Safia Minney

Safia Minney
Photograph of Safia Minney
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Occupation(s)Social entrepreneur, speaker, author.
Known forSocial business leadership, Environmental activism: Founder of Fashion Declares, REAL Sustainability, founder and former Global CEO of Global Village and People Tree.
Notable workAuthor of Regenerative Fashion, Slave to Fashion, Aesthetics Meets Ethics, Slow Fashion, By Hand.
AwardsMBE, FRSA

Safia Minney MBE FRSA (born 1964) is a British social entrepreneur and author. She was the founder of Global Village[1] which she set up in 1991,[2] and the founder and former Global CEO of 24 years of People Tree,[3][4] a pioneering sustainable and Fair Trade fashion label. She is also a spokesperson and campaigner on Fair Trade and ethical fashion.[5] She initiated World Fair Trade Day in 1999,[6] which is endorsed by the World Fair Trade Organization and their members and celebrated on the second Saturday of May each year. Additionally, she wrote the books Naked Fashion: the New Sustainable Fashion Revolution,[7] Slow Fashion,[8] Aesthetics Meets Ethics[9] and Slave to Fashion.[10]

  1. ^ "People Tree takes root in Japan". Japan Today. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ West, Naomi (22 November 2003). "A World of Difference". Telegraph Magazine.
  3. ^ "Lucy Siegle meets the winners of the ethical fashion award People Tree". the Guardian. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Top of the fair trade fashion tree". The Independent. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ Nikita (29 June 2017). "Safia Minney's Journey to Pioneering a Sustainable Fashion Label". Women's Business Club. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. ^ Intern, Comms (4 May 2016). "'Slave to Fashion', a book and educational campaign by Safia Minney, MBE". World Fair Trade Organization. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. ^ Naked Fashion: The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution. Oxford, UK: New Internationalist. 2011. ISBN 978-1-78026-041-9. Retrieved 11 October 2017 – via Barnes & Noble.
  8. ^ Safia., Minney (2016). Slow Fashion. New Internationalist. ISBN 978-1-78026-285-7. OCLC 947083834.
  9. ^ Noble, Barnes &. "Slow Fashion: Aesthetics Meets Ethics". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  10. ^ Noble, Barnes &. "Slave to Fashion". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 6 August 2018.