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Krishnendu Saha

Associate Professor in Circular Economy Birmingham City University
Krishnendu Saha

PhD in International Trade; MBA in General Management; BA (Hons.) English; Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy

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Argentina Crisis / Trade Effects Commentary
The tariff cut that lowered clothing prices for urban consumers registered very differently in smaller cities where textile manufacturing was the primary source of formal employment.

Milei Effect: Eighteen Thousand Jobs Later, Argentina's Textile Crisis Has No Floor

  • Subir Ghosh

4 March 2026
Greenwashing / New Toolbox Feature
The gap between what a garment label declares and what its fibres can confirm has widened for years, outpacing the regulatory frameworks designed to close it.

End of Green Claims in Sight: Fashion Has Been Telling Stories That Science Can Now Fact-Check

  • Subir Ghosh

3 March 2026
 
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Workplace Heat / India Study Report
Heat inside a garment factory is not simply a reflection of the weather outside—it is the product of a production system that concentrates thermal load and then removes every practical means of relief.

Slow-Burning Furnace: India's Garment Workers Are Absorbing a Crisis Not Theirs

  • Special Correspondent

6 March 2026
Recycling Crisis / Panipat Hub Report
Recycling at industrial scale carries environmental costs that certification frameworks do not always reach—particularly when residue management remains informal and largely invisible to regulators.

Panipat Recycles the World's Clothes but Not Its Pollution, Contends Ground Report

  • Richa Bansal

5 March 2026
 
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Ground Circularity / Denim Deal / I Feature
The Denim Deal, the global initiative accelerating the use of post-consumer recycled (POCR) cotton, unveiled at this season’s Kingpins Amsterdam not one, but three collections that prove circular denim isn’t just possible — it’s ready to wear, ready to scale, and ready for every brand to plug and play.

Circular Denim Goes Mainstream as Industry Turns Pledges into Product

  • Subir Ghosh

3 November 2025
Tariff Impact / Fast Fashion Commentary
Much of Shein’s production takes place in the so-called “Shein village” in Guangzhou, China, where workers often sew for 12–14 hours a day under poor conditions to keep pace with the demand for new items.

Shein, Temu and the Tariff Fallout: Why Australia Became Fast Fashion's New Frontier

  • Mona Mashhadi Rajabi
  • Lisa Lake
  • Martina Linnenluecke
  • Yun Shen

12 June 2025