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Sustainable Practices and Governance in the Fashion and Textile Industry

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Products and Services".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 8655

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Md Mazedul Islam

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Department of Fashion and Textiles, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Interests: sustainable practice and circular economy in fashion and textile; sustainable supply chain; sustainable fashion production and consumption; environmental sustainability
Dr. Pammi Sinha

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School of Design, Faculty of Arts Humanities and Culture, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Interests: fashion industry; sustainable fashion; fashion design process; design management; creativity; remanufacture
Dr. Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem

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Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5QA, UK
Interests: fashion and textile sustainability; digital prototyping; sustainable materials and process innovation; and smart textiles
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Prof. Dr. Abhijit Majumdar

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Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India
Interests: circular supply chain management; social sustainability in supply chain; supply chain resilience; AI, ML-based modelling in fashion and textiles
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

(1) Introduction, including scientific background and highlighting the importance of this research area.  

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue, “Sustainable Practices and Governance in the Fashion and Textile Industry”, of the journal Sustainability.  

The fashion and textiles industry has complex supply chain operations with significant environmental, economic, and social impacts throughout the life cycle stages of products including design, material selection, manufacturing processes and technologies, sourcing, procurement, production, inventory, retail, marketing, distribution, and consumption stages. Increased sustainability awareness and environmental and social challenges, coupled with pressure from stakeholders, consumers, and regulators, has led to increased attention in implementing sustainable practices and governance in the fashion and textile industry. Sustainable practices, circular economy, remanufacturing, sustainable supply chain, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and business ethics and governance in the fashion and textile industry are becoming increasingly important global issues and attracting serious attention in academic research. Collaborative initiatives to achieve a greater impact of the circular economy compound the complexities around governance, managing the divergent interests of stakeholders, and knowledge sharing. It is still a relatively new and growing area in the domain of fashion/textiles. This Special Issue (SI) focuses on sustainable practices and governance in the fashion and textile industry, including design, materials, technologies, manufacturing processes, strategic management, sustainable supply chains, fashion marketing, retailing, consumption, and waste management stages, as well as inspiring further sustainable governance and practices. It is necessary to explore these areas, and we earnestly invite scholars and researchers from various backgrounds to submit original and scholarly manuscript related to the field of sustainable practices and governance in the fashion and textile industry.

(2) Aim and suggested themes of the Special Issue

This Special Issue, "Sustainable practices and governance in the fashion and textile industry " aims to explore new directions in sustainable practices, governance, and supply chain management research and present original and innovative contributions. We welcome original research articles and reviews.  Relevant subjects include, but are not limited to:

(3) Suggest themes:

  • Sustainable practices and governance implementations;
  • Circular economy in fashion and textiles;
  • Circular fashion design process and management;
  • Sustainable production and consumption;
  • Sustainable supply chain management;
  • Environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) issues in fashion;
  • CSR, and business ethics in fashion and textiles;
  • Environmental and social sustainability assessment;
  • Digitalisation and industry 4.0;
  • Sustainable materials and process innovation;
  • Collaborative initiatives for circular economy or net zero;
  • Risk management in sustainable fashion and textile supply chain.

We look forward to receiving your novel contributions.

Dr. Md Mazedul Islam
Dr. Pammi Sinha
Dr. Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem
Prof. Dr. Abhijit Majumdar
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable practices and governance
  • fashion and textiles
  • circular economy
  • sustainable supply chain management
  • environmental and social sustainability
  • fashion design innovations
  • sustainable technologies
  • digital fashion and industry 4.0
  • fashion operations
  • collaborative initiatives
  • CSR and business ethics
  • ESG in fashion and textiles
  • net zero in fashion
  • energy efficiency
  • waste management
  • resource conservation
  • sustainable fashion consumption
  • fashion marketing and branding

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Mapping Service-Based Retailing to Improve Sustainability Practices in the Fashion Industry
by Tommaso Elli, Alessandra Spagnoli and Valeria Maria Iannilli
Sustainability 2024, 16(17), 7543; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177543 - 30 Aug 2024
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The fashion industry is recognized among the most impactful industries in relation to environmental and social damage due to unsustainable models. While countless research studies focus on the supply chain and product innovation, the presented inquiry studies the fashion retail sector with the [...] Read more.
The fashion industry is recognized among the most impactful industries in relation to environmental and social damage due to unsustainable models. While countless research studies focus on the supply chain and product innovation, the presented inquiry studies the fashion retail sector with the goal of systematizing existing sustainable practices based on service offerings. We present the results of an extensive case-study analysis conducted on 370 initiatives of different natures gathered among international companies and local actors in the European context that offer services oriented toward sustainability. As a result, we propose an ontology that encompasses three areas (services for environmental sustainability, culture of sustainability, and implementation of social sustainability) and comprehensively describes existing sustainability strategies for helping retailers preserve the environment, while promoting socially inclusive practices and disseminating the culture of sustainability. The innovation of retailing from a similar perspective aims at rendering businesses more resilient to survive market and social transformations, especially in consideration of the boost to sustainable and circular transformation advocated by recent European legislation. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Practices and Governance in the Fashion and Textile Industry)
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Environmental Impact of Footwear Using Life Cycle Assessment—Case Study of Professional Footwear
by Alexandra Bodoga, Andreea Nistorac, Maria Carmen Loghin and Dorina Nicolina Isopescu
Sustainability 2024, 16(14), 6094; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16146094 - 17 Jul 2024
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method for assessing the environmental impact of a product, activity, or system across all the stages of its life cycle. LCA can identify the activities with a major impact on the environment throughout the life cycle of [...] Read more.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method for assessing the environmental impact of a product, activity, or system across all the stages of its life cycle. LCA can identify the activities with a major impact on the environment throughout the life cycle of a product. To analyze the environmental implications of footwear, the LCA was applied to a pair of shoes designed for professional use. In this paper, the impact of a single pair of shoes was studied. Every year, footwear production worldwide is over 22 billion pairs, which has a significant impact on the environment. In this case study, the “cradle-to-grave” approach was used, which refers to all the activities involved in the life cycle of a footwear product, starting from raw material extraction, manufacturing, use, maintenance, and, in the end, disposal. The LCA was conducted using the SimaPro software. The environmental impact assessment of the analyzed shoe needed the acquisition of two crucial datasets. Background inventory data were sourced from the Ecoinvent database (version 3.3). The impact was quantified using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) metric, which calculates the contribution of emissions to global warming over a 100-year time limit according to the established values provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was measured in relative carbon dioxide equivalents (kg CO2eq) to facilitate a standardized comparison. The results show that the total carbon footprint for a pair of safety boots is 18.65 kg of CO2eq with the “component manufacture” stage as a major contributor accumulating almost 80%. Full article
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Carbon Footprint for Jeans’ Circular Economy Model Using Bagasse
by Toshiro Semba, Ryuzo Furukawa and Norihiro Itsubo
Sustainability 2024, 16(14), 6044; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16146044 - 15 Jul 2024
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To date, clothing has been produced and disposed of in large quantities. It is also known that each process, from the procurement of raw materials to production, transportation, sales, laundry, and disposal, has a significant environmental impact. According to the Global Fashion Agenda, [...] Read more.
To date, clothing has been produced and disposed of in large quantities. It is also known that each process, from the procurement of raw materials to production, transportation, sales, laundry, and disposal, has a significant environmental impact. According to the Global Fashion Agenda, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the fashion industry account for 4% of the global total. Therefore, apparel makers are shifting from a linear economy to a circular economy. For example, the Japanese start-up Curelabo Co., Ltd. (Okinawa, Japan) developed jeans (bagasse washi jeans) made from bagasse, which is a residual material derived from sugarcane after the extraction of cane juice. Furthermore, the use of improved dyeing reduces boiler fuel consumption and eliminates the need for detergents and acid. For disposal, the used jeans and their production waste are processed into biochar for carbon sequestration. In this study, we attempted to calculate GHG emissions using life cycle assessment (LCA) for the circular economy model developed by Curelabo Co., Ltd. GHG emissions from the production of bagasse washi jeans were 1.09 × 101 kg-CO2e. Dyeing, bleaching, and fabric finishing, known as the wet processes, were found to contribute a large proportion of GHG emissions due to their high energy consumption. Furthermore, the entire lifecycle of GHG emissions from bagasse washi jeans, including transport, sales, laundry, and disposal, were 1.53 × 101 kg-CO2e. First, the use of bagasse washi yarn for the weft reduced by 2.99 × 10−1 kg-CO2e compared with the use of conventional 100% bleached cotton yarn. Second, compared with conventional dyeing, GHG emissions from the improved dyeing process were reduced by 2.78 kg-CO2e. Third, the disposal of the used jeans and their production waste into biochar reduced GHG emissions by 9.01 × 10−1 kg-CO2e. Additionally, GHG emissions can be reduced by re-inputting waste in the paper-making process and by using liquefied natural gas as boiler fuel in the dyeing process. Full article
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The Importance of the Vinted Application in Popularizing Sustainable Behavior among Representatives of Generation Z
by Agata Balińska, Ewa Jaska and Agnieszka Werenowska
Sustainability 2024, 16(14), 6213; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16146213 - 20 Jul 2024
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Changes in the fashion market (mainly fast fashion) mean that the negative impact of this sector on the natural and social environment is increasing. An important measure to limit this negative impact is to create more responsible consumer behavior in this market. This [...] Read more.
Changes in the fashion market (mainly fast fashion) mean that the negative impact of this sector on the natural and social environment is increasing. An important measure to limit this negative impact is to create more responsible consumer behavior in this market. This applies especially to young consumers, who are the recipients of most fast fashion campaigns, and thanks to new media (including mobile applications), their sustainable behavior can be shaped. The main aim of this study was to identify the features of the useful Vinted mobile application in terms of promoting socially and environmentally sustainable behaviors of Generation Z on the clothing market. At the stage of collecting research material, the desk research and CAWI (computer-assisted web interview) methods were used, and the analysis included, among others, measures of descriptive statistics, a customer satisfaction index (CSI) and a Mann–Whitney Z test. The research was carried out at the turn of 2022/23. The responses of 370 respondents using the Vinted application were qualified for analysis. A convenient selection of the research sample was used. The link to the survey was shared through online channels, including social media. The snowball method was used to obtain respondents. This study shows that less frequent use of the application corresponds to lower ratings of the analyzed parameters. The most important features (attributes) of the application are free application, ease of creating an account and secure payment. The main reason for using the Vinted application is the economic factor (looking for bargains). There is a difference between the CSI value in the group of women and men. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first survey conducted among representatives of Gen Z, which simultaneously took into account satisfaction with using the Vinted application and its impact on popularizing sustainable attitudes. Full article
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