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“The MSI really provides a comprehensive scoring framework to truly look at the whole lifecycle of a material to help designers, developers and brands make better material decisions when it comes to environmental impacts,” starts Lardeau, explaining how previously, stakeholders had licence to work by their own criteria.
“It’s a helpful tool because it establishes the assessment criteria and provides the data so we can all agree on the rules of the road for evaluating materials and we can speak the same language.”
Previously, brands and retailers had their own criteria and codes of conduct that had the potential to frustrate suppliers, each tasked with meeting the individual expectations of different companies.
Published: 15 April 2021
WAKEFIELD – Ten years on from the foundation of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the latest edition of our
Ecotextile Talks Radio Show examines the progress of the Higg Index suite of tools that it helped to create.
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n this first episode of a series of broadcasts, our host, former BBC producer Phil Berman, speaks with SAC executive director Amina Razvi and Jason Kibbey, CEO of the Higg who talk candidly about how the fashion industry can measure its environmental and social performance, explain the more recent changes to the Higg tool, address some of the criticisms it has received in the past, and outline the next steps for scaling its use.
Balance 442 Performance-cruiser Design
A look at the thinking that went into the new Balance 442 performance-cruiser
A sketch of the Balance 442’s cockpit: note how the two possible positions of the boat’s Versa-Helm are shown to starboard
To say there’s a lot that goes into creating an all-new boat has got to be one of the world’s great understatements. And the job only becomes exponentially harder when boats get smaller, rather than larger a point that is lost on many as every inch of space must be used precisely.
To gain some insight into the nuts and bolts of the process, we reached out to the folks at Balance Catamarans to ask them some questions about their new 442. Currently under construction down in South Africa (where Balance has been building its boats since its founding in 2013) the boat will be the smallest of a line of performance catamarans that includes a 76-footer as its flagship and a very popular 52ft model, and carries on the company’s tradition of c