[7] Somers is founder of Fashion Revolution, a global movement which arose from the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster in Bangladesh on 24 April 2013.

[12] Somers speaks nationally [13][14] and internationally [15][16][17][18] about transparency, human rights and environmental issues in the fashion supply chain.

[25] The WFTO Verification system guarantees practices, procedures and processes that demonstrate social, economic and environmental responsibility throughout the supply chain".

[27][28] Pachacuti piloted the European Union Geo Fair Trade project from 2009–12[29] which traced products from the straw to the Panama hat weavers.

[30][31] At London Fashion Week in September 2013, People Tree Ltd. and Pachacuti were the first companies in the world to launch the WFTO Fair Trade Guarantee System label.

She has lectured on cruise ships in Latin America and the Caribbean on textiles, traditional dress, artisan handicrafts, indigenous peoples and fair trade.