Talking Tastebuds with Florence Kollie Raja: Environmental Politics + Ethical Fashion

All The Small Things

Venetia La Manna

Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Florence Kollie Raja is the founder and director of Ethical Era and the creator of the 2030 Positive Planet Agenda: “mapping sustainability” concept and “sustainability metrics standardisation proposal”.

Florence came to the sustainability sector via her public sector work where she worked with the UK Parliament, European Parliament and Local Government for a decade, this granted her a deep knowledge of the political landscape (national and international) and extensive experience working with policymakers.

Prior to Ethical Era, Florence spent five years researching and testing sustainability concepts in fashion at a Start-up level which led her to explore all factors relating to sustainability and climate change with a specialisation in sustainable fashion.

Kollie Raja’s company, Ethical Era serve to track sustainability- focused organisations and leaders and to showcase that organisations and individuals can be a force for good.

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1:35.2	Thanks very much to Vivo life. Welcome back to Talking Tastebed Season 6. I'm Vannesha
1:48.9	Lamaner and in this series I chat to inspiring thinkers and leaders who encourage people like you and me to live a conscious and full life.
1:57.6	Florence Colley Raja is the founder and director of Ethical Era and the Creator of the 2030 Positive Planet Agenda.
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