Sustainable Textile and Apparel Chain Management Towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals

This book provides a variety of cases at the intersection of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sustainable textile and apparel supply chain management. The cases presented detail the relationship between apparel production and consumption and the SDGS and explore and how the textile and apparel industry can contribute to achieving these goals along the supply chain.

1 Sustainable Textile and Apparel Chain Management.- 2 Environmental Sustainability in Textile and Apparel Global Value Chain.- 3 Analysis of Challenges to the Circular Economy Model of Textile Supply Chain Management Using TOE-TBL Approach.- 4 Adaptability of UN SDGs by Worldwide Fashion Brands.- 5 Challenges for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in the South American Andean Camelid Chain.- 6 Batik and Textile Supply Chain Management Based on United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.- 7 The Development and Challenges of Infant Diapers Ensuring Good Health with Sustainability Aspects.- 8 Curbing Carbon Emissions.- 9 Aligning Apparel and Textile Sector Practices with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

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.