by Sangeeta Haindl
SOURCE:Justmeans
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Luxury fashion house Kering and the Centre For Sustainable Fashion (CSF) have announced the very first Kering Awards for Sustainable Fashion to Neliana Fuenmayor for Stella McCartney and Ingrid Rautemberg for Alexander McQueen. CSF has a commitment to using fashion to drive change and to build a sustainable future; this year’s winners represent that mission. The focus of Neliana works is The Art of Positive Story-telling, all to do with sustainability stories, while the project signed by Ingrid Rautemberg is about Exploring bioplastic in the fashion industry.
Over 160 applications were submitted for the Awards. Each winner will receive €10,000 ($10,926), grant for their work, in addition internships.
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Photo Credit: Centre for Sustainable Fashion
Sangeeta Haindl writes on women and children; social innovation; social enterprise and social entrepreneurs. She is the founder of Serendipity PR, in London, U.K., where she works with high-profile brands and organizations in the public, non-profit, and corporate sectors, winning awards for her work from the communications industry. She is chairman of and director of London's leading conscious well-being organisation, Alternatives, which hosts leading speakers such as Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Neale Donald Walsch and many other well-known names. She describes herself as a Spiritual Entrepreneur, Conscious Explorer; enjoying helping others, paying it forward and being a mum.
KEYWORDS: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ethical Production and Consumption, Sustainable Fashion, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, British fashion, kering Award, Luxury Fashion, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, Venture Philanthropy, funding, Cause Global, nonprofit organizations, social innovation, Social investment, Justmeans
