Next 15 is committed to engaging with and contributing positively to our local community, fostering a collective journey towards a more sustainable world.
Impact area – Community.
Valuing and understanding the importance of engaging with our community.
Next 15 promotes positive action within our communities. Whether that’s through the individuals and brands we work with giving their time and expertise through pro bono work, through volunteering which not only supports the charities we collaborate with but also boosts the wellbeing of our people brought about by their contribution, or through positively contributing and using our position of influence by engaging with initiatives local to our offices, the value of our commitment to the community is an integral part of our wider commitment to a more sustainable future.
Green 15
We feel proud of what we’ve achieved as part of our global green team, Green 15. Led by the Head of Sustainability, in collaboration with our offices and brands globally, its primary goal is to continually build awareness and create as much
opportunity to engage everyone in our initiatives across the Group and positively influence in support of a greener, more sustainable way of living. Since launching in 2022, our series of monthly events and communications across the Group globally has continued, aimed at encouraging positive impact engagement and behaviour change.
Highlights from this year were our photography competition in May in support of Mental Health Awareness, our speaker event with ocean advocate and plastic pollution expert Emily Penn in July, and, once again, our Sustainable Fashion September initiative which went even further this year with swap shops hosted across our London, New York and San Francisco offices, supporting charities doing important work in these regions – Housing Works, Las Casa de las Madras, Goodwill and Oxfam. Furthermore, as part of our September initiative, our brand M Booth enjoyed teaming up with its client, Return to Vendor, on a lunch and learn at our New York office.
ESG Collective
Our ESG Collective has been running for a number of years and comprises stakeholders from our family of brands across the Group, all keen to keep abreast of everything we are collectively doing to move things forward, and enthusiastic to lean in where they can. The brand-level engagement in the context of our impact area work this past year further strengthened this important assembly not only in terms of numbers, but in our alliance, too. Through monthly gatherings our Head of Sustainability continued to keep the business globally up to date with what was happening across ESG and sustainability, giving everyone an opportunity to ask questions, collaborate and play a part.
The Fitzrovia Partnership
When we moved our Head Office into 60 Great Portland Street in 2022, one of our priorities was to engage with the local community, by cementing our relationship with The Fitzrovia Partnership, which had started with our brand Archetype a few years before. Through The Fitzrovia Partnership, we have been able to play our part in the London Business Climate Challenge, led by the Mayor of London, as part of which we’ve had an opportunity to be a voice in the community. And now with the newly established Fitzrovia Sustainability Group as of 2025, chaired by Peter Bonfield, Vice Chancellor of the University of Westminster, our Head of Sustainability has joined other senior leaders from the Fitzrovia community to lean in and help progress The Fitzrovia Partnership’s sustainability strategy.
Ready when you are.
You don’t need a tightly defined brief to tap into the Next 15 network. Just talk to our Growth Team. They’ll know exactly who to bring into the room.