Bio
Livia Firth is Creative Director at Eco-Age, a brand consultancy that enables businesses to achieve growth by adding value through sustainability. She was the driving force behind the launch of the Green Carpet Challenge in 2009. As an Oxfam Global Ambassador, Firth has travelled to Ethiopia, Kenya, Bangladesh and Zambia, connecting with people at the beginning of the supply chain. She is a founding member of Annie Lennox’s The Circle, a powerful women’s advocacy group and is a global opinion former with regular high profile speaking engagements including The International New York Times Luxury Conference and the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. In November 2012 she became a Leader of Change 2012, awarded by the UN Foundation for Global Change. She received the UN Fashion 4 Development Award in September 2013 and the Green Award at Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year in December of the same year. In May 2014, Firth was honoured with an award for Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability at the Rainforest Alliance Gala.
Portrait by Kate Martin