Sustainability Issues in Textile and Apparel Supply Chains

Shen, Bin; Li, Qingying; Dong, Chaohua; Perry, Patsy

doi:10.3390/su9091592

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“…Therefore, there are many opportunities for companies across these different sectors to engage collectively in green business activities. A sustainable apparel business can take actions such as lowering pollution, consuming fewer resources, maintaining a safe workplace, and promoting non-toxic and durable quality products for consumer well-being [5,6]. Consumer awareness and demand have stimulated the eco-friendly apparel market growth.…”

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Effects of Green Self-Identity and Cognitive and Affective Involvement on Patronage Intention in Eco-Friendly Apparel Consumption: A Gender Comparison

2017

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While eco-friendly apparel has been made available in markets, turning this environmental innovation into companies' competitive advantage has been challenging. The purpose of the study is to better understand consumers' eco-friendly apparel consumption and to examine whether gender plays a role in consumer attitudes toward the product. Both male and female consumers' green self-identity, cognitive and affective involvement, as well as their patronage intention, were examined and compared. The results showed that men and women were motivated by different factors. For men, cognitive involvement was a prominent determinant of their patronage intention and mediated the relationship between their green self-identity and intention. For women, green self-identity was the only factor that motivated their patronage intention for eco-friendly apparel. The findings provide empirical evidence and directions that could help marketers to identify their consumer characteristics and market segments and to develop more efficient eco-friendly apparel market communication strategies in the U.S.

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Effects of Green Self-Identity and Cognitive and Affective Involvement on Patronage Intention in Eco-Friendly Apparel Consumption: A Gender Comparison

2017

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“…The food industry is of great interest to researchers in this field. The results of the research can be found in the works [42,43], there is similar interest in the production of clothing [44][45][46], as well as in the production of household articles [47,48], although the analysis of the literature indicates that most research in this area is devoted to the automotive industry [47,[49][50][51].…”

Section: Green Supply Chain Management (Gscm)mentioning

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The Selected Method and Tools for Performance Measurement in the Green Supply Chain—Survey Analysis in Poland

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2018

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The methods and tools for the performance measurement and evaluation of the green supply chain management are very important elements for the construction and function of this type of supply chain. The result is a presentation of the considerations underlying a very general model, which presents some selected tools, but no breakdown of individual industries. The considerations undertaken are important and have scientific added value as usually in practice, a very large number of tools are used to assess the supply chain, which are not always correlated or adapted to the specificity of the chain. It is worth pointing out which of the already used or completely new tools and methods will be most useful for assessing the green supply chain. The structure of the paper covers the theoretical and empirical. It includes an introduction, our goals and hypotheses, state of the art, methodology, empirical findings, and discussion. We present the definitional differences between green and sustainable supply chains and focus on the selection and identification of methods for the framework model for evaluating the green supply chain. In the next step, the theoretical and selected method and tools were compared to a survey of Poland. On the basis of the survey, we present the findings and discussions found in this area. The main methodology used includes a literature review, a survey analysis using a questionnaire and statistical tools. The survey was carried out in 2015 in sample organizations in Poland. The research results showed that organizations were aware of the environmental elements of measuring and assessing the supply chain from an environmental point of view, but their use depended on many factors: the area, size of the organization, or the industry. If certain boundary conditions are met and the organizations are aware of the essence of environmental aspects in the chain, then they are applying green measures to the supply chain. These findings provide a glimpse into the measurement system and show that organizations still have yet to understand the essence of green and sustainable performance measurement, the meaning of its application, and the benefits it brings. However, traditional measurement still plays a large role, so it is important to reflect on how to convince organizations to pay more attention to environmental aspects, while at the same time applying a green supply chain assessment model. These results are a framework in which to start building a green supply chain assessment model. The empirical research aimed to answer the question of whether theoretical and sustainable management tools have already played a role in perceiving and assessing the green supply chain.

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“…The follow-up stages should also be improved, e.g. to avoid the long-distance distributions for the supply chain [64] or choose the lower carbon emission way. Furthermore, as shown in the white boxes in Figure 2, the tradable products are provided for each of the corresponding steps.…”

Section: Carbon Emission From Fashion Apparel Manufacturing Chainmentioning

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Blockchain Enhanced Emission Trading Framework in Fashion Apparel Manufacturing Industry

2018

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Motivated by the recent blockchain technology originally built for bitcoin transactions, various industries are exploring the opportunities to redefine their existing operational systems. In this study, an innovative environmentally sustainable solution is proposed for the fashion apparel manufacturing industry (FAMI), which is energized by blockchain. Incorporating the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), and a novel "emission link" system, the proposed framework exposes carbon emission to the public and establishes a feature to reduce the emissions for all key steps of clothing making. Fully compatible with Industry 4.0, blockchain provides decentralization, transparency, automation, and immutability characteristics to the proposed framework. Specifically, the blockchain supported ETS framework, the carbon emissions of clothing manufacturing life cycle, and the emission link powered procedures are introduced in detail. A case study is provided to demonstrate the carbon emission evaluation procedure. Finally, a multi-criteria evaluation is performed to demonstrate the benefits and drawbacks of the proposed system.

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Sustainability Issues in Textile and Apparel Supply Chains

Cited by 96 publications

References 35 publications

Effects of Green Self-Identity and Cognitive and Affective Involvement on Patronage Intention in Eco-Friendly Apparel Consumption: A Gender Comparison

Effects of Green Self-Identity and Cognitive and Affective Involvement on Patronage Intention in Eco-Friendly Apparel Consumption: A Gender Comparison

The Selected Method and Tools for Performance Measurement in the Green Supply Chain—Survey Analysis in Poland

Blockchain Enhanced Emission Trading Framework in Fashion Apparel Manufacturing Industry

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