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Gayathri Krishna

PhD candidate McMaster University
Gayathri Krishna

Gayathri Krishna is a PhD candidate in the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University, Ontario. Her doctoral research is on the impact of urban development projects on the livelihood strategies of women informal workers in resettlement townships. She is a Research Assistant on the SSHRC-funded research project on Transnational Legal Governance, Modern Slavery and Forced Labour in Supply Chains: Canada in a Global Context

 
 
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Circularity Narratives / ESCF Project Report
Participation in ESCF was not token—it demanded deep engagement from all. For Yee Chain, this meant drawing from years of hands-on trials in circular textile manufacturing. As supply chain partners, it was committed to share its existing knowledge and to advance development/ use of new knowledge and tools to actively contribute to the project.

Enabling Systemic Circularity and a Collective Push for Industry-Wide Change

  • Subir Ghosh

18 April 2025
Dirty Cotton / Brazil Scandal Commentary
It took UK nonprofit Earthsight’s investigators a year to analyse satellite images, court rulings, shipment records and going undercover at global trade shows to trace nearly a million tonnes of tainted cotton from some of the most notorious estates in Brazil to clothing manufacturers in Asia.

Better Cotton Remains in Denial a Year after Brazil Scandal Investigation by Earthsight

  • Subir Ghosh

7 April 2025
 
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Product Impact / New Study Report
Understanding that the environmental crisis is more than just carbon emissions will ensure that as companies work to reduce their carbon footprint, they are aware of how their business impacts the environment on other fronts. Failure to do so risks shifting impact from one category to another unknowingly.

Raw Materials and Manufacturing Account for 90% of Fashion Product’s Environmental Footprint

  • Special Correspondent

25 April 2025
Tariffs and Seconds / SMART View Interview
If unfair trade barriers persist, there's the risk of seeing mountains of usable clothing pile up in the US, while markets abroad fill the gap with cheap, low-quality fast fashion that often results in more waste, not less. Keeping the second-hand clothing trade flowing freely is in everyone’s best interest: economically, socially, and environmentally. This is a moment to build smarter, fairer, and more circular global systems, not to shut them down.

Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

  • Subir Ghosh

24 April 2025
 
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Circularity Narratives / New Study Interview
Circular fashion dresses up the idea that the industry can carry on doing exactly what they're doing, and this will change everything.

As Narratives Go Around in Circles, a New Fashion System Will Have to Emerge at Some Point

  • Subir Ghosh

19 March 2025
Handmade India / Climate Truths Report
At the heart of craft systems and indigenous communities lies a symbiotic relationship with nature, a profound understanding of circular practices, and environmental stewardship. And craft, in its true sense, is very tangible. Crafts have climate-resilient ideas. India has traditional practices, which just need to be branded. The country has 1000 years of circular economy running in its villages.

Global Boiling: Intricate Connections Between Craft, Climate Change and Slow Fashion

  • Special Correspondent

25 October 2023
 
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Cultural Tourism / Fashion Elements
Tourism and fashion can contribute to the accomplishment of SDGs and the 2030 Agenda, if managed in a sustainable and responsible manner.

UN Tourism and Università della Svizzera Italiana Launch Project to Incorporate Fashion into Cultural Tourism

  • Staff Writer

28 April 2025
Egypt Industry / Textile Cities
One of the two textile cities will be built in the Minya region.

Egypt Aims to Reinvent Textile Sector with Two Mega Industrial Cities

  • Staff Writer

21 April 2025