Overview
- Highlights how consumers contribute to a more conscious, responsible, and flourishing economy
- Presents case studies written by entrepreneurs who have initiated a silent, powerful, and smart revolution in the field
- Discusses positive impacts (reduce, reuse, recycle) and negative impact in terms of stimulus for more consumption
Part of the book series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes (EFEPP)
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Table of contents(7 chapters)
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Center for Studies on Sustainable Luxury, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Miguel Angel Gardetti
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SGS Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
About the editors
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently working for SGS as Environmental Services Manager-Asia, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled, ”Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags”. He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 15 books of chapter and over 55 scientific books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Luxury
Book Subtitle: Cases on Circular Economy and Entrepreneurship
Editors: Miguel Angel Gardetti, Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0623-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0622-8Published: 05 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4464-0Published: 02 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0623-5Published: 16 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2345-7651
Series E-ISSN: 2345-766X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 160
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Supply Chain Management, Engineering Design, Environmental Management, Industrial and Production Engineering, Textile Engineering