Stella McCartney

PETA With more than 2 million members and supporters, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time – on factory farms, in laboratories, the clothing trade and the entertainment industry – and executes its initiatives through public education, criminal investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation and awareness raising events.
www.peta.org

International Trade Center's Ethical Fashion Program The Ethical Fashion Program aims to reduce poverty by providing work to support disadvantaged communities in Africa. The program goes beyond charity by creating a sustainable livelihood with less dependence on aid. Stella McCartney designed the Spring 2012 large python print tote and python print flat sandal in association with the program, and both are hand made in Nairobi, Kenya from recycled tent canvas fabric.
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International Trade Center Ethical Fashion Program

Meat Free Monday Many people are unaware that livestock production is responsible for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions – more than the entire global transport sector combined. Founded by Paul, Stella and Mary McCartney, Meat Free Monday is an environmental campaign to raise awareness of the climate-changing impact of meat production and consumption. Meat Free Monday also provides a wealth of information around the health issues of eating meat, and tasty vegetarian alternatives for otherwise carnivorous diets.
www.supportmfm.org

NAKED HEART FOUNDATION Motivated by the 2004 Beslan School siege and the huge disparity of wealth in her native Russia, model Natalia Vodianova founded the Naked Heart Foundation in 2005 with the mission of providing a safe and inspiring play environment for every child living in urban Russia. This is because, as the American psychiatrist Stuart Brown puts it, “play allows us to develop alternatives to violence and despair.” Since its inception, the Naked Heart Foundation has developed over 40 playgrounds in 30 Russian and English cities. Fundraising events such as the Love Ball allow the foundation to keep moving towards its target of 500.
www.nakedheart.org

(RED) By partnering with the world’s most iconic brands to make unique (RED) products in which 50% of profits are invested in a global fund to combat HIV and AIDS in Africa, (RED) is a simple idea that transforms our incredible collective power as consumers into a financial force to help others in need. Since its launch in 2006, (RED) has generated over $150 million for the fund, and over 5 million people have been assisted by HIV and AIDS programs supported by (RED) purchases. In 2009, Stella McCartney collaborated with Gap’s (Product) RED initiative, designing a T-shirt in support of World Aids Day, December 5th. Buy (RED), save lives. It’s as simple as that.
www.joinred.com

THE LINDA MCCARTNEY CENTRE Initially a nursing college for the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, in the 1970s The Linda McCartney Centre switched its focus to patient care for sufferers of breast cancer. In its present incarnation, The Linda McCartney Centre offers some of the most advanced and innovative cancer treatments available in the UK today, with a research and development unit that oversees over 500 different forms of research on behalf of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
www.yourcentre.org

COMIC RELIEF Founded by Alexander Mendis and filmmaker Richard Curtis in the belief that laughter is the best medicine, Comic Relief’s vision is to foster “a just world free from poverty” and to create a “positive change through the power of entertainment.” Its charitable activities range from supporting orphans in Africa who have lost parents to AIDS, to helping the homeless of Britain’s streets. The highlight of Comic Relief’s appeal is Red Nose Day. In 2009, Stella McCartney designed a series of Fairtrade organic cotton T-shirts for Comic Relief, of which all profits were donated to the charity.
www.comicrelief.com

HOPEFIELD ANIMAL SANCTUARY Founded in 1983, the Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is a UK based non-profit organisation devoted to creating a better quality of life for sick, unwanted and mistreated animals. As well as providing medical care to animals, events such as their Pony Mornings not only raise funds, but also educate the public as to how much attention animals need to maintain their health.
www.hopefield.org.uk

PPR FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN’S DIGNITY AND RIGHTS Established by Francois-Henri Pinault, the CEO of Stella McCartney Ltd’s parent company PPR, the foundation’s intentions are to provide financial support to sustainable and long-term field initiatives conducted by NGOs on various issues surrounding violence against women and women’s empowerment. These include improving the living conditions of rural women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, holistic assistance to victims of domestic violence in Brazil and the rehabilitation of women trafficked and exploited by the sex trade. Each of these projects are conducted under the leadership of women, for women.
www.fondationppr.org

KIDS COMPANY Founded by the charismatic social worker Camilla Batmanghelidjh in 1996, Kids Company provides practical, emotional and educational support to London’s inner-city children. These exceptional children not only negotiate significant challenges within their family homes, but also face threats within their neighbourhoods such as drug related violence, prostitution and other forms of physical and emotional abuse. Kids Company offers services and support that empower children to lead positive and fulfilling lives.
www.kidsco.org.uk

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) combines the courtroom clout of more than 350 lawyers with the scientific expertise of environmental professionals and the grassroots support of 1.2 million members and online activists. With the support of this trinity, the NRDC has become one of the most effective environmental action groups working today, instigating initiatives to solve the most pressing ecological issues we face today – global warming, building an international clean energy economy, revitalizing ocean life, saving wildlife and wild places, and purging toxic chemicals from the atmosphere.
www.nrdc.org

OCEANA In an era when the world’s fish stocks are at critically low levels and marine biodiversity is threatened by climate change, Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Global in scope and dedicated to conservation, Oceana’s team of eminent marine scientists, economists, advocates and lawyers win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life.
www.oceana.org

P.S. ARTS P.S. ARTS is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by bringing arts education to underserved public schools and their communities. Based in Los Angeles, P.S. ARTS believes that access to arts education is a fundamental matter of social justice, one that contributes to the personal and intellectual growth of young people both as individuals and in collaboration with each other, and so recruits and trains professional artists to develop curriculums that integrate creative expression and the arts into core academic subjects.
www.psarts.org

RAISING MALAWI Founded by Madonna and Michael Berg in 2006, Raising Malawi is a charity non-profit organization dedicated to helping with the extreme poverty and hardship endured by Malawi’s 1 million orphans. As part of its activities, Raising Malawi distributes financial support to community-based organizations that provide vulnerable children with nutritious food, clothing, shelter, education, medical care and emotional support. By choosing to work at a community based level with dedicated people closest to the realities that exist, rather than trying to impose Western beliefs and methodologies on a different culture, real and lasting change is occurring in the lives of hundreds of thousands of impoverished children in Malawi.
www.raisingmalawi.org

THE WOMEN’S CANCER RESEARCH FUND With the goal of addressing the issue of cancer and the urgent need to develop new methods of treatment, detection and even prevention, The Women’s Cancer Research Fund joined forces with the influential Hollywood-based Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) to raise funds to fast-track more effective approaches to the early diagnosis of women’s cancers. Through fundraising, the charity has helped bring about one of the most ambitious medical projects today – EIF’s Breast Cancer Biomarker Discover Project, in which world-class scientists are researching a blood test that will diagnose breast and other women’s cancers in the earliest stages – i.e., when they can be cured. 2003, the charity presented Stella McCartney with the Woman of Courage Award at the An Unforgettable Evening gala event for her sustained support in the battle against breast cancer.
www.womenscancerresearchfund.org

ADVENTURE ECOLOGY Adventure Ecology uses travel, education, entertainment and the arts to inspire, engage and address global sustainability issues via the creation of an international community of Agents of Change. Having explored the effects of the “Rainforest Chernobyl” oil spill in Ecuador with a team of artists and photographers, in 2010 founder David de Rothschild sailed to the Pacific’s vast vortex of floating plastic in the Plastiki, a boat made from 12,500 recycled bottles in order to raise awareness of marine debris and the way we view waste.
www.adventureecology.com

CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK The Children’s Action Network (CAN) is a Los Angeles based charity that uses the power of the city’s entertainment community to increase awareness of children’s issues and to make them a priority in our everyday lives. CAN is currently dedicated to finding homes for the 114,000 or more children in the United States who are waiting for an adoptive home, and also improving the prospects of the 500,000 plus children in foster care.
www.childrensactionnetwork.org