Herausgeber*in: Department of Sustainability Science, LUT University

Autor*in: Jarkko Levänen, Ville Uusitalo, Anna Härri, Elisa Kareinen and Lassi Linnane

Schlagwörter: Circular Economy, Geschäftspraktiken, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Lifecycle Analysis, Nachhaltigkeit, Recycling, Reboundeffekt, textile Kette, Treibhausgasemissionen

Kurzbeschreibung:

Using life cycle assessment, the study compares the global warming potential (GWP) of five ownership and end-of-life scenarios for creating and using a pair of jeans. The scenarios are as follows: (a) BASE, i.e. basic use with waste disposal; (b) REDUCE, i.e. extended use; (c) REUSE, i.e. reselling; (d) RECYCLE, i.e. industrial processing into new raw materials; and (e) SHARE, i.e. a rental service. Our results show that the lowest global warming impacts are achieved in the REDUCE scenario, and the second lowest are achieved in the REUSE scenario. The RECYCLE scenario leads to relatively high overall emissions because the replaced emissions from cotton production are relatively low. The use of rental services is likely to increase customers’ mobility, and if that happens in a large scale, then the SHARE scenario has the highest GWP. It was found that many new CE innovations come with a high rebound risk, and existing practices carry similar, yet smaller risks.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2021

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 11 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download

Herausgeber_in: Fair Wear Foundation

Schlagwörter:  Living Wage, Existenzlohn, decent wage, decent living, Blog, Unternehmensverantwortung, Lieferkette, Geschäftspraktiken, CSR, BWL, Betriebswirtschaft

Kurzbeschreibung:
Selbstdarstellung: We have launched this tool for FWF members and everyone involved in trying to make living wages a reality for garment workers. This Portal is designed to grow.
FWF tackles living wages by asking: Why are consumers unable to buy ‘living wage garments’? And what is happening in this market to block what seems like a pretty simple ask?
At FWF, we methodically analyse and unpack the obstacles that have blocked progress on living wages for many years – from lack of collective bargaining and structural issues in supply chains to questions of cost and anti-trust concerns raised by companies.  And our work continues. We will keep adding posts to this Portal as FWF makes progress on this topic – and as our partners also take strides in this area.
FWF is most interested in sharing examples of efforts by brands, factories, trade unions, business associations and various workers groups to develop ‘real-life examples’ of working towards living wages.

Erscheinungsjahr: Launch in 2015, ständige Aktualisierung

Umfang: Webseite

Sprache: Englisch

Zielgruppe: Student_innen,Erwachsene

Medien:  Webseiten/Spiele/Multimedia/Apps

Bezug: Informationen auf der Webseite der Fair Wear Foundation.