Eva Benavidez Clayton, Sr. Director of Membership & Supply Chain

Eva Benavidez Clayton is the Sr. Director of Membership & Supply Chain at Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. After several years building and leading the communications, public affairs and events function, she has recently transitioned to a different role and now oversees the organisation’s member engagement and operations, claims, and supply chain efforts. For nearly the past decade, she has been focused on addressing key sustainability questions within the textile and apparel space, but her experience also spans the NGO and philanthropic sectors across issues such as gender-based violence, human rights, and social inclusion. Eva is a believer in the power of multi-stakeholder engagement to drive lasting change, and recognises that now, more than ever, we need unlikely collaborations and creative, yet pragmatic, thinking to address the climate crisis and support farming communities who produce this precious raw material, cotton, that businesses and ordinary people rely on and use every day. A U.S. native and European resident for nearly 15 years, Eva holds a B.A. in Spanish and English Literature and an International MBA.