https://www.megansimmonsnyc.com/portfolio daily 0.75 2020-06-26 https://www.megansimmonsnyc.com/about daily 0.75 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4f0930d6ad7677611d91e/1593187991800-EFU5001B6XVYE3SRTG44/website%252Bheadshot.jpg About - INNOVATOR, STRATEGIST, DESIGNER, AND IMPACT ADVOCATE. Megan Simmons is a sustainable design and impact strategist, who collaborates with a purpose driven narrative. Having worked with brands, social enterprises, and the fashion industry, she operates to implement positive impact and profitable ESG practices within organizations. Her focus is on circularity solutions, regenerative and materials innovation, supply chain technologies, advancing transparency within the value chain, and human rights. Megan believes in the ethos that values based leadership is the foundation for progressive and fundamental initiatives towards constructive change, and the goal for the common good. Her work towards creating a triple bottom line for business practices pushes organizations towards longevity and viability, creating sustainable improvements for both people and planet. With an array of experience, Megan has been afforded the opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding in both environmental and social sustainable operations. Having worked with both brands and suppliers, she has focused her career around business expansion and processes within the supply chain to promote brand growth. With her expertise in leadership roles of international design and development, she continues to build partnerships towards sustainable solutions for companies looking to form collaborations for long term impactful results. Along with that, Megan also works to bring circularity initiatives to organizations at all points within the value chain through ideation, design and development, business models and strategy, and human centered design frameworks. Specializing in structuring goal-oriented teams and focusing on motivational mentorship, Megan is a resourceful leader looking to continuously blend her creative strengths with her strong business acumen across multi-functional teams. She believes purposeful connections lay the groundwork for any organization to thrive. Megan holds a Master’s of Science degree in Impact-Focused Business and Investing from Glasgow Caledonian University’s campus in New York, where she was awarded the Fair Fashion Center’s fellowship scholarship for the university’s sustainability focused program.­ She also holds degrees in Science from the University of Oregon and Apparel Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. https://www.megansimmonsnyc.com/experience daily 0.75 2023-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4f0930d6ad7677611d91e/1603143928314-5MCT3A1VWUWRQRJ2XYTC/HxN.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4f0930d6ad7677611d91e/1612366099013-X8OVKQZ0MHDUQDX2YCRV/FashionRevolution.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4f0930d6ad7677611d91e/1608215578518-CZ5PSUGVBH2OLZCPZ6X3/campaign_header+copy.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4f0930d6ad7677611d91e/e9f2bb1f-9e59-4123-8d68-63a59ab49960/640px-Phillips-Van_Heusen_logo.svg.png https://www.megansimmonsnyc.com/published-work daily 0.75 2021-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4f0930d6ad7677611d91e/1593183434866-T9E8ZT6LM8B9SV5VIO1U/fashion-exploitation.jpg Published Work - Human Rights in the Fashion Industry: Discovering the Origins of Exploitation Along the Supply Chain In an effort to add awareness to critical issues surrounding the importance of sustainable solutions in the fashion industry, this study examines a growing concern impacting the social aspect of sustainability. Through examining human rights abuses within the industry, the question of ‘Where along the supply chain are these exploitations originating from?’ can bring additional answers needed to provide assessments on how to tackle and abate the prevalence of human rights abuses in the fashion industry. Through a review and analysis of current research regarding exploitation throughout the supply chain, as well as defining the status of mitigation among brands at their corporate level, a study was set up in the form of surveys and interviews to gain knowledge of the occurrence of exploitations among employees that work directly with brands. This was done to examine potential root causes of exploitations originating in multinational brands by showing that a significant level of exploitation is happening at the very top of the industry and spreading from there. Research findings indicate that due to demands communicated by top executives of multinational brands, not only do exploitations have an origin within corporate headquarters, but they are also exacerbated as those demands move through the supply chain. In comparing and analyzing the results of the research collected, there is a congruence of exploitative behavior at various points of the supply chain, stemming from business demands. These findings provide us with the opportunity to better understand that the existence of human rights abuse is pervasive throughout the entire industry, and solutions can and should be implemented at the brand level to initiate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef4f0930d6ad7677611d91e/1625231627019-R87E9OPIWTQFEZG9JDPX/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-07-02%2Bat%2B9.09.03%2BAM.jpg Published Work - So what exactly is the Fashion Value Chain? The traditional value chain in the fashion industry encompasses everything from design and sourcing, to production and manufacturing, all the way onto marketing, sales, and consumer distribution. It is a global web of supply channels and business partnerships. A delicate relationship of agriculture markets contributing to retail consumerism. It’s not just a supply chain of raw materials and production, but a multi-tiered and multi-dimensional network of businesses and economies that make up the entire fashion industry. https://www.megansimmonsnyc.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-06-26 https://www.megansimmonsnyc.com/home daily 1.0 2021-07-01