” here: www.waterstones.com/book/consumed/aja-barber/9781914240041
S04EP04: What does it take to create a sustainable fashion brand? With Steven Wright, Prof at USW
@usw_fashion_marketing
@usw_fashion_promotion
@dress.wright
S04EP03 What is Regenerative Agriculture? Special Guest Hilmond Hui, Vice president of PFG
Today we are going to discuss the steps after sustainability. To be sustainable is great and it is something we strive for here on Sustainably Influenced, however the term “sustainability” itself is unclear. What exactly are we trying to sustain? What can we do to rebuild after the mass devastation to the planet? We need to look forward and look towards the future.
Vice President of PFG and head of their BOMBYX Silk division, Hilmond Hui leads a team in defining consciously-made silk for the industry. A second generation of his family’s international business, Hilmond has been immersed in the world of garment manufacturing all his life. From this family legacy and experience, he’s witnessed the challenges with conscious production methods in silk. In Hilmond’s mind, things like quality and construction have always gone hand in hand with social responsibility and sustainability to create a garment. It starts from the source of the raw materials, leading him to create the world’s cleanest silk at the very same point of origin of this ancient textile. Hilmond has always followed a path that marries ancient and modern thinking. Having studied Communications at Ryerson University in Toronto, Hilmond brings a global perspective to operations. Currently, Hilmond works closely with numerous departments including raw material development and sourcing, product and development, merchandising, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, production, and marketing.
S04EP02 The Evolution of fashion and why sustainability is so important - Special Guest Amelia Twine, Founder of Sustainable Fashion Week
S04EP01: The Fashion Season
S03EP08: How Econyl Is Making Waste Useful With Guilio Bonazzi
S03EP07: Consciousness in the Kitchen with Zoe Adjonyoh
In a whole new episode of Sustainably Influenced, we chat with Chef, Author, founder of Zoe's Ghana Kitchen & Black Book Global and host of ‘Cooking Up Consciousness’ podcast, Zoe Adjonyoh! #ghanabetasty @ghanakitchen
Shop Zoe's Ghana Kitchen Here
S03EP06: Environmental Activism and Renewable Energy with Juliet Davenport
In this week's episode we speak with Founder of the UK’s first 100% renewable electricity supplier, Good Energy, Juliet Davenport. An environmental activist with the emphasis on ‘action’, she has dedicated her life to the practical solutions to the climate crisis. Known as an innovator, she has been developing technologies and empowering people to fight climate change and transform the energy sector for more than 20 years.
Juliet currently sits on the board of the Renewable Energy Association, Innovate UK and the Crown Estate — the latter a position to advise on how the organization's substantial land can be used for climate solutions. She is Vice President of the Energy Institute, and is a member of the advisory boards of leading UK think tanks, including Energy Systems Catapult, Aurora, Oxford Energy, and LSE’s Grantham Institute.
Juliet is also the host of Great Green Questions podcast, a lighthearted and witty exploration of some of the big questions that come up when trying to 'walk the green line' - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/great-green-questions/id1557916383
S03EP05: Discussing the rise of Fashion Rental with Eshita Kabra-Davies, founder & CEO of ByRotation
Today we are getting into the nitty gritty of Fashion Rental! Our guest this is week is Eshita is the Founder and CEO of the award-winning app By Rotation, the social fashion rental platform. Inspired by a love for fashion that doesn’t weigh on her conscience and with an approach grounded in practicality over indulgence, Eshita founded By Rotation as a side hustle in April 2019. An investment professional with over 6 years of experience, she combines her commercial experience with her passions for fashion and graphic design. A Forbes 30 under 30 for Technology, Eshita is especially focused on creating a conscious and inclusive global community that democratises fashion.
Download the app and start renting here: https://byrotation.com
S03EP04: Impact Investing with Tom McGillyCuddy, Co-Founder of tickr
This week we're joined by Tom McGillycuddy, co-founder of tickr, to learn more about Impact Investing and using our money for good. tickr are a London & Liverpool based impact investing startup, designed to empower a previously excluded generation to invest for the first time using the feel good factor of positive impact. Prior to tickr Tom spent 8 years in investment management & investment banking, most recently as part of the founding team of Wellington Management's $1B Global Impact Fund. He is a CFA charterholder. Learn more about tickr here: https://tickr.co.uk/
S03EP03: Fixing Fashion with Josephine Phillips, founder of Sojo
This week we speak to Josephine Philips, a 23-year-old recent graduate turned Fashion Tech entrepreneur working to make the fashion industry circular with her App, Sojo. Sojo makes clothing alterations and repairs an easy and hassle-free process. She created it after realising she was continuously falling in love with second-hand clothes that weren't her size and did not have a convenient way to get them altered. Sojo was made to simplify the process, and by promoting a circular model, Josephine hopes that it will aid others in their quest for a more sustainable wardrobe. You can find them here: https://www.sojoapp.co.uk/journal-1/thestartofsojo
S03E02: Green Cleaning with Kyle Grant, founder of Oxwash
This week we speak with Kyle Grant, Founder of Oxwash. After a career at NASA, Kyle founded Oxwash during his Synthetic Biology PhD at Oxford University. Armed with just a bike and a backpack, Kyle started collecting and washing clothes for fellow students, this quickly snowballed into a growing on-demand laundry business as interest grew. Kyle’s passion for sustainability and tenacious entrepreneurial attitude continue to propel Oxwash to lofty heights. You can find Oxwash here: www.oxwash.com
S03E01: Happy Earth Day
S02E09: Andrea Cheong - Conscious Influencing & Building a Business
This week we speak to Andrea Cheong, influencer, content consultant and founder of sustainable mask brand @fleuroselondon.
S02E08: Edzard van der Wyck: Carbon-Negative Fashion
Today we’re joined by Edzard van der Wyck, co-founder of Heist Studios and Sheep Inc. The company launched in October 2019 and is the world’s first carbon-negative fashion brand, leading the way in being a restorative brand with a net positive impact. Alongside this, they are also the first brand to provide a fully traceable and transparent account of the supply chain and carbon footprint. Accessible with the tap of a phone against an NFC tag on the sweater hem. www.sheepinc.com
S02E08: Keshia Hannam: #climatejustice
This week we speak with our friend Keshia Hannam, global speaker, writer, and activist, who works to heighten individuals’ and groups' understanding of their own biases, the actions they can take, and how the climate crisis impacts brown and black communities most. Known as a global community builder and orator, she has spoken for The New York Times, Fortune 500 companies like Marriott and Macy’s, and at The United Nations. This is the second time we've had Keshia on the podcast and we could listen to her speak about climate justice forever. You can find Keshia on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/keshiahannam
S02E07: Ashleigh Bishop: Making Money for the Greater Good
Today’s episode we speak to Ashleigh Bishop, cofounder of Bagboard, the sustainable reward scheme that brings conscious brands and people together to drive sustainable environmental and social change. Ashleigh joined her long time schoolmate Ben Ayres, to found the company after he easily convinced her that disrupting the advertising industry and saving the world (at the same time) was possible. Ashleigh has a background in advertising and most recently was at McCann London, with experience in creating fully-integrated advertising campaigns for global brands such as Pandora, Nestlé and Nespresso.
S02E06: Sophie Slater: Building a Slow Fashion brand
This week we talk to Sophie Slater, the co-founder and CEO of ethical, sustainable, locally made fashion brand Birdsong. Together her and designer Susanna create ethical wardrobe staples, paying living wages to talented Londoners facing barriers to work to bring their designs to life. Sophie also freelances for social enterprises and occasionally writes and lectures in sustainable fashion.
www.birdsong.london
S02E05: Harriet Saywood-Bellisario: Why sustainable fashion can't be cheap
This week we're joined by Harriet Saywood-Bellisario and we ask the question on everybody’s lips… Why is sustainable fashion so expensive?
Harriet is a womenswear designer and creative director of the new Contemporary London womenswear label Saywood. She is a London College of Fashion Alumni who has worked with the likes of Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Richard Nicoll & Paul Smith.
S02E04: Elena Polisano: Deforestation in the Amazon & Greenpeace's Monster
With her job as a forest campaigner, Elena calls on the UK’s biggest food retailers to stop buying industrially produced meat and dairy from companies linked to destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and to reduce meat sales by half by 2025. Her recent work includes confronting Tesco bosses with a personal appeal from the heart of the Amazon from Brazilian Indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara. Elena previously led the campaign calling on UK supermarkets to reduce their plastic footprint and has been at the forefront of Greenpeace’s creative interventions aimed at some of the world’s biggest companies including Coca-Cola and Shell. Prior to Greenpeace, Elena was an advertising creative.
S02E03: Zinnia Kumar: Performative Sustainability
Today we’re joined by Published Scientist, Ecologist and model, Zinnia Kumar. We talk about performative sustainability & how sustainable fashion & ecosystems are linked.
S02E02: Monica Vinader: Moving to 100% Recycled Silver in 2020
Today’s episode we spoke to cult jewellery brand owner Monica Vinader about the launch of her new collection made from 100% recycled silver.
Founded in 2002, the Monica Vinader brand has created collection after collection of beautifully designed jewellery, a lot inspired by Monica’s travels and vintage pieces she has collected over the years through friends and family. Roll on 2020 and we see Monica Vinader’s first-ever collection made from 100% recycled Sterling Silver, in collaboration with leading sustainable fashion influencer, Doina Ciobanu. A collaboration that heralds in the brand's commitment to moving completely away from mined materials, with all collections moving to recycled Sterling Silver by the end of 2020.
S02E01: Introduction to the new season
S01E22: We Talk Plant Based News with Robbie Lockie
S01E21: We Talk Clean Curl Care with Bouclème Founder Michele Scott-Lynch
This week on Sustainably Influenced we talk clean curl care with Michele Scott-Lynch founder of haircare brand Bouclème. Michele tells us about her journey, how the business got started and about her biopolymer product bottles made from sugarcane.