Emma Watson Joins French luxury group Kering

Actress Emma Watson, famed for playing Hermione in the Harry Potter film series, is set to join the board of French luxury group Kering.

The group, behind top fashion brands like Italy’s Gucci, said that Watson would chair the board’s sustainability committee, which is focused on environmental matters — a growing concern for many young luxury shoppers companies want to court.

Watson, 30, is also known as a champion of women’s rights and is a United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador.

At the beginning of last month, when life for some of us hadn’t yet completely shifted, I was honoured to have spoken with Dr. Valerie Hudson about her book, Sex and World Peace. We spoke about what inspired her to write her book and the realization that how we’ve treated women is actually the template for how we’ve treated our Earth. Swipe to read the full piece. Photo by talented

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