Sustainable Practices and Governance in the Fashion and Textile Industry

Dear Colleagues,

(1) Introduction, including scientific background and highlighting the importance of this research area.  

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue, “Sustainable Practices and Governance in the Fashion and Textile Industry”, of the journal Sustainability.  

The fashion and textiles industry has complex supply chain operations with significant environmental, economic, and social impacts throughout the life cycle stages of products including design, material selection, manufacturing processes and technologies, sourcing, procurement, production, inventory, retail, marketing, distribution, and consumption stages. Increased sustainability awareness and environmental and social challenges, coupled with pressure from stakeholders, consumers, and regulators, has led to increased attention in implementing sustainable practices and governance in the fashion and textile industry. Sustainable practices, circular economy, remanufacturing, sustainable supply chain, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and business ethics and governance in the fashion and textile industry are becoming increasingly important global issues and attracting serious attention in academic research. Collaborative initiatives to achieve a greater impact of the circular economy compound the complexities around governance, managing the divergent interests of stakeholders, and knowledge sharing. It is still a relatively new and growing area in the domain of fashion/textiles. This Special Issue (SI) focuses on sustainable practices and governance in the fashion and textile industry, including design, materials, technologies, manufacturing processes, strategic management, sustainable supply chains, fashion marketing, retailing, consumption, and waste management stages, as well as inspiring further sustainable governance and practices. It is necessary to explore these areas, and we earnestly invite scholars and researchers from various backgrounds to submit original and scholarly manuscript related to the field of sustainable practices and governance in the fashion and textile industry.

(2) Aim and suggested themes of the Special Issue

This Special Issue, "Sustainable practices and governance in the fashion and textile industry " aims to explore new directions in sustainable practices, governance, and supply chain management research and present original and innovative contributions. We welcome original research articles and reviews.  Relevant subjects include, but are not limited to:

(3) Suggest themes:

• Sustainable practices and governance implementations;
• Circular economy in fashion and textiles;
• Circular fashion design process and management;
• Sustainable production and consumption;
• Sustainable supply chain management;
• Environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) issues in fashion;
• CSR, and business ethics in fashion and textiles;
• Environmental and social sustainability assessment;
• Digitalisation and industry 4.0;
• Sustainable materials and process innovation;
• Collaborative initiatives for circular economy or net zero;
• Risk management in sustainable fashion and textile supply chain.

We look forward to receiving your novel contributions.

Dr. Md Mazedul Islam
Dr. Pammi Sinha
Dr. Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem
Prof. Dr. Abhijit Majumdar
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• sustainable practices and governance
• fashion and textiles
• circular economy
• sustainable supply chain management
• environmental and social sustainability
• fashion design innovations
• sustainable technologies
• digital fashion and industry 4.0
• fashion operations
• collaborative initiatives
• CSR and business ethics
• ESG in fashion and textiles
• net zero in fashion
• energy efficiency
• waste management
• resource conservation
• sustainable fashion consumption
• fashion marketing and branding