{"id":7576,"date":"2023-07-27T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:34:12","slug":"hall-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/2023-event\/hall-23\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSustainable\u201d Business: Is it Possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"28.3\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amy joined EILEEN FISHER thirty years ago, where she founded and led what became known as the brand\u2019s Social Consciousness initiative. In that time, Amy created the company\u2019s signature philanthropic programs addressing women\u2019s empowerment; she developed the company\u2019s human rights work, ranging from worker wellbeing to transparency; she partnered closely with the company\u2019s pioneering circular apparel work to advance business models that reduce textile waste; she led the company\u2019s transition to becoming a Certified B Corporation; and she championed the company\u2019s shift to organic, recycled, and regenerative fibers. She has also served as a steadfast brand ambassador and thought leader on issues of \u201csustainable\u201d apparel and ethical business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, Amy serves as the Social Consciousness Strategic Advisor for EILEEN FISHER Inc., as well as the Sustainability Strategic Advisor for the Eileen Fisher Foundation. She also owns and operates a mission-driven independent bookstore called, \u201cHudson Valley Books for Humanity,\u201d in her hometown of Ossining, NY.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amy holds a B.A. in Chinese language from Georgetown University, an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an MBA from Green Mountain College (now the Green Mountain Center for Sustainability at Prescott College). Amy has served as Advisory Board Chair for Social Accountability International, Development Council Member for Future Fit, and a Good Housekeeping Sustainable Innovation Awards Judge. She has also appeared in numerous publications and programs, including National Public Radio, Crain\u2019s New York Business, The Atlantic, Business of Fashion, CBS-TV, and many more. Amy has been recognized as a Power Women Award honoree, a U.N. Women Champion of Change, and a Girl Scouts of Greater New York Woman of Distinction, among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">When she\u2019s not doing any of those things, Amy plays the bassoon in various musical groups in the Hudson Valley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Amy Hall<\/strong><br \/>November 14, 2023<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/eMVdO-x_nks?feature=share\"> View On Demand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4688,"featured_media":7595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2023-event"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7576"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7635,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576\/revisions\/7635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/hc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}