Shona Quinn is senior director of social consciousness at Eileen Fisher women’s clothing company. She focuses on values-based brand strategy and the intersection of business and sustainability. This includes evaluation of product life-cycle impacts, from raw materials to manufactured goods to recycled, next-life products, as well as influencing business partners and industry stakeholders to create long-term, sustainable solutions for the broader apparel sector. Quinn also researches the psychology of the consumer-citizen and the role mindfulness plays in the shift to sustainable consumption. A public speaker, she has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Inc Magazine, and Women’s Wear Daily.
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