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Igniting social change, creating brands, campaigns and businesses with soul is Sian’s…
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Empty Highs... wrote this a year ago for New Statesman. Sad to say still 100% relevant.
Empty Highs... wrote this a year ago for New Statesman. Sad to say still 100% relevant.
By Sian Sutherland
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Girls, I'm going to Harvard! Ok, I already went. Super special event talking Leadership and Communicating for Impact alongside some incredible peeps…
Girls, I'm going to Harvard! Ok, I already went. Super special event talking Leadership and Communicating for Impact alongside some incredible peeps…
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Amazing interview with the director Matthieu Rytz on his new documentary #DEEPRISING. Deep sea mining is the climate disaster we HAVEN’T caused yet…
Amazing interview with the director Matthieu Rytz on his new documentary #DEEPRISING. Deep sea mining is the climate disaster we HAVEN’T caused yet…
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Experience
Volunteer Experience
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Key Advisor to Board; Hong Kong Foundation
PLASTIC OCEANS Foundation Hong Kong
- 3 years 4 months
Environment
Plastic Oceans Foundation in Hong Kong own the film A Plastic Ocean - incredibly powerful documentary telling us all how our misuse of plastic is destroying our planet; our ocean and ultimately our own health. . Millions of tons of plastic, much of which has been used once, find their way to our ocean. This plastic never disappears, it attracts harmful toxins that affect the whole food chain. As our addiction to plastic increases worldwide, this problem is gathering pace and traces are now…
Plastic Oceans Foundation in Hong Kong own the film A Plastic Ocean - incredibly powerful documentary telling us all how our misuse of plastic is destroying our planet; our ocean and ultimately our own health. . Millions of tons of plastic, much of which has been used once, find their way to our ocean. This plastic never disappears, it attracts harmful toxins that affect the whole food chain. As our addiction to plastic increases worldwide, this problem is gathering pace and traces are now found in our own food. We need to educate and inform, treat our plastic differently and eventually find a new plastic that does not destroy the health of our planet
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UK Board Trustee
FilmAid
- 7 years 2 months
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
FilmAid International is a humanitarian organisation that uses the power of film to educate and entertain displaced people around the world. FilmAid works currently in refugee communities in Kenya, Thailand and Jordan.
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Co-Founder
A PLASTIC PLANET
- Present 7 years 9 months
Environment
A Plastic Planet is a global campaign organisation with a single goal - to ignite and inspire the world to turn off the plastic tap. As entrepreneurs, they bring a fresh pro-business solutions-focused approach to environmental issues. A Plastic Planet are highly vocal in the world’s media, working collaboratively with industry, retailers, Governments, legislators and the UN; to accelerate the pace of change at all levels. Recognised in The 2019 Fast Company Awards and winners of International…
A Plastic Planet is a global campaign organisation with a single goal - to ignite and inspire the world to turn off the plastic tap. As entrepreneurs, they bring a fresh pro-business solutions-focused approach to environmental issues. A Plastic Planet are highly vocal in the world’s media, working collaboratively with industry, retailers, Governments, legislators and the UN; to accelerate the pace of change at all levels. Recognised in The 2019 Fast Company Awards and winners of International Campaign of the Year, A Plastic Planet created the infamous Plastic Free Aisle campaign, opening this catalyst for supermarket change in Amsterdam early 2018. They also launched the Plastic Free Trust Mark for brands, with over 1000 already certified, and the Industry Commitment Mark ‘Working Towards Plastic Free’. A Plastic Planet is a key founding partner in the Plastic Health Coalition, bringing together the world’s scientists, doctors to irrefutably prove the impact of plastic toxicity on human health.
From plastic hackathons for Unilever and WPP to creating new laws banning export of plastic waste, from lobbying for plastic taxes, and the creation of the first PlasticFree.com materials and solutions library with blockchain partner IBM, A Plastic Planet have created global impact in just 3 years.
www.aplasticplanet.com
Honors & Awards
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Point of Light Award
UK Government
12 Awards for public service given each year by UK Government
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London’s Most Influential List
London Evening Standard
Included for Environmental Impact Work
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International campaign of the year - The Plastic Free Aisle
PRCA
Winner of International Campaign of Year for The Plastic Free Aisle
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2016 Leader of the Year - Marketing - Runner Up
Innocos innovation Summit 2016
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Winner - Best Female Marketer 2014 - Mio launch
Chartered Institute of Marketing
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Achiever of the Year
CEW - Beauty Industry Trade Organisation Leader
One of 4 industry awards given each year
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British Female Inventor of the Year
BFI Awards
For creation of new category and range within beauty market - pregnancy skincare
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Top 10 Green Voices on LinkedIn
LinkedIn
Organizations
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FilmAid
Chairman UK Board
-Using the power of film to help disadvantaged communities around the world, giving a voice, bringing hope
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Plastic Oceans Foundation
Advisor HK board
-Changing the developed world's attitude to plastic in one generation
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And the panel is out!!! You can now see the recording of the Climate Action Live panel on the plastic problem, which I was fortunate to be a part of.…
And the panel is out!!! You can now see the recording of the Climate Action Live panel on the plastic problem, which I was fortunate to be a part of.…
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Wonderful to see Heidi Kuhn in Rome, waging peace with her passion to eradicate #landmines from our soil in every country possible. Roots of…
Wonderful to see Heidi Kuhn in Rome, waging peace with her passion to eradicate #landmines from our soil in every country possible. Roots of…
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Wonderful to have a few hours today with William McDonough , hosted by one of the kindest people I know Ved Krishna So many shared connections and…
Wonderful to have a few hours today with William McDonough , hosted by one of the kindest people I know Ved Krishna So many shared connections and…
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Champions for Nature and for humanity. As ever Georgia Elliott-Smith and team using the power of law to protect us from toxic sludge that is…
Champions for Nature and for humanity. As ever Georgia Elliott-Smith and team using the power of law to protect us from toxic sludge that is…
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Another great set of learnings with Sian Sutherland!
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Xampla were honoured to be invited to the Houses of Parliament for a reception hosted by Higginson Strategy and the Right Honourable Baroness Verma…
Xampla were honoured to be invited to the Houses of Parliament for a reception hosted by Higginson Strategy and the Right Honourable Baroness Verma…
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I humbly predict that in 10 years time we will still be hearing The British Plastics Federation claiming chemical recycling is the solution. And yet…
I humbly predict that in 10 years time we will still be hearing The British Plastics Federation claiming chemical recycling is the solution. And yet…
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