Towards A Sustainable Fashion Retail Supply Chain In Europe: Organisation And Performance
Carbone Valentina, 2008
Name of publisher/editor
International Journal of Production Economics
Co-author
Marisa P. de Brito , Corinne Meunier Blanquart
Geographic area
Europe
Summary & key words
Sustainability issues are particularly sensitive to the fashion supply chain, given current fierce competition, intensive resource use, and the exposure of penurious labour conditions in some regions. In this paper, we discuss how the sustainability movement is impacting the fashion retail supply chain organisation and its performance. We carried out a study with stakeholders of the fashion industry and we report on their views. We elaborate on the challenges and conflicts of the different dimensions of sustainability, and we discuss how to leverage both the internal and external organisations in the European supply chain.