Benton, Helen M. and Acevedo, Beatriz (2022) Using Lifecycle Assessment to evaluate responsible consumption and production (SDG goal 12) in fashion supply chains. In: BAM 2022 - 36th Annual Conference - Reimagining business and management as a force for good, Alliance Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. (Accepted)
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Abstract
Fashion supply chains have massive environment impact, producing 2-8% of global carbon emissions (UNEP, 2019), water pollution, waste and using micro-plastics. Fashion growth and the throwaway culture prevails, so how can fashion supply chains respond to the challenges of being responsible in consumption and production (SDG goal 12) by 2030. This paper using lifecycle assessment to examine the challenge for clothing supply chains. Brands were revealed to have made some improvements , e.g. sustainable product lines, reduced packaging and use of sustainable materials. However, a typical garment utilised micro-plastics, was dyed using toxic substances, made by workers treated poorly, over-packaged, generated excessive carbon during transport, laundered with toxic chemicals and releases micro-plastics into the waste water, before disposal. Circular fashion and digital fashion could help stem the tide of environmental destruction, however, it is difficult to envision this enough will be done to achieve responsible consumption and production by 2030.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Keywords: | lifecyle assessment, sustainability, SDGs, net zero, carbon footprint, zero carbon, responsible business, environmental management, fashion |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business & Law |
| Depositing User: | Helen Benton |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2022 23:05 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2022 23:07 |
| URI: | https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/707976 |
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