Ken Pucker responds to his readers’ critiques of his Up for Debate article “A Circle That Isn’t Easily Squared” and reiterates his call for a systemic shift in how the fashion industry does business.
The fashion industry could decrease its environmental impact by shifting its sources of revenue from material and energy to labor.
Currently, every predominant aspect of sustainability discourse and practice is white-centered. It’s time to change that.
Funders must examine how to realistically drive measurable progress on sustainability in the fashion industry.
People working within fashion supply chains must collaborate to determine where and how their evolving business models can contribute to circularity.
Rather than canning the circular-economy concept altogether, business leaders and policy makers should prioritize sufficiency over recycling.
Opportunities for innovative solutions exist across all areas of the value chain, including design, supply chain technologies, and molecular recycling.
There will be future crises that are as compelling as the ones we are going through today, and philanthropy must be ready to respond. This essay, by the author of the keystone article in the series on foundations' payouts during crises, is a response to the views of nine other commentators.
At a time when society is confronted with so many overlapping crises living donors in particular should increase their giving. This essay is a response to the keystone article in the Up for Debate series on foundations' payouts during big crises. Visit the series page for more reaction pieces like this one.
Larry Kramer’s call for rigorous, evidence-based analysis on payout rates is responsible and leaves room for different approaches. This essay is a response to the keystone article in the Up for Debate series on foundations' payouts during big crises. Visit the series page for more reaction pieces like this one.
