Sustainable Approaches in Textiles and Fashion

This second volume in this set of books discusses various sustainable approaches in textiles and the fashion sector with a focus on consumerism and the supply chain. Sustainability is one of the important aspects in today's industrial context, and is no exception to textiles and fashion. Sustainability and strict adherence to the principles of sustainability has become as one of the essential needs again for any industrial sector including textiles and fashion. There are countless measures in terms of various approaches to make the textiles and fashion sector sustainable. These measures, but not limited to, ranging from innovating and implementing new fibres and raw materials, introducing innovative manufacturing methods, chemicals, processes to focus on all the possible stages of a textile product's life cycle from cradle to grave. These approaches include making the textiles and fashion sector circular and also development of new products from sustainable raw materials/processes or combination of both.

Highlights sustainable approaches in terms of consumerism and the supply chain pertaining Introduces innovative manufacturing methods, chemicals and processes for various stages of a textile product life cycle Discusses an interesting aspect of block chain technology in the textile and fashion industry

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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 over a decade's of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 100 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.

Inhalt
Role of Designers in Ethical and Sustainable Design.- Blockchain Technology in Apparel Supply Chains.- Consumer attitudes towards sustainability in the garment industry: A consumer study in Hong Kong.- Luxury Fashion Consumption in Collaborative Economy: A Conceptual Framework.- Global textiles and its alignment with sustainability.- Ethical Fashion A route to social & environmental wellbeing.- As African textile and Fashion grow and go global, how can we make sure it remain sustainable.- An old approach sees major revival: Local Textiles go Global.- Sustainable Fashion: African visual artist's contribution to the new paradox discussion. Case of El Anatsui as a sustainable thinking agent.- Revitalising Crafts for Sustainable Fashion.- An Exploratory Study on Sustainable Fashion Approaches in Indian Movie Industry.- Traditional Textiles Going Local and Global.- Model of Ethical Consumerism: A Segment study on Handloom Reusable Menstrual Pads Adoption.