All Writers: List

Nicole Rycroft is Founder and Executive Director of award-winning Canopy, a Canadian environmental nonprofit. A former physiotherapist and elite level athlete, she is an ardent surfer and enthusiast of life. One of Nicole’s guiding philosophies in life, “ask for what you want, you might just get it”, is foundational to her work in guiding Canopy’s team to transform unsustainable supply chains and advance forest conservation and community rights.

In addition to being a member of the UBS Global Visionaries Program, Nicole is an Ashoka Fellow, the recipient of a Canadian Environment Award Gold Medal, winner of the 2020 Climate Breakthrough Award, and a recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada.

Canopy works closely with global fashion brands to reduce the use of fibres sourced from primary forests. Canopy's mission is to support companies in adopting sustainable practices and transitioning toward a greener future. In India, Canopy is looking to transform supply chains to eliminate Ancient and Endangered Forest fibres by 2033 by collaborating with brands to transition to low-carbon, Next Generation fibres, driving innovation through partnerships with forward-thinking companies and developing scalable alternatives.

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

SM Najmus Sakib is a journalist based in Dhaka. His work focuses on human rights, refugee rights, public health, the environment and climate change. Follow him on Twitter @ns_rafsan.

Nic Sanders is an experienced award-winning marketer and lecturer specialising in integrated marketing communication, retail, brands, customer experience and promotional marketing. His research interests are in all branches of retail marketing, as well as consumer and shopper behaviour.

Dr Michiel Scheffer was born in a textile family: his father was a textile chemist with ICI, his mother a textile designer in the Lancashire textile industry. Scheffer studied economic geography in Utrecht and at LSE, and wrote a PhD thesis on globalisation of the fashion industry. 

From 1991 to 2000, he worked as Director for Economic Affairs at the Dutch Fashion Industry Association, Modint. Scheffer has held several professorships in fashion and in international economics in Paris (IFM), Amsterdam (AMFI), Enschede, Kleve and Wuhan. 

Currently, he is Project Manager for Sustainable Textiles at the Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Scheffer is also Chairman of the Dutch Investment Deal in Professional Education, and Chairman of the Cultural heritage and Climate Change Fund, on behalf of the Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science.

Sebastian Schmidt, Advisor - Sustainable Economic Development at GIZ, is a business administration professional dedicated to sustainable economic development and employment promotion. Working with GIZ (German Development Agency) in Morocco on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) within the Invest-for-Jobs programme, he focuses on various initiatives, including fostering circular economy practices within the textile industry.

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

Deirdre Shaw is Professor Consumer Ethics and Sustainability at the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School. She has researched the area of consumption ethics throughout her career, publishing on the subject in a range of international journals, including, British Journal of Management, Work, Employment and Society, Journal of Consumer Culture, Psychology and Marketing, Journal of Business Ethics, Marketing Theory, European Journal of Marketing, Business History, Journal of Marketing Management, Sustainable Development; contributing to books and non-academic publications and giving invited talks and supervising PhD researchers in this area.

Yun Shen completed her PhD in Applied Finance at the University of South Australia in September 2020. Since completing the PhD, she has held consecutive research-intensive appointments that have allowed me to build an independent research portfolio. Her research spans corporate finance, ESG disclosure, CEO characteristics, corporate scandals and fraud, default risk, and anti-money laundering. She has published over 15 peer-reviewed journal articles, including in high-quality journals such as Accounting & Finance, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, and Celebrity Studies.
 

Kelly Sherridan is a Senior Lecturer and consultant forensic scientist at Northumbria University, UK. Prior to joining Northumbria Kelly spent many years as a Senior Forensic Reporting Officer at LGC Forensics (now Eurofins). During this time, she dealt with cases ranging from routine burglaries to high profile murder cases and has given evidence in court on numerous occasions.

Currently, she is chair of the UK Fibre Forum, which she founded in 2016, and serves on the committee of the ENFSI European Textile and Hair Group (ETHG) working group since 2017. Kelly also works with police forces, training CSI's and scientific support staff to improve their awareness and raise the profile of trace evidence in criminal investigations.

Kelly’s research is primarily casework driven based upon her experiences as a forensic scientist and from current issues in the field. Its focus is on the analysis and discrimination of trace evidence, its transfer and persistence mechanisms, and how such data can be used in the evaluation of evidence. More recently, her research interests have expanded to include the environmental impact of microfibres/plastics.