Textiles and Clothing Sustainability Implications in Textiles and Fashion /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Textile Science and Clothing Technology,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Textile industry.; Chemical engineering.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Materials science.; Textile Engineering.; Sustainable Development.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Environmental Management.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

This book comprehensively covers the topic of sustainability in the clothing and fashion sector. Sustainability is applied under different industrial sectors and there has to be a distinction in every industrial sector when it comes to sustainability in its application. Though the definition is comm...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Will clothing be sustainable? Clarifying sustainable fashion
• 2.Sustainability in the textile and fashion industries: animal ethics and welfare
• 3.The virtuous circle: Hard Sustainable Science vs. Soft Unsustainable Science within Marketing Functions of Fashion and Luxury Sectors and how to prevent “Soylent Green” from happening
• 4.Social Reporting using GRI Disclosures: A Case of Apparel Industry. .