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Case Study: Managing Sustainability in the Fashion Supply Chain
Operationalization and Challenges at a UK Textile Company
Piyya Muhammad Rafi-Ul-Shan,Patsy Perry,David B. Grant
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Case Study: Managing Sustainability in the Fashion Supply Chain
Operationalization and Challenges at a UK Textile Company
Piyya Muhammad Rafi-Ul-Shan,Patsy Perry,David B. Grant
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The fashion industry has a high environmental impact in terms of its carbon, water and waste footprint, and is therefore facing increased pressure from multiple stakeholders to balance environmental, social and economic needs - the triple bottom line. Managing Sustainability in the Fashion Supply Chain presents examples of sustainability initiatives used in companies such as M&S and H&M, and looks at the major challenges which are often encountered when trying to incorporate sustainability measures into a company strategy.Aimed at students on manufacturing, retail, supply chain management and logistics courses, this case study explores sustainable initiatives. Managing Sustainability in the Fashion Supply Chain offers readers insights into how to meet the triple bottom line and become more sustainable. Register for a Kogan Page account at check-out to access and download your PDF after purchasing. You'll also have an opportunity to sign up when receiving your purchase confirmation email.
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CASE STUDY
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Managing sustainability in the fashion supply chain
Operationalization and challenges at a UK textile company
Piyya Muhammad Rafi-Ul-Shan, Patsy Perry and David B Grant
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
piyya muhammad rafi-ul-shan is a PhD student at the Logistics Institute, Hull University Business School. Research areas include supply-chain risk management, sustainable supply-chain management, agile and responsive supply chains, and the garment and fashion industry.
dr patsy perry is a Lecturer in Fashion Marketing in The School of Materials at The University of Manchester. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility in fashion supply chains, and she has published a number of book chapters and academic journal papers in this area.
professor david b grant is Professor of Logistics at Hull University Business School. His research interests include logistics customer service, satisfaction and quality, retail logistics, and sustainable logistics and supply-chain management. He has over 175 publications including Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Fashion Logistics for Kogan Page.
Introduction
The fashion industry has a high environmental impact in terms of its carbon, water and waste footprint, and is therefore facing increased pressure from multiple stakeholders to balance environmental, social and economic needs â the three tenets of the triple bottom line (or TBL). Production of the most popular fibre, cotton, entails high use of water and chemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers during the plant-growth phase, with further heavy use of chemicals, water and energy during the textile-production phases of dyeing, drying and finishing. Furthermore, intensifying competition in the fashion market has led to pressure for low-cost products and short lead-times. To address these pressures, vertical disintegration has become commonplace with textile and garment production activities typically outsourced to lower labour-cost countries in the developing world. However, this strategy has resulted in complex globally dispersed ...