Monica Vinader Ltd

Who is Monica Vinader? Well first off—she’s real. Today, we’re catching you up on the MV story so far, in her own words.

We are thrilled to share that we have been awarded highly commended in the Jewellery category by Marie Claire, in their 2024 Sustainability Awards. This is a testament to the incredible hard and collaborative work over the past year and we are humbled to have been recognised for our efforts. A huge congratulations to all of the other winners, and you can read more about their achievements here: https://lnkd.in/eKwEQTtv

Yesterday we co-hosted an exclusive breakfast event with Positive Luxury at our Duke of York Flagship Store to celebrate the launch of our Odyssey Collection. We brought together industry leaders, key brand partners, loyal customers and influencers, who all deeply care about sustainability, for both people and planet. Our CPO, Megan Shearer, shared some insights on the design inspiration and journey towards creating our first fully traceable collection. A Q&A was then hosted by Amy Nelson-Bennett, with Olivia Canham, our Sustainability Manager, on the impact of this collection, how its fits into our broader strategy and what's next for us as a brand. It was a hugely successful event and a great opportunity to take a moment to celebrate such an incredible milestone in our raw material traceability journey.

The journey to our Odyssey Collection—one stone and an epic story. Introducing Odyssey, the first collection of its kind. Created in partnership with Zimbaqua—Africa’s first all-female operated and managed gemstone mine—this collection charts new territory in our path towards gemstone traceability and full supply chain transparency. Why is this so important? Monica said it best herself: “Our ultimate goal is to make traceability the norm, not the exception. By giving our customers insights into where their gemstones have come from, they can trust that they have been sourced in conditions they would be proud of as it relates to social and environmental impacts.’’ https://bit.ly/3SEM6oe

Something new has launched today for Team MV... 👀 Our incredible internal committees have clubbed together to create a quarterly newsletter, making it really easy for all of their colleagues to see the work they are doing, as well as sharing news, tips or insights relating to their area of expertise. The magazine contains content contributed by: 😎 Feel Good, who focus on all things wellbeing under their pillars of Mind, Munch, Money and Move ♻ Green Team, who lead the way on weaving sustainability into everything we do 👐 We Belong, who are passionate about our workplaces and practices being inclusive to all 🧠 We Care, our Mental Health First Aiders who are on hand for support and guidance In the interest of sustainability, we are keeping printed copies to the absolute minimum and in key spots, like in our London office reception area for our visitors to flick through. Shout out to Clara Bush, Natalie Bean, Olivia Canham, Alice Beddows, Louise Sparkes and Archie Willis who got this first edition pulled together and shared today!

Here at Monica Vinader Ltd, we have four employee-led committees that help to authentically embed our values and culture in our day-to-day at Team MV.  This includes our We Belong team who champion all things DE&I and as part of their celebration of Pride Month, we had guest speaker Lee Thomas Wragg 🌈 (he/him/they) from Changing Hearts & Minds Consulting Ltd host two webinars for us: Pride 2024: The History and Continuing Importance of Pride 🌈 👨❤️👨 How to be an Ally to the LGBTQIA+ Community 🌈 👩❤️👩 We are committed to active action and education to support our workplace being better, inclusive and accessible to all.   With strong attendance across all of our global teams, we were able to learn about the history and continuing importance of Pride, the different types of allies as well as why it’s important and what we can personally gain from being an ally to the community and individuals within it.  Lee Thomas Wragg 🌈 thank you for your time, expertise, and sharing your lived experiences.  We loved having you and can’t wait to have you host another webinar soon.  To everyone else out there, recommending Changing Hearts & Minds Consulting Ltd as a brilliant business who can support you with both tailor made and off the shelf content for your DE&I journey, today and beyond. What's more, they give 20% of their profits to charities supporting vulnerable LGBTQIA+ people 😍

Earlier this week Megan Shearer, our Chief Product Officer, joined the UN Global Compact Network UK Fashion Sector Exchange to speak with Melanie C Grant, Executive Director at the RJC about how we have embedded our commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals within our business and supply chain. It was a great opportunity to reflect on the progress we've made, especially hearing about the importance of supply chain traceability and transparency. We are proud to reflect on the progress we've made since the launch of Product Passport, our blockchain-powered supply chain transparency initiative, which now allows our customers to trace the journey of over 400 products from source to market. The fashion and jewellery sectors have much work to do to deliver the SDGs and we need to collaborate to drive meaningful action. It was inspiring to connect and learn from other brands who are also committed to embedding these goals into their business models. 

Thrilled to share the exciting news that we have had three further Team MV'ers graduate from Diversity in Retail Womens Leader's Programmes: Carolyn Hall last week and Jessica Hart and Jaimee Hollier on Monday this week. These incredible programmes go such a long way to support, encourage and remind delegates to: 🎤 Find your voice: be confident in your aibilities and say 'yes!' ✔ 👩🏫 Prioritise their own learning & development 📚 🗣 Lead purposefully and with empathy 💗 Congratulations to all that have graduated this week, with special thanks to the team at Diversity in Retail and WiHTL: Tea Colaianni, Joanna Aunon (she/her), David Tester, Silvia Sanvito, Sumika Summers and Stéphanie Cook for the incredible work you do and to both programme sponsors SSP Group plc and Bourne Leisure Ltd. Well done again Carolyn, Jess and Jaimee 🥂 🎉

We believe in leading with purpose-driven action, and Monica's Meadow is a testament to this commitment. Started in 2022, Monica’s Meadow is a landscape regeneration project transforming degraded farmland next to our design studio in Norfolk, restoring the space to a native, species-rich wildflower meadow — and it is blooming for the first time this year. A huge thank you to Emily Chan and Vogue for highlighting our progress so far. https://lnkd.in/e2B2k6Ke

We are committed to global sustainability targets, and collaboration is key to achieving those goals. As a committed member of the UN Global Compact, Megan Shearer, our CPO, was invited to attend this roundtable discussion with key business and government representatives. It was a hugely valuable event exploring how the private and public sector can work together to accelerate progress towards the SDGs, by taking tangible accountable actions. At Monica Vinader we ensure our sustainability strategy and each project within that is aligned to each our chosen SDGs. This ensure we stay focused and always link our local projects to global ambitions. To read more about our sustainability progress click here: https://lnkd.in/egfhdatB