Country & Town House Introduces Future Icons Power People 2025

As the world’s first glossy magazine to attain B Corp certification, we have had our eye on the people who are creating impact through our editorial ethos. Many of our writers and editors have met these people and highlighted their work over the months and years. But to create a list that took on life outside the editorial office, we asked our sustainability consultants, CYD Connects and all the brands who entered our Future Icons Awards to nominate the people who they felt had had a major impact and influence on their own businesses and lifestyles. The result is an exciting, wide-ranging list of people – some of whom are, of course, global changemakers such as King Charles III and David Attenborough, others who are brand leaders whose very businesses engender change and operate in new and exciting ways, and individuals who are changing the conversation around consumption through their influence and activism. 

Ours is a wide tent – fighting for the health of our rivers, for access to toiletries for abused women, or for travel where conservation is at its heart – are all part of a huge tapestry of how our world will begin to heal. Siloing off sustainability into simply net zero activations, or nature restoration or biodiversity initiatives is to ignore that all of it matters. Without clean water, we get sick; without biodiversity, our crops fail, without a route to net zero, our world gets ever hotter until all tipping points are reached – and we contend with the terrifying consequences. 

So our list is a thank you to those who are changing conversations, telling new stories and having real-world impact. We champion you. We celebrate you. We will continue to tell your stories.

– Lucy Cleland, Editorial Director

The Future Icons Power People 2025

ADITI MAYER

Sustainability activist, thought leader, visual storyteller  

The 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza Factory in Bangladesh reshaped the fashion world – and stirred Punjabi-American Aditi into action. Over a decade later, this LA-based activist focuses on ‘weaving narratives of climate, culture and craft’– and how fashion can champion all three. She covers the globe in her pursuit for sustainable fashion, from studying circular craft in India with Coach to adventuring through the Pacific Northwest with PFAS-free footwear brand KEEN.

@aditimayer

AISLING CONNAUGHTON

Co-founder and Chief Solutionist, Cyd Connects 

Diagnosed as neurodivergent, B Corp expert Aisling delves deep into the climate crisis through the lens of inclusivity. Her mission is to create solutions that not only heal the planet but also uplift marginalised communities. Having worked for big names, including  Clarins, Estée Lauder Companies and Huawei Technologies, she is passionate about challenging the status quo in the corporate world. The result is Cyd Connects, a women-led sustainability consultancy that helps businesses make their ESG goals a reality.

@aisling_connaughton | @cydconnects

ALICE AEDY

Documentary film-maker and Earthrise Studio co-founder

Award-winning filmmaker Alice co-founded Earthrise, a climate storytelling studio and platform that highlights social and environmental issues. With a global online community, they have collaborated with Greta Thunberg, Sonia Guajajara and David Attenborough. This year, they became founding partners of Sounds Right, a conservation-focused music initiative by The Museum for the United Nations and Spotify launching Nature as an ‘Artist’. Launched digital content series Climate+ with Oxfam and short film ‘Ocean on Fire’ with Coral Gardeners, featuring Avatar’s Bailey Bass, to protect coral reefs.

@aliceaedy

ALISTAIR GOSLING & AMBER NUTTAL

Co-founders, Extreme Hangout

In 1998, Alistair founded Extreme International, a purpose-driven adventure brand that inspires positive change, through media, events and adventure tourism. Just over two decades later, Alistair and his wife Amber established Extreme Hangout, a global community and climate action platform. So far, they have enabled 21 events (three at COP) and hosted 1,000-plus speakers from 140 countries. Both are big supporters of ocean conservation projects – Amber has paddle-boarded the length of the Thames to raise funds for the Blue Marine Foundation.

@alistairgosling | @ambernuttall

AMY POWNEY 

Creative director and co-owner, Mother of Pearl 

Raised off-grid in Lancashire, Amy has a deep understanding of our connection to the earth. In 2017 she was awarded the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund prize and used it to launch MOP’s first sustainable clothing line; the subject of the documentary Fashion Reimagined. Amy has since shared her expertise via collaborations with The King’s Foundation’s, BBC Earth, Monica Vinader, John Lewis, Papier, Allbirds and as an ambassador for TENCEL™. 

@amy_powney

ANABEL KINDERSLEY

CEO and owner, Neal’s Yard Remedies

Anabel’s mission is to ‘change the world, one blue bottle at a time’ through Neal’s Yard Remedies. This pioneering health and beauty brand was the first high street retailer certified carbon neutral, with 96 percent of their products made in their award-winning eco-manufacturing facilities in Dorset. Anabel has also been name-checked twice in parliament for #StandByBees, her campaign to end the use of hazardous pesticides in the UK. Over 105 businesses have signed up, including British Beauty Council, Yeo Valley, Lush and Weleda.

@anabelkindersley_

DAME ANYA HINDMARCH

CEO and founder, Anya Hindmarch

Ever since Anya founded her company in 1987, she has taken a head-turning sustainable approach to her luxury accessory and lifestyle collections. Her ‘I Am Not A Plastic Bag’ project highlighted the issues surrounding single-use plastic consumption, contributing to the decision to charge for plastic bags in the UK. Follow-up projects, The Universal Bag, I Am A Plastic Bag and biodegradable and compostable bag collection Return To Nature further Anya’s mission to reduce and reuse – so does Anya Hindmarch Rental. 

@anyahindmarch

ARIZONA MUSE

Model, Sustainability Consultant, activist and founder of DIRT Charity

Having fronted campaigns for Prada, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Chopard, Arizona is on a mission to ‘turn fashion into a climate solution’. The way we grow our raw materials – wool, cotton, leather and linen – can cause huge harm to the soil. Arizona is changing that through her charity DIRT, championing biodynamic agriculture, where fashion crops are grown in a way that heals soil. This includes creating ten new standards for the growing, processing and composting of textiles.

@arizona_muse

AYESHA BARENBLAT

Founder and CEO, Remake

Growing up in Pakistan, Ayesha saw the impact of factory production firsthand. She has provided sustainability advice to the likes of the Gucci Group and worked with the UN to improve the quality of jobs in garment factories. In 2015, she founded Remake, a non-profit that fights for human rights and climate justice in the clothing industry. Their viral campaign #PayUp has recouped around $22 billion in cancelled contracts to unlock millions in wages for workers.

@remakeourworld

BEN GOLDSMITH

Environmentalist

Following in the footsteps of his environmentalist father, Sir James Goldsmith, Ben’s goal is ‘to rewild Britain’. Alongside playing a major role as a government nature advisor, Ben champions numerous causes, focusing on nature, climate change and sustainable agriculture. He also set up, with his ex-wife, Kate Rothschild, the Iris Prize, which supports young environmentalists, in memory of their daughter Iris who died in a tragic accident in 2019. In 2020 Ben published the book God is an Octopus, on love, loss and solace in nature.

@bengoldsmith

BIANCA PITT

Co-founder, SHE Changes Climate

While on the Development Board for ClientEarth, Austrian Bianca noticed the lack of women at the table of climate policy. In response, she founded the Women of the Environment Network and co-founded SHE Changes Climate, a campaign to get women equally represented at international climate negotiations. This includes a 50-50 leadership of men and women. In 2024, the campaign brought 16 global ambassadors on board, from Indigenous campaigners in Trinidad and Tobago to refugee-activists in the Netherlands.

@sheclimate

CARMEL RAFAELI

Founding partner, The Table 

After a diverse career – radio news production, business development in Japan, brick-and-mortar fashion, eCommerce and hospitality tech – Carmel shifted into venture funding to support women founders on their journey of building and financing their climate-positive ventures. In May 2024, she launched The Table, a community of investors who want to increase the amount and frequency of investment into women-led climate tech ventures to speed up innovative solutions to battle the environmental crisis.

CAROLE BAMFORD OBE 

Founder, Daylesford Organic and Bamford 

For over 40 years, Carole has been driven by her belief that we must live and work in harmony with nature. Her pioneering work has led to B Corp accreditation for Daylesford and Bamford, a Michelin Green Star and Positive Luxury Innovation Awards for Bamford’s homegrown merino knitwear collection and stem cell serum. Carole’s charity work includes supporting British farmers, the NSPCC and communities in India through The Lady Bamford Charitable Trust and Nila House. 

@carolebamford

CLOVER HOGAN

Climate activist and founder, Force of Nature 

Born in Australia, raised in Indonesia, and living in the UK, Clover was inspired into action by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. In 2019, aged 19, she founded Force of Nature, a nonprofit mobilising young mindsets for climate action. It now works across 50–plus countries. Named one of Forbes 30 under 30, Clover has shared the stage with global changemakers and counselled heads of state. Her TED talk has been viewed a staggering two million times.
@cloverhogan

DALE VINCE OBE

Founder, Ecotricity

Dale’s mission ‘to create a Green Britain’ was born while living off-grid in his very own modified van. In 1995, he founded Ecotricity, providing green electricity and gas to more than 200,000 customers. Other accolades include the Electric Highway, the world’s first national charging network for electric cars, Devil’s Kitchen, which supplies plant-based school dinners to 25% of all primary schools, Skydiamond, the ‘world’s first zero-impact’ diamond, and Ecojet, the world’s first electric airline. Not forgetting Forest Green Rovers, the world’s greenest football club.

@therealdalevince

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

Broadcaster and naturalist

Known as the ‘voice of nature’, David has spent his life raising awareness of the climate and environmental crises. His TV programmes, including Natural World, Wildlife on One, Planet Earth and The Blue Planet, have inspired generations worldwide. David’s latest series explores the world of mammals, uncovering the ‘secrets of their success’. Now, aged 98, he continues to educate the globe, with the strong message that the natural world is at risk more than ever before.

DIANA VERDE NIETO 

Co-founder and COO, Edify Collective and author of Reimagining Luxury 

 Diana, an Argentinian changemaker based in London, founded one of the earliest sustainability consultancies in 2002 and later co-founded Positive Luxury in 2011. Now, she leads Edify Collective, an innovative micro-learning platform equipping teams to embed sustainability across every role. Diana serves on the board of Watts 1974, La Prairie, and the British Beauty Council. She was trained by Former USA VP Al Gore at the Alliance of Climate Protection and in January 2024, she released Reimagining Luxury, solidifying her authority in business and sustainability.

@dianaverdenieto

DOMINIQUE PALMER

Climate Justice Activist, Writer 

 From connecting music and activism on global stages, to co-authoring a children’s book on restoring nature to walking the catwalk for sustainable brands, Dominique harnesses the arts ‘to protect the only planet we call home’. She is a founding member of the Youth Climate Justice Fund and has commanded the main stage at Hungary’s Sziget Festival, inspiring thousands of people to take climate action. Her influence has rippled down to the next generation – two schools have named classrooms after her.

@domipalmer

 DUNCAN GROSSART

Founder, Journeys With Purpose

 The world’s highest-scoring travel B Corp, Journeys With Purpose, champions and celebrates the natural world. Showcasing the globe’s most exciting and successful conservation projects (think island ocean ecosystems in Palau, rewilding in Argentina’s Iberá Wetlands), Duncan wants to encourage purpose-first travel ‘to help shift the needle in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss’. This means immersing ourselves in local cultures,  supporting impactful tourism practices and contributing to conservation efforts.

@journeys_with_purpose

 FEARGAL SHARKEY

Environmental campaigner

 Northern Irish former punk singer Feargal has left behind rock ‘n’ roll to crusade for Britain’s waterways. A lifelong fisherman, he first became aware of river pollution as Chairman of the Amwell Magna fishery on the River Lea eight years ago. Today, Feargal is on the frontline as Vice Chairman of River Action, a charity which rescues Britain’s rivers. A sewage pollution protest ‘March for Clean Water’ in London is in the pipeline.  

@riveractionuk

 GALAHAD CLARK

Co-founder and Chief Ecosystem Officer, Vivobarefoot

 A seventh-generation cobbler (his ancestors founded Clarks shoes), Galahad is redefining footwear and its impact on the world. His B Corp company Vivobarefoot champions the concepts of ‘barefoot footwear’, producing shoes that allow feet to move and function as nature intended. Then there’s ReVivo for professionally reconditioned footwear to keep the shoes in use and away from landfills and the brand’s in-house impact hub Livebarefoot Fund. Plus a Vivohealth education platform and barefoot movement coaches to boot.

@vivobarefoot

 HENRY DIMBLEBY

Managing Partner, Bramble Partners

 Henry has trailblazed the food industry in his mission ‘to create a food system that restores human and planetary health’. He co-founded Leon Restaurants, The Sustainable Restaurant Association and Chefs in Schools, which recruits restaurant chefs to work in schools. He also led two independent government reviews: the School Food Plan and the National Food Strategy. Now, he furthers his mission through his investment and advisory firm Bramble Partners. In between, Henry likes to encourage people to ‘eat more beans’.

@HenryDimbleby on X

 ISABELLA TREE

Author of Wilding and co-owner of Knepp rewilding project

 ‘Rewilding our landscapes is one of the fastest, most effective ways of restoring biodiversity, solving the climate crisis and helping re-engage people with nature,’ says Isabella of Knepp Estate. This inspirational 3,500-acre rewilding project, which she created with husband Charlie Burrell, is home to some of the UK’s most endangered creatures. And, thanks to Knepp, beavers have returned to Sussex after 400 years, and the white stork as a breeding bird to Britain after over 600 years.

@Isabella.tree

@kneppwilding

 ISAIAS HERNANDEZ

Environmentalist and Storyteller

 Latino ‘environmental educator’ Isaias is more commonly known by his moniker, Queer Brown Vegan, an independent media platform to make environmental education accessible to all – a mission prompted by growing up in poverty in LA. Aiming to deconstruct complex issues, he has tackled topics from a lack of diversity in veganism to building ecological wealth to the ‘messy truth’ about carbon footprints. He’s also launched two web series: Sustainable Jobs and Teaching Climate Together.

@queerbrownvegan

 JOHN GUMMER, LORD DEBEN 

Member of the House of Lords

Lord Deben is the founder and Chairman of Sancroft International, a consultancy that advises both businesses and investors on all areas of Sustainability and ESG. Between 2012 and 2023 he was Chairman of the UK’s Independent Climate Change Committee. Lord Deben was also the UK’s longest-serving Secretary of State for the Environment (1993-97) having previously been Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. Lord Deben is currently Chairman of Valpak Ltd which helps businesses to reduce waste.

 JOYCELYN LONGDON

Environmental Justice Technologist, writer and educator 

 ‘My mission is to transform how we think about environmental action, and design nature technologies, by connecting the dots between environmental justice, ancestral wisdom and innovation,’ says Joycelyn. She is encouraging that through her award-winning media, communications and consulting work making climate conversations more accessible and diverse. In between, she’s doing a PhD at the University of Cambridge, on the role of technology in forest conservation. Her first book Natural Connection will be published by Penguin next year.

@climateincolour

JULIET DAVENPORT

Board advisory and NED

 Founder of Good Energy, the UK’s first 100% renewable energy business, Juliet has been innovating for over 20 years, working on ideas to fight climate change and transform the energy sector. Now President of the Energy Institute, she works with a wide range of organisations, from think tanks to educational organisational to help develop the next generation of green entrepreneurs. Her recent book The Green Start-Up cements her vision, discussing how to make businesses better for the planet. 

@Davenportjuliet

 JULIET KINSMAN

Sustainability editor, podcaster and consultant

Juliet shares stories to ‘inspire impact’, focusing on luxury travel and boutique, eco hotels. She raises awareness around climate-friendly travel – firstly as founding editor of Mr & Mrs Smith, going on to wake everyone up to what can be achieved through boutique eco hotels. Then, as first ever sustainability editor of Conde Nast Traveller and through her award-winning podcast for the Evening Standard. Not forgetting her book: The Green Edit: Travel, Easy Tips for the Eco-Friendly Traveller.
@JulietKinsman

 KAREN HARVEY MBE

Creative director and social entrepreneur, founder of Toiletries Amnesty 

 Curator, collaborator, consultant, photographer, writer, publisher, social entrepreneur… Karen has a lot of roles. But one of her most ambitious projects

is Toiletries Amnesty, which she founded in 2014. This award-winning NGO works to end hygiene poverty and divert beauty industry waste, giving millions of people access to toiletries while preventing millions of tonnes of cosmetic waste from hitting landfill. Her hard work was recognised this year with an MBE.

@harveyhotdog 

 HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES III 

 Aged 21, the then Prince of Wales warned of the dangerous effects of plastic pollution. Since then, he has been leading the charge against climate change. He pioneered organic farming on his Duchy Estate. In 2020, he launched The Sustainable Markets Initiative, with its mandate, the Terra Carta, which aims to reunite people and planet. As King, he’s installed the first solar panels on Windsor Castle and his state Bentleys are being converted to biofuel.

@theroyalfamily

KRESSE WESLING CBE

Co-founder, Elvis & Kresse 

 Canadian-born British entrepreneur Kresse has always championed sustainability – founding an environmental packaging company in Hong Kong before driving forward two sustainable clothing companies. Today, her focus is Elvis & Kresse, which she co-founded in 2005. This multi-award-winning brand transforms London’s decommissioned fire hoses into beautifully crafted homeware and accessories from 15 different reclaimed materials. In 2020, the company bought a farm near Faversham to implement a host of environmental initiatives, including a regenerative vineyard of 12,000 vines.

@elvisandkresse

 LAURA CLARKE OBE

CEO, ClientEarth

 Laura decided to focus on environmental issues after her time as UK High Commissioner to New Zealand. In 2022, she joined ClientEarth, which uses the law to protect the planet. In May 2024, ClientEarth and partners won a case against the UK government, arguing their climate plan breached the UK Climate Change Act. They are currently working on a range of legal actions across the world, including taking on the French government to stop destructive bottom-trawling in the Mediterranean.

LinkedIn: laura-clarke-obe

LUDOVIC DU PLESSIS

President, Champagne Telmont

 Drawing on his luxury drinks expertise, Ludovic is transforming Champagne Telmont with a pioneering regenerative organic agriculture approach. Telmont ‘Réserve de la Terre’ is crafted from organic grapes without herbicides, pesticides, fungicides or synthetic fertilizers revealing a wine full of life. Bottles are made from 87 percent recycled glass reducing environmental impact. Telmont also stopped using gift boxes and developed with Verallia the lightest champagne bottle (800g).

@ecoludo

MARINE TANGUY
CEO, MTArt Agency 

B Corp MTArt Agency is disrupting the visual sector. It was founded by Marine Tanguy, a passionate advocate for the role of the artist in our society who wishes for art to become integrated in our everyday experience. MTArt was listed as one of the fastest-growing companies in the country and now represents the world’s most exciting artists. Marine also published her book The Visual Detox, an indispensable tool to be visually literate. 

@marinetanguyart

MIKAELA LOACH

Climate justice organiser

Mikaela gave up her medical studies in Edinburgh in pursuit of climate justice. This 27-year-old has organised grassroots movements such as Stop Cambo, Fossil Free Books, Resist Glencore and The UK Black Eco Feminist Collective. She’s called out billionaires at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual event (‘abolish billionaires’, she posted on Instagram), taken the UK government to court and challenged Shell over human rights abuses – while writing her best-selling book It’s Not That Radical.

@mikaelaloach

MONICA VINADER

Co-founder and CEO, Monica Vinader

Fifteen years ago, Monica co-founded her company on ‘doing the right thing’. Cue quality jewellery designed and made with both integrity and responsibility, including transparent supply chains. With high-quality pieces in recycled gold vermeil and 14k, recycled silver, and now in lab-grown diamonds, Serena Gomez, Scarlett Johannson and Dakota Johnson are all fans. ‘We need to cherish pieces, re-wear them, repair them, and ultimately pass them on to support a more responsible future,’ says Monica.

@monicavinader

NINA MARENZI

Founder, The Sustainable Angle & Future Fabrics Expo

Nina is the mastermind behind The Sustainable Angle, a not-for-profit initiating and supporting projects that aim to lower the environmental impact of the textiles industry. Their main initiative is Future Fabrics Expo, a central sourcing platform that enables brands and creatives to source sustainably and responsibly produced materials for fashion, home and interiors. Launched in 2011 and expanded to NYC, the expo is now the largest dedicated sourcing platform for sustainably and responsibly produced materials in London.

@thesustainableangle

 PATRICK GRANT

Founder, Community Clothing

 Scottish clothing designer Patrick may be known for the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee, but his influence goes much deeper. After buying historic Lancashire clothing manufacturer Cookson & Clegg to save it from closure, Patrick launched Community Clothing, a campaigning clothing company which partners with factories across the UK to make the highest quality of British products. This approach has significantly improved the level of employment for British mills and factories. So far, Patrick has created nearly half a million hours (and counting) of skilled work in the UK textile industry.

@patrickgrantism

 PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES

Just like his father, the Prince is passionate about the environment. In 2020, he and The Royal Foundation, supported by the Princess of Wales, launched the Earthshot Prize to discover and scale up innovative solutions to repair the planet. The aim is to fund at least 50 climate change solutions by 2030. The Princess also uses her considerable platform by championing sustainable fashion, from renting dresses to re-wearing outfits to donning ethical fashion brands such as Beulah, which focuses on fighting slavery.

@princeandprincessofwales

RACHEL ARTHUR 

Sustainability strategist and writer

Rachel is shifting the fashion narrative. In 2023, she was the lead author of The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, co-published by UNEP and UN Climate Change. The book put overconsumption firmly on the table, looking at how to redirect the stories (marketing, advertising, editorial) we receive about fashion towards sustainability. She also works with non-profit Textile Exchange on a post-growth fashion future and writes a substack called ‘Owning It’ offering guidance on working in sustainable fashion.

@rachelarthur 

RAYMOND BLANC OBE

Chef Patron, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel.  

Raymond Blanc’s dedication to sustainability in both food and the environment at his beloved Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxfordshire – which produces over 250 different organic varieties of fruit and vegetables – sets a powerful example for the food industry. But his leadership extends beyond the kitchen; as President of The Sustainable Restaurant Association, he is an advocate for seasonality, biodiversity, food waste reduction and the promotion of sustainable farming techniques. 

@raymondblanc

SHAILJA DUBÉ

Deputy Director, Institute of Positive Fashion, British Fashion Council 

From small designer brands to high street and multinational businesses, Shailja is spearheading the British Fashion Council’s climate action to help drive positive change across all parts of the fashion industry. She directed the BFC’s flagship sustainability initiative The Circular Fashion Ecosystem Project, a blueprint to move the UK to a circular fashion economy – the framework is now the foundation of a change strategy for UK Fashion and is the inspiration for other nations, including New Zealand and Canada.

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SIAN SUTHERLAND

Co-founder and Chief Changemaker, A Plastic Planet and PlasticFree 

Serial entrepreneur Sian’s mission is ‘to ignite and inspire the world to turn off the plastic tap’. Sian is doing exactly this through A Plastic Planet, which works with industry, policymakers, media and innovators to accelerate the impact on the plastic crisis. One of the tenets is PlasticFree – a global platform to inspire 160 million global creatives to design plastic out at source. A big part is having conversations. We need to ‘face the truth,’ says Sian. 

@siansutherland @createwhatsnext 

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SOPHIA LI 

Journalist, climate advocate and host

Sophia Li’s powerful storytelling cuts through the noise. A former American Vogue editor, this UN Human Rights Champion and Earthshot Prize’s Global Correspondent uses her narrative skills to humanise complex environmental and social issues, hosting Meta’s Climate Talks podcast and serving as Impact Editor for Family Style magazine. As sustainability advisor to Cocokind and co-founder of STEWARD, her impact is felt far beyond the page whether she’s lobbying for better fashion legislation or interviewing on every big stage from COP to UNGA.

@sophfei

TAYSHAN HAYDEN-SMITH

Activist, founder and creative director, Grow to Know

Tayshan, a former professional footballer from Ladbroke Grove, discovered activism after creating the Grenfell Garden of Peace in response to the Grenfell Tower Fire, 2017. In 2020, activism took the form of a nonprofit, Grow to Know, a creative changemaker collective. Following a statement garden or two at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, he says: ‘Make sharing and caring the new norm. Hug your bros. Go out of your way to bring comfort to those in discomfort. Community is key. Good mischief is healthy. Smile, sometimes.’

@manliketaysh

TIFFANIE DARKE

Fashion consultant

Living between London and Ibiza, former fashion editor Tiff is the woman behind the highly successful Rule of Five campaign that invites people to commit to buying only five new items of clothing a year. Her tips and tricks can be found in her book What to Wear and Why, published earlier this year, and in her Substack: It’s not Sustainable. Tiff also co-founded Agora Ibiza, a sustainable fashion hub at Six Senses Ibiza.

@tiffdarke

TOLU COKER

Designer and multi-disciplinary artist

Central St Martins graduate and Celine alumni, British-Nigerian Tolu is passionate about using her clothes to promote social change. Her distinct designs are rooted in three pillars – ‘community, craftsmanship and culture’ – and locally crafted in London from a mix of deadstock fabrics and upcycled materials. With a celebrity following (from Rihanna to Elizabeth Debicki), Tolu has collaborated with the likes of UGG and Manola Blahnik and her pieces are stocked by Net-a-Porter.

@tolucoker

TOM KAY

Founder, Finisterre

Born from a love of the sea passed down by Tom’s parents, Finisterre makes consciously built outerwear, hardy knits and adventure essentials for an inspired life in and around the sea. The first outdoor apparel brand in the UK to achieve B Corp status, they operate from their cliff-top workshop in Cornwall with 11 stores around the country, including three Repairs Workshops in Bristol, St Agnes and now at their new flagship store in London. 

@tommykay7

TORI TSUI

Activist and author

Hong Kong native Tori Tsui is a Senior Advisor for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Climate Justice Lead for Brian Eno’s Earth Percent and a campaigner against the Rosebank oil field. Her debut book It’s Not Just You was short-listed for the Wainwright Prize. She sailed across the Atlantic in 2019, sponsored by Stella McCartney, and she featured on the front cover of Vogue with Billie Eilish in 2023.
@toritsui_

TORSTEN VAN DULLEMEN

Group Director of Sustainability, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is known for pioneering sustainable luxury hospitality. This is thanks to Torsten, who worked his way from front-of-house to Group Director of Sustainability. Setting a new standard for excellence in hospitality and building a culture of responsibility among his colleagues,’ one of his biggest successes is eliminating 99.9 percent of single-use plastic across all operations. He has also removed all endangered seafood from the menus and launched one paid day of charity volunteering. Almost 50 percent (and counting) of Mandarin Orientals are GSTC certified.

@torstengm_mohydepark