Kingpins Transformers Reveal Why It Pays to Be Transparent

Kingpins Transformers Reveal Why It Pays to Be Transparent

Revealing details about the supply chain and how it operates may be a hard pill to swallow for an industry that was built on proprietary technologies, secret sauces and exclusivity—but transparency has proved to be good business.

Mounting pressure from consumers has been driving the denim industry to pull back the curtain on what goes on in the supply chain, and key players are urging industry colleagues to further embrace the challenge.

“Transparency isn’t new, but people want more information and this will become the greater norm,” Jason Kibbey, CEO of The Sustainable Apparel Coalition, said speaking at Kingpins Transformers in New York City Tuesday. Talk at Transformers centered on ways the jeans business can become less opaque and more forthcoming with its practices, values and quality of ingredients.

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