There is no doubt that the textile industry the production of clothing, fabrics, thread, fibre and related products plays a significant part in the global economy. It also frequently operates with disregard to its environmental and social impacts. The textile industry uses large quantities of water and outputs large quantities of waste. As for social aspects, many unskilled jobs have disappeared in regions that rely heavily on these industries. Another serious and still unresolved problem is the flexibility textile industry companies claim to need. Faced with fierce international competition, they are increasingly unable to offer job security. This is without even considering the informal-sector work proliferating both in developing and developed countries. Child labour persists within this sector despite growing pressure to halt it.Fashion demands continuous consumption. In seeking to own the latest trends consumers quickly come to regard their existing garments as inferior, if not useless. "Old" items become unwanted as quickly as new ones come into demand. This tendency towards disposability results in the increased use of resources and thus the accelerated accumulation of waste. It is obvious to many that current fashion industry practices are in direct competition with sustainability objectives; yet this is frequently overlooked as a pressing concern.It is, however, becoming apparent that there are social and ecological consequences to the current operation of the fashion industry: sustainability in the sector has been gaining attention in recent years from those who believe that it should be held accountable for the pressure it places on the individual, as well as its contribution to increases in consumption and waste disposal.This book takes a wide-screen approach to the topic, covering, among other issues: sustainability and business management in textile and fashion companies; value chain management; use of materials; sustainable production processes; fashion, needs and consumption; disposal; and innovation and design.The book will be essential reading for researchers and practitioners in the global fashion business.
The textile industry plays a significant part in the global economy, yet often operates with disregard to its environmental and social impacts. This book takes a wide-ranging look at current analysis of the industry and explores the issues of continuous consumption and increasing disposability.
I: The systemic vision and the value chain in the textile and fashion
industry1. Slow fashion: Tailoring a strategic approach for
sustainabilityCarlotta Cataldi, Crystal Grover and Maureen Dickson,
Co-founders, Slow Fashion Forward2. Wisdoms from the fashion trenchesLynda
Grose, Fashion Design for Sustainability, California College of the Arts,
USA3. From principle to practice: Embedding sustainability in clothing supply
chain strategiesAlison Ashby, Melanie Hudson Smith and Rory Shand, Plymouth
Business School, UK4. Managing chemical risk information: The case of Swedish
retailers and Chinese suppliers in textile supply chainsKristin Fransson,
Birgit Brunklaus and Sverker Molander, Chalmers University of Technology,
SwedenYuntao Zhang, The Fourth Research and Design Engineering Corporation of
CNNC, China5. Innovation power of fashion focal companies and participation
in sustainability activities in their supply networkHarrie W.M. van Bommel,
Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands6. Sustainable colour
forecasting: The benefits of creating a better colour trend forecasting
system for consumers, the fashion industry and the environmentTracy Diane
Cassidy, University of Leeds, UK7. Fashioning use: A polemic to provoke
pro-environmental garment maintenanceTullia Jack, The University of
Melbourne, Australia8. Fashion design education for sustainability practice:
Reflections on undergraduate level teachingLynda Grose, California College of
the Arts, USA9. Upcycling fashion for mass productionTracy Diane Cassidy,
University of Leeds, UKSara Li-Chou Han, Manchester Metropolitan University,
UK10. Creating new from that which is discarded: The collaborative San
Francisco Tablecloth Repurposing ProjectConnie Ulasewicz and Gail Baugh, San
Francisco State University, USAPart II: Marketing, brands and regulatory
aspects in the textile and fashion industry11. Sustainable consumption and
production patterns in the clothing sector: Is green the new black?Ines
Weller, University of Bremen, Germany12. Redefining Made in Australia: A fair
go for people and planetCameron Neil and Kirsten Simpson, Net Balance,
AustraliaEloise Bishop, Ethical Clothing, Australia13. Sustainability isn't
sexy: An exploratory study into luxury fashionIain A. Davies and Carla-Maria
Streit, University of Bath, School of Management, UK14. Ethical fashion in
Western Europe: A survey of the status quo through the digital communications
lensIlaria Pasquinelli and Pamela Ravasio, texSture, UK15. Effectiveness of
standard initiatives: Rules and effectiveimplementation of transnational
standard initiatives (TSI) in the apparel industry: An empirical
examinationClaude Meier, University of Zurich and University of Applied
Sciences Zurich (HWZ), SwitzerlandPart III: The practice in textiles and
fashion16. Corporate responsibility in the garment industry: Towards shared
valueAnna Larsson, U&We, SwedenKatarina Buhr, IVL Swedish Environmental
Research Institute and Linköping University, SwedenCecilia Mark-Herbert,
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden17. Zigzag or interlock?
The case of the Sustainable Apparel CoalitionKim Poldner, University of St
Gallen, Switzerland18. Garments without guilt? A case study of sustainable
garment sourcing in Sri LankaPatsy Perry, George Davies Centre for Retail
Excellence, Heriot-Watt University, UK19. Next one, please: Integrating
sustainability criteria in the procurement of operating-room textiles: The
case of GermanyEdeltraud Günther, Technische Universität Dresden,
GermanyHolger Hoppe, SCHOTT Solar, GermanyGabriel Weber, ENT Environment &
Management, SpainJulia Hillmann, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany20.
Development and the garment industry: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
IslandsSarah E. Heidebrecht, Alumna, Kansas State University, USAJoy M.
Kozar, Kansas State University, USAPart IV: Consumer: purchase, identity, use
and care of clothing and textiles21. Young academic women's clothing
practice: Interactions between fast fashion and social expectations in
DenmarkCharlotte Louise Jensen and Michael Sųgaard Jųrgensen, Department of
Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark22. Connecting meanings
and materials: Identity dynamics in sustainable fashionFernando F. Fachin,
HEC Montréal, Canada23. Consumers' attitudes towards sustainable fashion:
Clothing usage and disposalHelen Goworek and Alex Hiller, Nottingham Business
School, Nottingham Trent University, UKTom Fisher, School of Art and Design,
Nottingham Trent University, UKTim Cooper, School of Architecture, Design and
the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, UKSophie Woodward, School
of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UKIndex
Gardetti, Miguel Angel; Torres, Ana Laura
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