Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain.

Fashion industry is considered the second most polluting industry in the world. Under this statement, academia and practitioners have become very interested in the aspects of environmental sustainability of the fashion supply chain but have neglected to study social dimensions. Furthermore, several...

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Main Author: IBARRA MACHAIN, MIRYAM EUNICE
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46372/
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description Fashion industry is considered the second most polluting industry in the world. Under this statement, academia and practitioners have become very interested in the aspects of environmental sustainability of the fashion supply chain but have neglected to study social dimensions. Furthermore, several scandals and tragedies related to slavery and other abuses have arisen the public attention. This work presents some of these social abuses found along the fashion supply chain and carries out an analysis of actions undertaken by fashion brands to tackle the problem. The findings were presented in 7 different areas of action. Furthermore, it was found that most of the social issues were addressed through partnerships. These partnerships were studied from different angles and informed what causes are being addressed.
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spelling nottingham-463722018-04-17T15:04:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46372/ Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain. IBARRA MACHAIN, MIRYAM EUNICE Fashion industry is considered the second most polluting industry in the world. Under this statement, academia and practitioners have become very interested in the aspects of environmental sustainability of the fashion supply chain but have neglected to study social dimensions. Furthermore, several scandals and tragedies related to slavery and other abuses have arisen the public attention. This work presents some of these social abuses found along the fashion supply chain and carries out an analysis of actions undertaken by fashion brands to tackle the problem. The findings were presented in 7 different areas of action. Furthermore, it was found that most of the social issues were addressed through partnerships. These partnerships were studied from different angles and informed what causes are being addressed. 2017-09-14 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46372/1/Dissertation%20Draft2%20-%20Miryam%20Ibarra.pdf IBARRA MACHAIN, MIRYAM EUNICE (2017) Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] sustainable/sustainability sustainable development environmental social and ethics/ethical. Apparel Clothing Fashion industry Social issues.
spellingShingle sustainable/sustainability
sustainable development
environmental
social and ethics/ethical.
Apparel
Clothing
Fashion industry
Social issues.
IBARRA MACHAIN, MIRYAM EUNICE
Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain.
title Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain.
title_full Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain.
title_fullStr Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain.
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain.
title_short Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: A study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain.
title_sort sustainability in the fashion industry: a study of fashion brands tackling social issues in the supply chain.
topic sustainable/sustainability
sustainable development
environmental
social and ethics/ethical.
Apparel
Clothing
Fashion industry
Social issues.
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46372/