A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning fashion’s future

Herausgeber_in: Allen Mc Arthur Foundation

Kategorien:

Themen:             Ethical Fashion Design

                            Umweltschäden/Baumwollanbau/Kunstfasern

                            Kritischer Konsum

Zielgruppe:        Student_innen, Erwachsene

Medien: Hintergrundinformationen

Schlagwörter: Chemikalien, Circular Economy, Designstrategien, Fallbeispiele, globale Bekleidungsindustrie, Konsum, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Lieferketten, Menschenrechte, Nachhaltigkeit, Produktzyklus, Recycling, Textilfasern, Textile Kette, Treibhausgase, Umweltverschmutzung

Kurzbeschreibung:
The time has come to transition to a textile system that delivers better economic, societal, and environmental outcomes. The report A new textiles economy: Redesigning fashion’s future outlines a vision and sets out ambitions and actions – based on the principles of a circular economy – to design out negative impacts and capture a USD 500 billion economic opportunity by truly transforming the way clothes are designed, sold, and used.

Beyond laudable ongoing efforts, a new system for the textiles economy is needed and this report proposes a vision aligned with circular economy principles. In such a model, clothes, fabric, and fibres re-enter the economy after use and never end up as waste. Achieving a new textiles economy will demand unprecedented levels of alignment. A system-level change approach is required and one which will capture the opportunities missed by the current linear textiles system.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 150 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download

Circular Economy in the Textile Sector

Herausgeber_in: Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Autor_in: Morton Hemkhaus; Dr. Jürgen Hannak; Peter Malodobry; Tim Janßen;

Nora Sophie Griefahn; Dr. Christina Linke

Kategorien:

Themen:             Altkleider, Kritischer Konsum, Umweltschäden/ Baumwollanbau/ Kunstfasern

Zielgruppe:        Student_innen, Erwachsene

Medien:              Hintergrundinformationen

Schlagwörter: Circular Economy, Cradle to Cradle, Europa, Innovation, Konsum, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Produktlebenszyklus, Recycling, Textilfasern, Umweltbelastung

Kurzbeschreibung:
This report was commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. It addresses the concept of a circular economy in the textile industry with a particular focus on fibres in the garment and fashion sector. The contents are based on a comprehensive literature analysis, an expert workshop held during this 2018’s Cradle to Cradle (C2C) international congress as well as more than 20 interviews with professionals from the textile sector.

The report outlines the conceptual implications for a circular textile sector, presents the status quo of implementing a circular textile industry at the EU level, assesses innovative recycling technologies and discusses challenges and potential solutions for the transformation to a circular textile sector

Erscheinungsjahr: 2019

Umfang: 52 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download

Herausgeber_in: FEMNET e.V., Bonn

Autor_innen: Salingré, Annika; Petzold, Lenka; Mulder, Marijke; Roosen, Natascha

Zielgruppe:        Student_innen, Erwachsene

Medien:              Hintergrundinformationen

Schlagwörter: Altkleider, Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitsrechte, Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen, Asien, Bangladesch, Baumwolle, Bildungsarbeit, Einkaufspraktiken, Existenzlohn, Frauenrechte, Gewerkschaft, Gesetzgebung, Indien, Konsum, Leder, Lieferkette, Menschenrechte, Menschenrechtsverletzungen, Multi-Stakeholder-Initiativen, Nachhaltigkeit, Osteuropa und Türkei, Recycling, Siegel, Sicherheit, Sozial-Audits, Standards, Sumangali, textile Kette

Kurzbeschreibung:

Unter dem Motto „FairSchnitt - Studieren für eine sozial gerechte Modeindustrie“ entwickelt FEMNET seit 2012 Formate, Netzwerke und Strukturen, um an Hochschulen Themen wie Unternehmensverantwortung, Sozial- und Umweltstandards oder Arbeits- und Menschenrechte am Beispiel der Bekleidungsindustrie zu diskutieren. Dabei gilt es das Bewusstsein der Studierenden für die globalen Zusammenhänge der Textilindustrie zu schärfen, das Hintergrundwissen über soziale Standards und Arbeitsbedingungen in der Modeproduktion zu vergrößern und ihre Verantwortung für die gesamte Branche zu betonen.

Mit dem vorliegenden Toolkit stehen die entwickelten Inhalte auch öffentlich zur Verfügung und können so über unsere Zielstudiengänge hinaus genutzt und eingesetzt werden. Denn wer sich bereits als junger Mensch mit den sozialen und ökologischen Auswirkungen der Textilindustrie beschäftigt hat, wird diese bei späteren Entscheidungen berücksichtigen.

Jedes Modul besteht aus einer Dozent_innenanleitung, einer Präsentation sowie Materialien für Gruppenarbeiten, die Sie nutzen, anpassen und verbreiten dürfen. Eine Literaturliste nennt Hintergrundinformationen und weiterführende Quellen.

Die 16 Module befassen sich mit folgenden Themenbereichen: Arbeitsbedingungen in der Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie in verschiedenen Ländern Asiens und Europas, der Türkei und in Äthiopien; verschiedene Arbeitsrechte und ihre Durchsetzung in Produktionsländern; Existenzlöhne; Sumangali-System in indischen Spinnereien; Frauenrechte- und Diskriminierung; Rechte von Kindern und Müttern; Einkaufspraxis von Unternehmen; Unternehmensverantwortung; Umwelt- und Sozialstandards; Produktsiegel; Konsumverhalten und Altkleider; Schuh- und Lederindustrie sowie das Bündnis für nachhaltige Textilien.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2019

Umfang: 405 Seiten

Sprache: Deutsch

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download als gesamtes Toolkit oder einzeln nach Modulen

Herausgeber_in: Textile Exchange,

Schlagwörter:  Baumwolle, Fasern, Recycling,

Kurzbeschreibung:

Der jährlich erscheinende Bericht gibt einen Überblick über Entwicklungen der Märkte für

• Bio-Baumwolle und „nachhaltig produzierte“ Baumwolle
• Recyceltes Polyester
• Synthetische Fasern auf Grundlage nachwachsender Rohstoffe
• zertifizierte Daunen
• zertifizierte Wolle

Erscheinungsjahr: jährlich

Umfang: variabel

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download (nach Anmeldung)

Herausgeber_in: Bloomsbury Academic Fairchild, New York / London

Autor_innen: Hethorn, Janet, Ulascewicz, Connie

Schlagwörter: CSR, Design, Ethical Fashion, Konsum, Lieferkette, Nachhaltigkeit, Recycling, Slow Fashion

Kurzbeschreibung: As issues surrounding sustainability in the fashion industry continue to evolve, the conversation in this collection of essays from leading fashion academics and practitioners has been updated with current concepts and industry practices. Sustainable Fashion: What's Next? A Conversation about Issues, Practices and Possibilities, Second Edition examines the challenges that designers, product developers, and consumers confront as they create, wear, and recycle clothing and fashion. Organized into three sections and printed on FSC-certified paper, each section focuses on an in-depth exploration of sustainable opportunities that are identified as people, process and the environment.

New to this edition:
- New sidebars, Ideas in Action, focus on an expansion of real world applications and include interviews, case studies and profiles of professionals
-Best Practices at the end of each section feature new examples of contemporary industry practices including The Filippa K. Story, Sri Lanka: A Model of Sustainable Apparel Industry Initiatives, and Peg and Awl: To make things out of nothing
- End-of-chapter discussion questions raise important issues and implications for future development
- New Chapter 5 on social responsibility emphasizes the conditions of garment workers and human sustainability
- Instructor's Guide available

Sustainable Fashion STUDIO:
- Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
- Watch videos that bring chapter topics and concepts to life

Erscheinungsjahr: 2015

Umfang: 416 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: 63,70€, ISBN: 978-1501395383, über den Buchhandel  oder direkt beim Verlag 

Autor_in: Hanna Ljungkvist, David Watson, Maria Elander

Herausgeber_in: mistra future fashion

Kurzbeschreibung:

As part of efforts to reduce the environmental impacts caused by the consumption of textiles, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a goal of reducing the number of textiles in residual waste by 60 percent in 2025, compared to 2015, and that 90 percent of separately collected textile waste shall be prepared for reuse or recycling.

The ability to achieve these ambitious goals depends to a large extent on whether collection and processing of collected used textiles remains economically attractive for the actors in the value chain. The economics of these activities are dependent on both collection conditions in Sweden and on global reuse and recycling markets since a large part of used textiles collected in Sweden is exported.

This report looks at the market dynamics governing the used textile industry.

The lead research question is: how would the value chain react to a doubling of collected used textile volumes in Sweden and in Europe and what measures would be necessary to maintain economic viability? Swedish, other European and international actors involved in collection, sorting and wholesale of used textiles were interviewed to get their perspectives on this research question.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2018

Umfang: 23

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug:  kostenfrei zum Download

Herausgeber_in: Circle Economy

Schlagwörter: Altkleider, Altkleidersammlung, Abfall, Fasern, Fasertechnologie, Hintergrundinformationen, Recycling, Projektbeispiele, Ökobilanz, Zukunft, Zukunftsperspektiven

Kurzbeschreibung:
Circularity has a key part to play not only in dramatically reducing our footprint but also in shaping a visionary and practical future for our planet. It is about becoming inspired by the biological processes of nature while retaining value at the heart of every design, manufacturing, and consumer decision – from renewable energy and remanufacturing of used parts, to the ability for reuse designed into everything we consume. We have witnessed an increased interest in the circular economy, at the political, social and commercial levels, as a possible solution for the world’s biggest problems. The challenge of course is implementation at a practical and scalable level.

Inhalt: Zukunftsweisende Projekte und Forschung zum Thema Kreislaufwirtschaft. In der Kategorie Reports & Insights sind innovative Projekte in Bezug auf Textilrecyling und die Wieder- und Weiterverwendung von Bekleidung zu finden. Außerdem werden Events und Konferenzen für Studierende angeboten.

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: Circle Economy

Autor_in: Theodoros Spathas

Schlagwörter: Altkleider, Altkleidersammlung, Abfall, Fasern, Fasertechnologie, Recycling, Ökobilanz, LifeCycle Analysis, Life Cycle

Kurzbeschreibung:
The fashion supply chain is being challenged by a rising global population, increasing wealth and consumerism in the emerging markets, and the phenomenon of fast consumption in the developed world. Enormous strains are put on natural resources to keep up with consumer demand and solutions are needed for the massive waste flows downstream. Currently the main solutions for garments that cannot be reused are landfill, incineration for energy recovery, and downcycling. The latter is the recycling of garments into lower value products, such as insulation or wipers. Landfill and incineration cost money and these options do not deal with the natural resources issue since they do not displace the virgin fibre textiles industry. Downcycling does displace virgin fibre production, but applications have low profitability. High value recycling or “garment to garment recycling“is the concept of recycling used garments and textile waste into new garment products. This concept can reduce some of the pressure on virgin resources, while at the same adding value to waste to make recycling profitable for companies. This research assessed the environmental performance of two garment to garment recycling systems and one scenario as well as one downcycling system, in comparison with their equivalent ones made from virgin materials. The approach was based on life cycle assessment, and the impact categories chosen were climate change, acidification, eutrophication and water consumption. The study included primary data from different processes in the life cycle, including mechanical and chemical recycling, textile collection and manual and automated sorting. 

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 67 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download

Autor_in: Pui-Sze Chow, Cinty K. Y. Li

Schlagwörter: Bekleidungsindustrie, Fallstudie, Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltschäden, Recycling, Abfall, Altkleider, Altkleidersammlung

Kurzbeschreibung:
The fashion industry is one of the largest polluters in the business sector. Apart from the pollutions incurred during the production process, clothing disposal and landfill problem also impose a great problem to the environment and the situation has become increasingly adverse with the tremendous number of clothing being disposed every year. Many disposed garments are in fact in good condition that can be reused or they can be recycled into useful raw materials. The idea of closed-loop fashion supply chains has started to draw the attention in the industry. To achieve this, nevertheless, effective collection of post-consumer products is critical. In recent years, a number of fashion companies have been launching programs to collect used clothing from customers. The collected items are resold or donated as second-hand clothing, or are recycled into fibers or fuels, depending on their conditions. Based on secondary data, this study examines the used apparel collection (UAC) programs of four fashion retailers, namely: Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. (Uniqlo), Patagonia Inc., Eileen Fisher Inc. and Hennes & Mauritz (H&M). It discusses the features and the advantages of these retailer-facilitated UAC programs. 

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 20 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: Kapitel aus e-Book Contemporary Case Studies on Fashion Production, Marketing and Operations (ISBN 978-981-10-7007-5): 29,69 €

Das Buch ist auch als Print-Version erhältlich.

Für Studenten und Fakultätsmitglieder mit Zugang zu Publikationen des Springer-Verlages ist dieses e-Book kostenfrei verfügbar.

Autor_in: Bruna Villa Todeschinia, Marcelo Nogueira Cortimigliaa, Daniela Callegaro-de-Menezesa, Antonio Ghezz

Schlagwörter: Nachhaltigkeit, Slow Fashion, Fair Trade, CSR, CSR-Maßnahmen, CSRMaßnahmen, Konsumalternativen, Kreislauf, Recycling, Fasertechnologie

Kurzbeschreibung:
New and existing companies are looking for ways to thrive in a competitive environment with innovative business models while respecting society and avoiding actions that harm the planet. Trends such as circular economy, fair trade, lowsumerism, and sharing economy are some of the many emerging entrepreneurial approaches that address this issue, but there is still a gap between what theory argues and the levels of environmental and social sustainability realized when theory is put into practice. In fact, most research on the topic of sustainable business models is still exploratory and does not fully acknowledge these emerging approaches, whose definitions, boundaries, and defining characteristics are still somewhat vague. This study seeks to contribute to the understanding of the inner entrepreneurial dynamics of innovative sustainable business models. In particular, we focus on the fashion business, a resource-intensive industry in which opportunities to reduce environmental impacts and to innovate business models abound. The aim of our research is to investigate innovative business models in the fashion industry that have sustainability as their defining characteristic, especially in terms of value proposition. In order to do that, we combine a systematic review of the literature with empirical research comprised of six interviews with specialists in sustainability, business model innovation, and the fashion industry, along with eight case studies on innovative fashion startups we define as ‘born sustainable.’ As a result, we propose a synthesizing framework that discloses trends and drivers of innovative and sustainable business models in the fashion industry. We also highlight opportunities and challenges for researchers and entrepreneurs interested in this topic. 

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 12 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: Kapitel aus Business Horizons

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