Interviews

INTERVIEW WITH www.youareoxygen.com Meet Melissa, founder of Circle Back! We’ve really impressed at her stylish approach to helping consumers find better products for the planet. She’s supporting some great causes too! So, Melissa… Q: What’s unique or innovative about Circle Back? Circle Back is a website and soon to be pop-up shop providing an edit of brands which give back to the world in some way as well as being design-led for a modern consumer. It’s a place to find ethical, sustainable and environmentally conscious brands in one place. The whole idea revolves around the concept that when you buy something...

“I wanted to switch careers from marketing to social entrepreneurship, because I realised that making the difference in unprivileged people’s lives could give me all the self-realisation that I need to be happy. ”

“We don’t work with a factory where risks are lower and the supply chain more streamlined, but what we do have is personal relationships with people, not a production line or machines and so we feel so much closer to the artisans and their way of life. We are able to understand and respect their needs and have a conversation one to one, it’s a partnership not a one-way business model.”