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Consumer shifts and pandemic impacts on apparel supply chains

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This week: Terry Lawler, fabric development manager for Naia at Eastman, discusses what the coronavirus pandemic has meant for the apparel sector, and the innovations required to meet the resulting change in consumer habits. She outlines what brands should consider doing to rethink sourcing policies to enable more sustainable supply chains.

Plus: latest Global Forest Watch report, Ikea doubles down on circularity with Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and dangers of microplastics from tyres revealed, in the news roundup.

Hosted by Ian Welsh 

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