Sustainability in Fashion Business Operations

Abstract

Abstract:Under the global trend of sustainability, many companies selling fashion products have to reshape their operational strategies. Over the past few years, we have witnessed many fashion companies going green by re-engineering their business processes and establishing their formal sustainability programs. Many important topics, such as closed-loop supply chain management, corporate social responsibility, and economic sustainability, are all related to sustainable fashion business operations management. This paper provides a brief review of these critical topics, introduces the special issue, and proposes future research areas to achieve sustainable operations management in the fashion business.

The mediating effects of product returns on the relationship between green capabilities and closed-loop supply chain adoption

“…These factors can influence product design, promotion, and customer service strategies that motivate product returns. Recovery capabilities and cost savings in remanufacturing have important environmental implications as they reduce the consumption of new stock and reduce the burden on landfills (Choi and Li, 2015).…”

Static supply chain complexity and sustainability practices: A multitier examination

“…This is driven by two factors: first, the focal company is responsible for pushing sustainability along the SC as it is expected to guarantee the sustainability standards of the entire SC. Second, sustainability decisions will result from the level of SC complexity that a focal company engages with, particu- Organizational Definition of sustainability goals Lueg, Pedersen, and Clemmensen (2015), Choi and Li (2015), and Winter and Lasch (2016) Sustainability governance structure Shen (2014) and Turker and Altuntas (2014) Regular meetings on sustainability Turker and Altuntas 2014Employee training Shen (2014) and Turker and Altuntas (2014) Increase organizational awareness of sustainability Lueg et al (2015) and Fuentes and Fredriksson (2016) Adoption of recognized sustainability standards Winter and Lasch (2016) development for weaker suppliers, is necessary. We cannot focus just on the first-tier, but we need to guide decisions also at the second-tier.…”

A United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals perspective for sustainable textile and apparel supply chain management

“…To this end, this research aims to examine how the TA sector can comply with the SDGs and how the TA industry can become more sustainable. Prior reviews (e.g., O’Rourke, 2014 , Ansari and Kant, 2017 , Köksal et al, 2017 ), research ( Choi et al, 2019 ) or discussion papers (e.g., Choi and Li, 2015 , Shen et al, 2017 ) in sustainable fashion supply chain management neither focus on the SDGs, nor comprehensively review the extant literature. Thus, to the best knowledge of us, this is the first paper which systematically examines from the SDGs perspective the fashion 12 supply chain management (FSCM) problems by drilling deeply in the literature.…”