Sustainability in the Textile and Apparel Industries

Consumerism and Fashion Sustainability

Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Miguel Angel Gardetti (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

VII, 168 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-38531-6 (ISBN)

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This book is part of a five-volume set that explores sustainability in textile industry practices globally. Case studies are provided that cover the theoretical and practical implications of sustainable textile issues, including environmental footprints of textile manufacturing, consumer behavior, eco-design in clothing and apparels, supply chain sustainability, the chemistry of textile manufacturing, waste management and textile economics. The set will be of interest to researchers, engineers, industrialists, R&D managers and students working in textile chemistry, economics, materials science, and sustainable consumption and production.
This volume focuses on sustainability aspects of consumerism and fashion, emphasizing the environmental issues that stem from textile care and disposal, and how many of these practices detrimentally impact the environment. Also addressed is the role of consumer knowledge and behavior associated with theclothing industry that may exacerbate these issues, and what can be done to better inform consumers about more sustainable options available to them. The case studies presented cover environmental and social sustainability in the clothing industry, and sustainable development in luxury fashion networks.

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu currently works for SgT Group as Head of Sustainability, and is based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and seven years of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 75 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited multiple books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.

Chapter1: Do sustainability labels make us more negligent? Rebound and moral licensing effects in the clothing industry.- Chapter2: Sustainability in the apparel industry, The role of consumers' fashion consciousness.- Chapter3: Consumption: Will tomorrow's consumption be completely and absolutely disruptive?.- Chapter4: Does advertising appeal type make a difference? A new sustainable fashion product by a luxury and mainstream brand.- Chapter5: Environmental and social sustainability in fashion: A case study analysis of luxury and mass-market brands.- Chapter6: Clothing disposal and sustainability.- Chapter7: Community, local practices and cultural sustainability - A case study of Sambalpuri Ikat Handloom.- Chapter8: Sustainable development in urban artisanal luxury fashion networks.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.03.2020
Reihe/Serie	Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry
Zusatzinfo	VII, 168 p. 45 illus., 39 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Schlagworte	clothing industry • Consumer Knowledge • Economic Geography • Environmental Footprints • Human Environmental Interactions • Responsible Consumption and Production • sustainable development • textile engineering • Textiles
ISBN-10	3-030-38531-0 / 3030385310
ISBN-13	978-3-030-38531-6 / 9783030385316
Zustand	Neuware