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Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing

Environmental and Social Aspects of Textiles and Clothing Supply Chain

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

    1. Global Sustainability Services, SGS Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

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  • Covers sustainability in the textiles and clothing sector
  • Highlights the measurement of environmental and societal impacts across the textiles and clothing supply chain
  • Written by experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Textile Science and Clothing Technology (TSCT)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Environmental Impacts of the Textile Industry and Its Assessment Through Life Cycle Assessment

    • A. K. Roy Choudhury
    Pages 1-39

  3. Environmentally Sustainable Clothing Consumption: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior

    • Kim Y. Hiller Connell, Joy M. Kozar
    Pages 41-61

  4. Emerging Green Technologies and Environment Friendly Products for Sustainable Textiles

    • Shahid-ul-Islam, Faqeer Mohammad
    Pages 63-82

  5. Biodegradation Studies of Textiles and Clothing Products

    • Sohel Rana, Subramani Pichandi, Shama Parveen, Raul Fangueiro
    Pages 83-123

  6. Responsibility Without Means

    • Kirsi Laitala, Marthe Hårvik Austgulen, Ingun Grimstad Klepp
    Pages 125-151

  7. Environmental Analysis of Textile Value Chain: An Overview

    • T. Karthik, D. Gopalakrishnan
    Pages 153-188

  8. Who Influence the Environmental Adaptation Process of Small and Medium Sized Textile and Garment Companies in Vietnam?

    • Nga H. Nguyen, Robert J. S. Beeton, Anthony Halog
    Pages 189-207

  9. The SURF Framework Applied to the Textile Industry

    • Marilyn Waite
    Pages 209-226

  10. Sustainable Business Development Through Designing Approaches for Fashion Value Chains

    • Rudrajeet Pal
    Pages 227-261

  11. Eco-friendly Coloration and Functionalization of Textile Using Plant Extracts

    • Kartick K. Samanta, S. Basak, S. K. Chattopadhyay
    Pages 263-287
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About this book

This book covers the elements involved in achieving sustainability in textiles and Clothing sector. The chapters to be covered in three volumes of this series title cover all the distinctive areas earmarked for achieving sustainable development in textiles and the clothing industry. This second volume deals with the measurement of environmental and societal impacts across the textiles and clothing supply chain. It addresses this important aspect in a comprehensive way including the overall picture of environmental and societal impacts of textiles and clothing supply chain, environmentally sustainable clothing consumption, emerging green technologies and eco-friendly products for sustainable textiles, etc. This volume has a dedicated place to deal with the consumer phase impacts in the life cycle of clothing products, biodegradation of textile products, sustainable business development and its implications in textile sector.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Global Sustainability Services, SGS Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

About the editor

Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is working for SGS Hong Kong for its Global Sustainability Services as Eco-design Consultant after his doctoral research study from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. He finished his PhD dissertation entitled, “Eco-functional assessment of grocery shopping bags” with 14 scientific peer-reviewed scientific journal publications, 2 patents and 11 conference publications based on his dissertation to his credit. In total, he has authored more than 75 journal publications and numerous conference publications, 3 books and 2 book of chapters. He serves various peer-reviewed journals in environmental and textile sciences as an editor/editorial board member and also as a reviewer.

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