Platforms & Events

Straddling the fashion, media and culture sectors, Samata has led pioneering work and been part of shaping the narrative about sustainable design.

Her core passion areas are:

Cultural Sustainability
Sustainable Design
Fashion & Climate
Sustainable Materials & Innovation
Circular Economy
Sustainable Communications
Representation
Human Rights & Social Justice
Fashion & Biodiversity

Samata is a confident through-leader and speaker whose expertise has been engaged by the following, and many more:

Speaking Platforms


2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26)
2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27)
CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards
United Nations Office of Partnerships and Conscious Fashion Campaign
New York Climate Week
Universal Music Group x Bravado | Sustainability Summit
Sustainable Fashion Forum
Black Women For Wellness Reproductive Justice Forum
Copenhagen Fashion Summit / Global Fashion Agenda
Cambridge University – Institute of Sustainability Leadership
Yale School of The Environment
Vogue Poland Sustainable Fashion Summit
Masterclass Biodiversity in Fashion – KERING and GFA
Freelancing Females – Reignite Fest ‘Regenerate’
Fixing The Future
A Seat At The Table, Sustainable Fashion Forum
#GoGreenwithGrazia
YES AND Digital Earth Day Panel
The Design Trust
Hey Mama
One Humanity – Red Carpet Green Dress (United Nations Office Of Partnerships)
YES AND Presents: Earth Day Sustainability Summit
GlamHive – Looking Forward, Acting Now
Fashinnovation Worldwide Talk – Fashion Is Social Entrepreneurship (Conscious Fashion Campaign)
SXSW Eco

Coverage

Forbes
NBC – New York Live!
NME
People
Reuters
Business Insider
Business Of Fashion
Wonderland China
Grazia Middle East
Instyle
Grazia
Yahoo Finance
The Voice of Fashion
Town & Country
Harper’s Bazaar
Hunger
Air
Westwood Westwood
Vogue UK
Vogue Poland
Vogue Italia
High Low
The Good Trade
The Front Lash
iD
LA Times
New York Times
NPR
Red Magazine
E!
ITV News News At Ten
ITV News at Six
BBC Radio 1Xtra

Podcasts & Radio

COP 26COP 27Reve En Vert
Conscious Chatter
IPBES, Global Biodiversity Podcast – Nature Insight
Hoxton Radio
BBC Radio 1 Xtra
EcoChic
Brown Girl Green
Live Wide Awake
Do Your Thing
CFS+ 1:1
NPR