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Sagarika Sengupta

Consultant Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Sagarika Sengupta

Sagarika Sengupta is Consultant with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

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Close Look / Copenhagen Fiasco / I Analysis
Copenhagen Fashion Week’s transformation into a sustainability icon has become a case study in how image, ambition, and regulation now converge across the global fashion industry.

Copenhagen FW: How a Fashion Week’s Sustainability Claims Faced a Major Reckoning

  • Subir Ghosh

13 October 2025
Event Report / NFC 2025 Report
Anne Gillespie highlighted how an area the size of Egypt was being downgraded to Land Degradation Neutrality (UN Sustainable Development Goal 15.3) each year.

Experts Debate Sustainability, Carbon Impact, and Policy Future at Natural Fibre Connect

  • Charles Ross

29 September 2025
 
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Second Chance / Guatemala Story / II Feature
Across Guatemala’s markets, women transform imported clothes into economic lifelines—sorting, repairing, and reselling garments that global systems label as waste, sustaining families and extending textile lifecycles.

Female Traders Drive Guatemala’s Secondhand Clothing Economy’s Real Value

  • Subir Ghosh

22 October 2025
Going Circular / Cascading Effects Feature
Every stage of cascading — from repair to reuse to recycling — extends a textile’s life, revealing how value can move through multiple hands before final recovery.

How Cascading Circularity Could Redefine the Future of the Textile Economy

  • Special Correspondent

22 October 2025
 
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Leader Speak / Alison Ward Interview
Sustainability in cotton supply chains is not just about reducing harm — it's about creating positive outcomes for people and planet. From empowering farmers and transforming processing, to ensuring brand accountability and consumer education, every stage must evolve in tandem.

Inside CottonConnect’s Push for Traceability and Sustainability in Global Cotton

  • Richa Bansal

12 June 2025
Event Roundup / Lineapelle 25 Commentary
Lineapelle 2025 demonstrated that the industry is ready to communicate in a different way. The collaboration between UNIC, Lineapelle, La Conceria, Is It Leather?, and voices like Volkan’s marks the beginning of a more open, consumer-connected era. But collaboration must extend to influencers, educators, and storytellers, people who can speak the language of the next generation of consumers.

The Power of Storytelling, Community and Leather’s Next Chapter

  • Blake Garavaglia

14 October 2025
 
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NextGen Materials / MycoWorks Crisis
4. Mycelium materials promised a revolution in sustainable design; their economic challenges reveal how innovation alone cannot sustain industries without consistent demand and viable production models.

Scaling Down to Scale Up: MycoWorks Announces Closure of US Plant to Refocus on Processing

  • Special Correspondent

22 October 2025
Worker Safety / Heat Stress
Inside garment factories, temperatures can exceed 35 °C, placing millions of workers—mostly women—at risk of dehydration and exhaustion during long shifts in poorly ventilated production halls.

Simple Cooling Fixes Could Protect Millions of Garment Workers from Rising Heat, Concludes New Study

  • Staff Writer

21 October 2025