Through gentle education, I cut through the noise of sustainability, helping brands design circular + regenerative products, ensuring brands have the business structure to support such systems + empowering individuals on their sustainability journeys.
LIST OF SERVICES
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HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW
My specialities lie in boosting circularity, improving regeneration, reducing environmental impact, creating meaningful sustainability goals, integrating low-impact materials, partnering with innovators, operating within the planetary boundaries, aligning with environmental policies + communicating progress clearly (without greenwashing + in line with the EU + US verbiage requirements).
Circular, sustainable + regenerative product design
Circular, sustainable + regenerative systems thinking, business practices + supply chain impact mapping
Education, research + credible sources for your academic curriculum or educational materials
FORMAT
Typically project-based
Exceptionally, monthly retainer for those seeking ongoing external sustainability + circularity strategy, advice + management
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Circular Design + Materials
Design products for the circular economy and to help lower the EU ecodesign tax
Low-impact, low-toxicity material matrix
Avoid plastic
Develop a supplier code of conduct
Education
Develop tailored presentations and guides to up-skill teachers + professionals.
Review + update curriculum + educational materials for sustainability, circularity, regeneration, innovation + systems thinking.
Integrate sustainability, circularity + regeneration education into educational materials, including world-leading innovations, local initiatives + reputable sources.
Create original resources (e.g., a fashion design presentation based on my up-cycling process).
Business
Interpret + storytell impact data
Develop an impact reduction plan/sustainability action plan
Strategic business analysis and resiliency future mapping
Set meaningful, measurable + achievable goals in line with internal priorities, the UN SDGs and ESRS
Embed ethical decision-making
Align team culture around sustainability
Design business strategies for the circular and regenerative economies
Develop a publicly-facing sustainability/impact report
Convey sustainability believably
Avoid greenwashing while sharing sustainability progress, using impact data, accessible language, and science-backed storytelling
Communicate in line with the EU + US sustainability verbiage requirements
TYPICAL ORGANISATIONS
Over the last 10 years, I’ve worked with start-ups from pre-launch to 10-year-old businesses; from public and private businesses to government-funded NGOs; from teams of 1 to teams spanning multiple organisations.
INDUSTRIES
Served: Fashion, textiles, land regeneration, tech, education, housing
I would like to serve: Wellness, beauty, other consumer goods, experiential
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This is my advice-seeking session, perfect if you have a specific project, business, or idea in mind. In addition to hearing my feedback, the Clarity session allows you to understand where you stand in relation to industry-leading solutions, innovations, and policies, bringing you clarity, renewed direction, and continued determination with your endeavours.
The Clarity Session is set at a flat fee of 130 GBP / 150 EUR / 175 USD for 1.5-hours. If that’s outside of your budget, you can reduce the duration of the session, and the price will reduce proportionately. I highly recommend sharing any relevant materials with me at least 2 days in advance so that I can pull pertinent research and reflections.
→ Email me to schedule your Clarity Session.
HEAR FROM PREVIOUS CLIENTS
“We reached out to Isabelle with our project idea, seeking guidance and suggestions for improvement, and she exceeded all expectations. She provided clear, professional, and highly insightful feedback. It was an amazing experience, and we are truly grateful.”
(Daria Zinoveva-Princey + Ana van Turnhout, Co-Founders + Fashion Designers at February First)
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Being at the unique intersection of business and individual action, science and creativity, I have been asked to speak as an expert in sustainability, circular design and systems, sustainable fashion and textiles, regeneration, innovation, and implementing action.
PREVIOUS SPEAKING EVENTS
Financial Times | London, UK | March 2026 | 1 Hour.
Fashion Sustainability + Action Expert for the panel discussion, Rethinking Fashion: Ethics, Impact, and the Path Forward, alongside author Aja Barber and moderated by Sara Varga.
Munich Fabric Start | Munich, Germany | January 2026 | 1 Hour.
Circularity Expert for the panel discussion, Textile Recycling Reality: What Is Actually Possible By 2026, to offer a systems, action, and design-based view, alongside Anne-Claire Albregts and moderated by Muchaneta ten Napel.
Harvard University | Remote | December 2025 | 2 Hours.
Special Guest Speaker and Evaluator of final projects for the Circular Economics graduate course taught by Manuel Maqueda. I was brought in to share my feedback and industry insights as a Circular Economist and former student.
Harvard University | Remote | December 2024 | 2 Hours.
Guest Critic for the Regenerative Economics graduate course. As a former student and regenerative business founder, I offered insights and feedback on final projects that sought to solve regenerative issues across industries.
Newlab New Climate Futures Start-Up Showcase | Brooklyn, US | September 2024 | Full Day.
Pitched FutureYard in front of investors, industry leaders, and media teams, speaking to how education, gamification, technology, tools, and expert and Indigenous knowledge can empower people to regenerate their green spaces to increase biodiversity, carbon storage, and soil health.
Lafayette College | Remote | April 2022 | 1 hour.
Guest Lecturer for the undergraduate Sustainable Finance course on the topic of taking a holistic view of sustainability and the fashion industry, with a particular focus on our own purchasing power.
Sustainable Fashion Week US | Remote | September 2020 - April 2021 | Multiple Half Days.
Sustainable Fashion Week US (Day 2 SFW x SFW Workshops) Speaker (2021). Created and pre-recorded an educational talk on greenwashing and the nuances of sustainability and answered audience questions during the screening (available on YouTube).
Sustainable Fashion Week US (FASH REV USA x SFW) Designer and Speaker (2020). Showcased my debut clothing collection, The Impossible Dream, on a virtual runway, presented a pre-recorded designer talk, and answered audience questions during the screening, all in partnership with Fashion Revolution US (available on YouTube at 06:40).
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An immersive experience in which I guide participants through education, activities, and reflections to leave them with empowering actions they can integrate into their life or work, depending on the workshop’s pre-determined desired outcomes and topic. Workshops are a two-way exchange, tailored to participants' current knowledge gaps. This can be for communities, teams, employee resource groups, academic institutions, or curious individuals.
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS + EVENTS
Conscious Fashion Collective | Remote | December 2025 | 1 Hour.
I created and led a strategic and action-oriented “how-to” workshop on building a sustainability report for brands.
The Textile Innovation Engine of North Carolina | Remote | February - March 2025.
As an educator, I up-skilled four high school teachers on sustainability, circularity, and fashion design through presentations and guides created specifically to each teacher’s needs and knowledge gaps. The teachers could then go on to educate their peers, helping 300 teachers and 25,000 students over 5 years.
Fashion Revolution Student Ambassador for the Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, US | 2017-2020. As the point of contact for Fashion Revolution at RISD, I worked closely with Kathleen Grevers, the director of US Education and Global Programming for Fashion Revolution USA, to organise, host and coordinate events to educate the local community on sustainable and ethical clothing practices and develop campus activations to connect people with their clothing.
HEAR FROM A PREVIOUS CLIENT
“Isabelle's session on building a Brand Sustainability Report was engaging, clear, and full of unique insights. It went beyond your basic tips for sustainability communication and got specific, tangible, and actionable. I especially appreciated the examples from small brands, as the standard corporate sustainability reporting advice isn't always approachable for SMEs! Isabelle also answered the questions during the Q&A portion so thoughtfully and had grounded tips for avoiding accidental greenwashing. It's clear Isabelle is deeply knowledgeable about this topic, not just in theory, but from real-world practice, too.”
(Elizabeth Joy, Owner + Community Manager, Conscious Fashion Collective)
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One of the most profound outcomes from my Master’s Degree in Sustainability at Harvard was seeing how my relationship to life, living, and being changed. You can read more about my experience here, but allowing sustainability to trickle into your lifestyle tends to be a universally emotional and uncomfortable journey, which puts many off adopting sustainability changes. Yet, it’s exceptionally rewarding to be able to embody your values daily, which is something I wish everyone could experience. Until that day, I’ve created, by necessity, a highly selective personalised coaching experience.
Using my proprietary lifestyle transformation methodology, grounded in science, we cover 5 main ecosystem pillars: food, cosmetics, clothing, travel, and housing. With a truly holistic, mind, body, place approach, my collaborative and intuitive process illuminates new areas for alignment to elevate your sustainability practice and personal brand. I prioritise non-toxic, regenerative lifestyle shifts that improve your health and wellbeing, naturally elevating the Earth’s.
WHY YOU SHOULD WORK WITH ME
As one of Vogue’s six designers to watch from the Rhode Island School of Design, I know how to visually compel, gently disrupt, and powerfully communicate.
Complemented by a Master’s Degree and Consulting Capstone in Sustainability from Harvard University (awarded the Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement), I frame creativity with scientific data, regenerative and circular systems thinking, and business strategy.
I integrate the mindset of designing backwards into everything I do: Starting with the Earth and end-of-life in mind, considering every aspect and material, where they fit within systems, and how they ripple out.
Delivering solutions you didn’t know were possible.
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Isabelle Saxton is a Sustainability, Circularity, and Regeneration Strategist and Designer; Sustainability Chats With Friends Podcast Host; and Founder of Global Sustainable Network.
Trained in Sustainability with a Master’s Degree from Harvard University, she merges deep knowledge in corporate sustainability, innovation, environmental policy, and international development with her creative background in fashion design with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Fashion Design and Nature-Culture, Sustainability, and Science from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Known for her clear, relatable communication style, Isabelle translates complex scientific data into attainable sustainability, circularity, and regeneration actions with a keen focus on client needs, systems thinking, and creative problem-solving.
Isabelle works with consumer goods companies, usually in the fashion and textile industry, to foster collaboration, education and inspire action toward more sustainable and circular practices.Her specialities include circular and regenerative systems and product design, fashion and textile supply chain assessments, planetary boundary impact reporting, reduction planning, strategy development, and action roadmapping.
Isabelle also spends significant time on education, whether that is through direct client work, hosting workshops and upskilling sessions, participating in industry panel discussions, or on her Sustainability Chats with Friends podcast; she creates space for people to ask questions and (un)learn together.
Not so fun fact: My former Harvard Regenerative Economics professor ran this year’s entire semester’s course assignments through ChatGPT, and it failed. AI is a wonderful new tool, but it’s missing the mark with sustainability, circularity, and regenerative initiatives.
There’s enough misinformation in the sustainability space as it is, so if you’re looking for a highly qualified partner who understands your problems and can brainstorm scientifically-informed solutions, look no further.
I recommend my role as I would an accountant’s: It’s imperative for the smooth running, penalty avoidance, and time efficiency of your business… But it’s much more fun.
The crux of it all is to move beyond theory into action.
80%
of customers are willing to spend more for sustainably produced or sourced goods.
of a product’s environmental impact can be avoided through design.
Customers are willing to spend
9.7%
more on sustainably produced or sourced goods (e.g., locally-sourced, circular + regenerative materials, low footprint supply chain).
9/10
customers experience the effects of climate change in their daily lives.
SOURCES
Ellen MacArthur Foundation. (2017). A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future (p.150). Ellen MacArthur Foundation. URL
PwC. (2024). Consumers willing to pay 9.7% sustainability premium, even as cost-of-living and inflationary concerns weigh: PwC 2024 Voice of the Consumer Survey.URL
Featured Projects
Explore a curated collection of our past work, where imagination meets strategy. Each project reflects our drive to deliver thoughtful, effective solutions.
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The Atlas Project
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The Echo Project
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