000049313 000__ 04579cam\a22003735i\4500 000049313 001__ 49313 000049313 003__ SzGeWIPO 000049313 005__ 20240601171840.0 000049313 006__ m eo d 000049313 007__ cr bn |||m|||a 000049313 008__ 240425s2021\\\\sz\\\\\\o\\u\\\00\0\eng\d 000049313 020__ $$a9780367720766$$qPrint 000049313 020__ $$a9781000400083$$qeBook 000049313 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1436039269 000049313 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000049313 041__ $$aeng 000049313 1001_ $$aAnguelov, Nikolay,$$eauthor. 000049313 24514 $$aThe Sustainable Fashion Quest :$$bInnovations in Business and Policy /$$cNikolay Anguelov. 000049313 264_1 $$aBoca Raton FL :$$bRoutledge,$$c2021. 000049313 300__ $$a186 pages. 000049313 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000049313 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000049313 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000049313 5050_ $$aPrologue -- Authors Bio -- Introduction: A Letter to the Fashion Student -- 1. The Evolution of Fashion Business Models -- 2. The Fast Fashion Paradox -- 3. The Changing Face of Fast Fashion -- 4. The Realities on the Ground -- 5. The Policies of Consumerism -- 6. Sustainable Fashion Legislation: An Analysis of Emerging Networks in Global Governance -- 7. The Way Ahead -- Appendix: List of All Nations - References -- Index. 000049313 520__ $$aWhen thinking about lowering or changing consumption to lower carbon footprints, the obvious offenders come easily to mind: petroleum and petroleum products, paper and plastic, even food, but not clothes. When people evaluate ways to lower their personal carbon footprint by changing purchasing habits, they are bombarded with information to avoid petroleum and petroleum products, plastics, paper, even food, but not clothes. Most consumers do not think of clothes as a source of environmental damage. Yet, clothes are made with petroleum products through chemically-laden industrial processes that generate significant pollution. The fashion industry is among the largest organic water polluters in the world, accounting for significant greenhouse gas emissions and generating massive amounts of waste as a function of the frequent discarding of used clothing. In the Dirty Side of the Garment Industry: Fast Fashion and Its Negative Impact on Environment and Society, author Nikolay Anguelov exposed the ecological damage from the fast-fashion business model. In this book, The Sustainable Fashion Quest: Innovations in Business and Policy, the author takes this one step further by focusing on solutions. This book uses the familiar (yet complex) industry of fashion as a lens to examine how business pressures and national and international policies can have both positive and negative social and ecological impacts. It provides an analysis of extant and emerging policies to address the divergence in the ongoing quest to maximize economic development and minimize the social costs of the industrialization process. It also examines emerging technologies and innovative business models that have the potential to revolutionize how fashion is perceived, manufactured, and consumed. This book begins with an introductory letter that outlines the social and environmental issues facing the fashion industry, as well as emphasizing the seriousness and urgency of addressing them. Each chapter then focuses on a major aspect of the industry with an increasing emphasis on policy. The chapters outline the impact of global-level and business-level decisions on the industry's success, its social and environmental impact, and its relationship to consumers. The goal of the book is to define that transition, explain its challenges, and educate readers on the possibilities to become powerful drivers of change through their professional actions and their personal behavior as consumers. While the book specifically analyzes the fashion industry, it also explains the implications for other industrial sectors. It uses a product everyone is familiar with (we all buy clothes, after all) to examine the decisions, impacts, and policies shaping the industry behind the scenes. The linkages are applicable to other fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) business sectors, such as consumer electronics, which are starting to face sustainability criticism for relying on a business model of promoting a high frequency of repeat purchasing. 000049313 650_0 $$aSustainable development. 000049313 650_0 $$aSustainable design. 000049313 650_0 $$aClothing trade$$xEnvironmental aspects. 000049313 650_4 $$aTextiles & Polymers 000049313 650_4 $$aFashion Business 000049313 85641 $$uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/wipo/detail.action?docID=6670216$$yView eBook 000049313 904__ $$aBook 000049313 980__ $$aBIB 000049313 980__ $$aOS