Debbie Luffman's guest appearances

Debbie Luffman

Wool Academy with Elisabeth van Delden

The Sustainable Business Podcast

Green Elephant Sustainability Show

The Sustainable Fashion Wingman

Carolina Miranda

Bates Wells

Will Richardson

Mark Ferguson

David Mitchell

John Roberts

Jo Chidley

John Brown

Stephen Russell

Richard Morris

Jeremy Smith

Peter Morgan

John Grant

Vijay Eswaran

Peter Ackroyd

OwlTail

Debbie Luffman is the Product Director at Finisterre, a certified B corp outdoor apparel company. Debbie talks about the collective passion for the environment at Finisterre, and shares what they are doing as a business to tackle the climate crisis. She also speaks about the campaigns they are running to help build relationships between people and the sea.Debbie has over 16 years’ experience in the fashion and textiles industry and offers advice to consumers who wish to buy more sustainably and how to avoid greenwashed goods.

<p>Debbie Luffman is the Product Director at Finisterre, a certified B corp outdoor apparel company. Debbie talks about the collective passion for the environment at Finisterre, and shares what they are doing as a business to tackle the climate crisis. She also speaks about the campaigns they are running to help build relationships between people and the sea.</p><p>Debbie has over 16 years’ experience in the fashion and textiles industry and offers advice to consumers who wish to buy more sustainably and how to avoid greenwashed goods.</p>

E147 - Debbie Luffman, Product Director at Finisterre

Hello and welcome to our special series of Green Elephant interviews during March 2021, supporting the annual B Corps month. B Corporations, or B Corps for short, are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose Throughout March, we are chatting …  B Corp Month 2021 Interview – Debbie Luffman from Finisterre Read More »

Hello and welcome to our special series of Green Elephant interviews during March 2021, supporting the annual B Corps month. B Corporations, or B Corps for short, are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose Throughout March, we are chatting …<p> <a href="https://greenelephant.show/podcast/b-corp-month-2021-interview-debbie-luffman-finisterre/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> B Corp Month 2021 Interview – Debbie Luffman from Finisterre Read More »</a></p>

B Corp Month 2021 Interview – Debbie Luffman from Finisterre

IntroductionDebbie Luffman shares Finisterre’s love of wool and explains how in her work she approaches the realities of making the best product with the least environmental impact. She does this through passion, unravelling the supply chain and engaging with the modern conscious consumer. This involves also an apparel repair service which helps Finisterre reduce their environmental impact as well as learning and improving their products over time. Debbie shares Finisterre's approach to educating the consumer about wool and the challenges the brand faced when working with wool. Surprisingly many of Finisterre's manufacturing suppliers tend to be hesitant to work with wool. However, whenever a new wool fabric was developed together with Finisterre the results were phenomenal. About Debbie LuffmanFinisterre is a Cornwall based clothing brand, born from needs of hardy British surfers, offering functional and sustainable product with a strong sense of style for those who share a love of the sea. Debbie has worked at Finisterre for 9 years after previously working as a designer in high street fashion brands. As Product Director at Finisterre, she heads up all areas of the Finisterre product, from design, fabric development, supplier sourcing through to buying. 

<h2>Introduction</h2><p>Debbie Luffman shares Finisterre’s love of wool and explains how in her work she approaches the realities of making the best product with the least environmental impact. She does this through passion, unravelling the supply chain and engaging with the modern conscious consumer. This involves also an apparel repair service which helps Finisterre reduce their environmental impact as well as learning and improving their products over time. Debbie shares Finisterre's approach to educating the consumer about wool and the challenges the brand faced when working with wool. Surprisingly many of Finisterre's manufacturing suppliers tend to be hesitant to work with wool. However, whenever a new wool fabric was developed together with Finisterre the results were phenomenal. </p><h2>About Debbie Luffman</h2><p>Finisterre is a Cornwall based clothing brand, born from needs of hardy British surfers, offering functional and sustainable product with a strong sense of style for those who share a love of the sea. Debbie has worked at Finisterre for 9 years after previously working as a designer in high street fashion brands. As Product Director at Finisterre, she heads up all areas of the Finisterre product, from design, fabric development, supplier sourcing through to buying. </p>

#026: Debbie Luffman shares Finisterre's unique wool story