Corporate Social Responsibility in Textiles and Fashion

This contributed volume provides a wealth of case studies on corporate social responsibility in the textile and fashion industry. The cases presented here are geographically diverse and cover a host of topics ranging from sustainability aspects of slow fashion to how fast fashion can become more sustainable. The fashion and textile supply chain is discussed, as well as how tools such as life cycle assessment can contribute to a more responsible textile industry. This book highlights how being a responsible corporate citizen can contribute to a firm's bottom line as well as make its products more attractive to conscientious consumers. 

Natural Coloring Agents in Raising Awareness to Indonesian Textile Industry Sustainability and the role of Corporate Social Responsibility: Health and Environmental Aspects.- Downstream Corporate Social Responsibility.- Use-oriented business models in Scandinavian apparel industry.- CSR activities of Apparel and Fashion brands – An Indian context.- Gender Influences at the Core of CSR Initiatives and Sustainable Fashion.- Advancing Integration of CSR and Social Life Cycle Assessment in the Textile and Fashion Industry.- CSR and commitment to the slow fashion: the Adolfo Domínguez case-study.- Recycling: An approach towards sustainability and to maintain corporate social responsibility.- CSR activities of Fast fashion brands – A move towards sustainability.- The Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility Studies in Textile Companies and A Case Study: Ozanteks Tekstil Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Studies.- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Textile Fiber Producer Companies and A Case Study: Polyteks Tekstil Fiber Production Company's Corporate Social Responsibility Studies.- Corporate Social Responsibility in Textiles and Fashion.- The strategic shift from “circular” to “insular” economy.

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at Green Story Inc, Canada, 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 170 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.