Handling chemical risk information in international textile supply chains

Fransson, Kristin; Molander, Sverker

doi:10.1080/09640568.2012.681032

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“…their products are hazardous(Fransson & Molander, 2013). The findings of this research are in line with Fransson and Molander's (2013) publication and further highlight the importance for apparel companies to communicate and present chemical management information to concerned consumers.…”

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“…One possible reason of this inconsistency might be because most communication of the information regarding restricted substances and chemicals were undergoing between apparel companies and suppliers. Less information about the use of chemicals in products is reaching out to consumers (Fransson & Molander, 2013). Labeling is one of the ways that consumers can get the information about the products.…”

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A comparison between consumer and industry perspectives on sustainable practices throughout the apparel product lifecycle

Lou

Cao

2018

International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Educati

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A comparison between consumer and industry perspectives on sustainable practices throughout the apparel product lifecycle

Lou

Cao

2018

International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Educati

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“…The manufacturing chain from natural or synthetic fibers to the final clothing products is a process that includes many stages in different factories around the world and with a frequent use of various types of chemicals (Fransson and Molander 2012). Pesticides, biocides, and fungicides are involved when cultivating raw materials for natural fibers, as well as in the production of synthetic fibers, and more chemicals are introduced during the different textile manufacturing stages (Swedish Chemical 2013).…”

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Benzothiazole, benzotriazole, and their derivates in clothing textiles—a potential source of environmental pollutants and human exposure

Avagyan

Luongo

Thorsén

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Textiles play an important role in our daily life, and textile production is one of the oldest industries. In the manufacturing chain from natural and/or synthetic fibers to the final clothing products, the use of many different chemicals is ubiquitous. A lot of research has focused on chemicals in textile wastewater, but the knowledge of the actual content of harmful chemicals in clothes sold on the retail market is limited. In this paper, we have focused on eight benzothiazole and benzotriazole derivatives, compounds rated as high production volume chemicals. Twenty-six clothing samples of various textile materials and colors manufactured in 14 different countries were analyzed in textile clothing using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Among the investigated textile products, 11 clothes were for babies, toddlers, and children. Eight of the 11 compounds included in the investigation were detected in the textiles. Benzothiazole was present in 23 of 26 investigated garments in concentrations ranging from 0.45 to 51 μg/g textile. The garment with the highest concentration of benzothiazole contained a total amount of 8.3 mg of the chemical. The third highest concentration of benzothiazole (22 μg/g) was detected in a baby body made from "organic cotton" equipped with the "Nordic Ecolabel" ("Svanenmärkt"). It was also found that concentrations of benzothiazoles in general were much higher than those for benzotriazoles. This study implicates that clothing textiles can be a possible route for human exposure to harmful chemicals by skin contact, as well as being a potential source of environmental pollutants via laundering and release to household wastewater.

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“…The wearing apparel industry is considered as one of the most unsustainable industries in the world from an environmental dimension (Choudhury 2014) due to several reasons: use of harmful chemicals, high consumption of water and energy, generation of large quantities of solid and gaseous wastes, spillages, huge fuel consumption for transportation to remote places where textile units are located, and use of non-biodegradable packaging materials. In addition, wearing apparel industry is one of the most global industries in the world with huge environmental impacts along the supply chain (Escrig-Olmedo et al 2017;Fransson and Molander 2013;. Given the relevance of environmental impacts of this industry and their large scope, this paper provides a first analysis focused on the environmental dimension.…”

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Sustainability materiality matrices in doubt: may prioritizations of aspects overestimate environmental performance?

Ferrero-Ferrero

León

Torres

2020

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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This study builds on the research gap that arises from the consistency analysis of GRImateriality approach with other prioritization approaches. The main objective is to explore to what extent corporate environmental performance is consistent using two different prioritization approaches. This study employs a novel quantitative approach to assess environmental performance through the prioritization of environmental aspects by using companies' materiality analysis and independent expert knowledge. The empirical analysis focuses on the environmental performance analysis of wearing apparel companies. The main finding reveals that companies with better environmental performance could be using materiality analysis to further embellish the positive performance or for greenwashing purposes. This study could serve as a starting point to improve the understanding of how companies could identify, from an objective and comparable basis, those environmental aspects that are essential to their business strategy and that are necessary to help stakeholders to make fully informed decisions.

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Handling chemical risk information in international textile supply chains

Cited by 21 publications

References 23 publications

A comparison between consumer and industry perspectives on sustainable practices throughout the apparel product lifecycle

A comparison between consumer and industry perspectives on sustainable practices throughout the apparel product lifecycle

Benzothiazole, benzotriazole, and their derivates in clothing textiles—a potential source of environmental pollutants and human exposure

Sustainability materiality matrices in doubt: may prioritizations of aspects overestimate environmental performance?

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