Michelle Gabriel & Ken Pucker on Fashion Industry Sustainability - Policy, Education, and Business Innovation

In this episode, MBA candidate Erin Malaney interviews Michelle Gabriel, Director of Sustainable Fashion at IE and NYC, and Ken Pucker, former COO of Timberland and professor at Tufts University. They discuss why current sustainability approaches in fashion aren't working, highlighting business models that prioritize profit over planet, lack of regulation, and externalized environmental costs. Both experts emphasize that policy is essential for meaningful change, as voluntary corporate sustainability efforts have proven insufficient. They also address the critical need for fashion education to include business strategy, climate science basics, and policy understanding to create effective industry change.

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Michelle Gabriel & Ken Pucker on Fashion Industry Sustainability - Policy, Education, and Business Innovation is an episode from The Impact Report by Bard MBA in Sustainability.

This episode is 52:52 long.

This episode was published on Mar 27, 2025.

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