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The Brief and Fascinating History of What You’re Wearing and Where It Gets Made

Harvard Business Review

Here, Try Some Nixon and Kimchi: How the Garment Industry Came to Bangladesh Planet Money I admit it: The reference to Nixon and kimchi in the headline got me to read it, but this piece on how Bangladesh came to be a world center for apparel manufacturing held my interest. Not bad for a 24-year-old who joined IBM straight out of college.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

Over one-third of the world's largest companies surveyed by the Carbon Disclosure Project are already seeing the impacts of climate change on their business. Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology. Five Questions For 2013. This is the focus of my next project.).