Textiles and clothing sustainability : implications in textiles and fashion /: implications in textiles and fashion. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, editor.
• Editors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan
• Contents: 1 Will Clothing Be Sustainable? Clarifying Sustainable Fashion; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Systemic Challenges for Sustainable Fashion; 1.2 The Idea of Sustainability Assessment; 1.3 Cyclonomy or Bust? Possible Ways Ahead; 1.4 Multidisciplinary Problem Solving; 2 Environmental and Social Impacts, from Garment Level to Industry Sector Level; 2.1 Life Cycle Assessment, from Garment Level to Industry Sector Level Environmental Performance; 2.1.1 Selected Garments and Their Life Cycle Models; 2.1.2 Scaling up to Swedish National Clothing Consumption; 2.1.3 Results. 2.2 Social Impact Assessment of the Swedish Clothing Industry Sector2.2.1 Results; 2.3 Use Phase Assumptions and National Statistics; 2.4 Generality and Representativeness for Other Contexts; 2.4.1 Amounts of Garments Consumed Per Capita; 2.4.2 The Electricity Mix Used for Washing and Drying Garments in the Use Phase; 2.4.3 The Washing Habits of the Consumers; 2.4.4 Consumer Transports; 2.4.5 Summary of Scenario Parameters; 2.4.6 Results from the Scenarios; 3 Defining Sustainable Clothing from the Perspective of a Safe and just Operating Space; 3.1 Sustaining Ecosystem Functioning. 3.2 Fulfilling Human Needs in an Equitable Way3.2.1 The Clothing Sector's Contribution to Human Needs; 3.3 Sustainability Targets in the Fashion Industry; 3.3.1 Targets for Environmental Sustainability; 3.3.2 Targets for Social Sustainability; 4 Evaluation of Interventions; 4.1 Interventions for Environmental Impact Reduction; 4.2 Climate Change Reduction of Selected Interventions; 4.3 Interventions for Social Impact Reduction and Their Effect; 5 Discussion; 5.1 Growing Use of LCA in the Clothing Sector; 5.2 LCA as an Quantitative Approach to Textile Sustainability. 5.3 LCA on Industrial Sector Level5.4 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; References; 2 Sustainability in the Textile and Fashion Industries: Animal Ethics and Welfare; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 3 Sustainability and Animal Ethics and Welfare in the Textile and Fashion Industries; 3.1 The UN Global Compact; 3.1.1 Code of Conduct and Manual for the Fashion and Textile Industry: The First "Sectorial" Initiative of the Global Compact; 4 Code of Conduct and Manual for the Textile and Fashion Industry's Principle 11: Animal Ethics and Welfare. 5 Sustainability with Cruelty to Animals? The Case of Ovis 21 (Argentina)5.1 Ovis 21: The Company; 5.2 Two Key Organizations Within the Work Framework of Ovis 21; 5.3 Ovis 21 and the Animal Ethics and Welfare: An Episode; 5.4 The Decision of Various Important Clients; 5.5 The Ovis 21 Statement; 5.6 The Standing of the Two Key Organizations After the Episode; 6 Sustainability and Animal Ethics and Welfare: Analysis and Conclusions; References.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 677/.028; Textile fabrics -- Environmental aspects; Textile fibers -- Environmental aspects; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Textiles & Polymers; Mode; Textiel; Duurzaamheid (milieu); Ecologische aspecten; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811021824; 9811021821
• Related ISBNs: 9789811021817; 9811021813
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 25, 2016).
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