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Exciting, Green and Fabulous! (Ethical Supply Chains in Luxury Goods)

Thursday, May 13, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)

San Francisco, CA

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Did you ever wonder, "where did this come from?" or "how do we find a way to source our goods without hurting people and damaging the environment?"


Join us at this fabulous event to get answers!

 

Local experts across the garment and textile industries will take your questions and educate us as to how to use sustainable alternatives that exceed expectations as they relate to environmentally responsible fashion. Focusing on the supply chain process, we will discuss the past, present, and future of garments and texties in terms of their environmental and social impact.


Our Local Experts Include:

Megan Connolly Haupt is founder of C5 company, which now holds C5 sustainable custom jewelry, the Meghan Connolly Haupt sustainable jewelry brand and Sulusso (which means "on luxury" in Italian), an online retailer of jewelry by designers committed to social and environmental responsibility.

Heather Franzese is a Senior Category Manager in Garments & Textiles at TransFair USA. TransFair USA is currently changing the face of apparel in the United States by opening up a New Fair Trade Certified(TM) Apparel and Home Goods Pilot Program for Public Comment. TransFair USA is one of twenty members of Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), and the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. 

Domenica Peterson is the co-founder of Global Action Through Fashion. Before co-founding Global Action Through Fashion, she did PR for People Tree in London, hand sewed for the couture fashion label NATAN in Brussels, did research for Sustainable Global Sourcing, and worked with TransFair USA on the first certification standard for Fair Trade apparel and textiles in the US.  She is an artist and loves sewing and fashion design.  She was President of the University of the Pacific Council of Social Entrepreneurs and has a B.A. in International Relations and Global Studies.

Grant Ennis is co-founder of Global Action Through Fashion. Grant has over 5 years experience in international non-profits both in the field and in the U.S.  He has a background in youth livelihood development and microfinance and sees ethical fashion as the ideal framework for promoting supply chain consciousness among consumers in the first world.


The discussion will begin around 7:00 and conclude around 7:45. Don't forget to give us a few of your best questions for the panelists!

If you are as inspired as we are, stick around to get to know our panelists and Net Impact leaders. We would love to meet you at the hotel's Midi bar (downstairs) for lively conversation.


Don't forget to let us know if you can make it giving us your RSVP response on on this EVENT BRITE page!

 

*****Space is limited to the first 65 people, so RSVP now to secure your seat!*****


Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm

 

Location: Galleria Park Hotel (Joie De Vivre); 191 Sutter St; San Francisco, CA 94104

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Galleria Park Hotel (Joie De Vivre)
191 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 94104

Thursday, May 13, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)


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Net Impact members are current and emerging leaders in CSR, social entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, international development, and environmental sustainability who are actively improving the world.