Lucy Siegle
Journalist
Lucy Siegle is a journalist and broadcaster specializing in environmental and social justice issues. She writes principally for the Guardian/Observer, where she has been the ‘ethical living’ columnist since 2004. She also founded the paper’s Ethical Awards. She is also known for her ongoing work as a TV presenter on BBC1 and Sky News and makes short films for ITN Productions.
Her book To Die For: is fashion wearing out the world?(2011 Harper Collins) was nominated for the George Orwell prize and traced the human slavery in the supply chains of major fast fashion brands and unmasked the giant ecological footprint of fashion. It is regarded as one of the core texts on ethics in fashion.
Along with Livia Firth, Siegle was executive producer of Andrew Morgan’s acclaimed documentary,The True Cost (Netflix). Recent on-stage interviews about fashion and ethics include with Stella McCartney and Emma Watson and with Vivienne Westwood, at the Manchester Literary Festival 2016 on climate change.
