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The hidden costs of powerful buyers and cheap prices - Kyna Intel, 2021-09-24T19:53:41+07:00

"There is a common thread running through a number of the disruptions and shortages caused by the global pandemic. Some supply chains have become dominated by ...

The Hidden Story of Plastics in Our Clothes: A white paper from Fibershed - Kyna Intel, 2022-11-15T09:59:35+07:00

"Sixty percent of clothing sold today contains plastic. It’s a huge issue managing to fly under the radar. In many ways, plastic has been miraculous. Cheap and ...

The Higg data debate – no room for context, imagination, or co-creation - Kyna Intel, 2022-07-13T10:11:38+07:00

"This week’s episode is going to be a little bit different to normal episodes. As some of you might know, in addition to hosting this podcast I also write. An ...

The Higg data debate: no room for context, imagination, or co-creation - Kyna Intel, 2022-07-08T10:56:15+07:00

"Like many conversations in sustainable fashion, the subject of debate is the data. Are the numbers used to make the claim true, or not? Is the data reliable, ...

The Higg Index, the latest sustainability farce in fashion - Kyna Intel, 2022-10-13T09:15:59+07:00

"While fashion industry has unswervingly offered us novel modes of sustainable style in the past two decades, the combined efficiency of that effort has ...

The Higg Index: Inside one of fashion’s leading sustainability measurement tools - Kyna Intel, 2021-11-01T15:20:02+07:00

"As consumer and investor demand for more environmentally friendly fashion continues to grow, fashion brands are facing the tricky task of measuring their ...

The Higg Index: True sustainability or a way for the fashion industry to keep polluting? - Kyna Intel, 2022-11-09T09:45:53+07:00

"Many people outside the fashion industry may not have heard of it, but the Higg Index sustainability rating system has been used by big fashion brands for ...

The high cost of low wages in Haiti: a living wage estimate for garment workers in Port-au-Prince - Kyna Intel, 2022-09-09T08:57:55+07:00

"Workers in Haiti’s export apparel sector are struggling to provide for their families as diminished working hours, layoffs and curtailed access to critical ...

The high price of our obsession with fast fashion - Kyna Intel, 2021-12-29T14:37:29+07:00

"An abundance of waste Once the cynosure of apparel stores, clothes of every shape, size and colour lie discarded in a heap at a Dry Waste Collection Centre in ...

The high-altitude quest to save alpacas - Kyna Intel, 2022-02-01T15:30:47+07:00

"The once-verdant mountain pastures where alpacas graze are drying out from climate change; scientists, herders, and activists are rallying to find solutions. ...