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Sustainable fashion governance at the example of the partnership for sustainable textiles

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Sustainable Fashion Governance can be defined as the sum of actors, initiatives, instruments, standards and strategies pursuing the objective to support, to incentivize, or to force social and ecologically sustainable value creation in the textile industry. We are currently observing an increasing variety of sustainable fashion standards and initiatives. However, effectiveness and impact of many approaches to Sustainable Fashion Governance are contested. In this context, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles is a promising sector-wide initiative. Its success depends on the serious willingness and commitment of its members, on a high-quality review process as well as on demonstrable and sustainable improvements in the supply chains of all partner firms.

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Sustainable Fashion Governance bezeichnet die Summe von Akteuren, Initiativen, Instrumenten, Standards und Strategien, die das Ziel einer sozial und ökologisch nachhaltigen Wertschöpfung in der Textilindustrie verfolgen. Wir beobachten derzeit eine wachsende Vielfalt an Sustainable Fashion Standards und – Initiativen. Die Effektivität sowie der Impact vieler dieser Ansätze sind umstritten. In diesem Zusammenhang stellt das Bündnis für nachhaltige Textilien eine vielversprechende sektorweite Initiative dar. Der Erfolg des Bündnisses hängt ab von dem ernsthaften Willen und dem Commitment der Mitgliedsunternehmen, von effektiven Prüfverfahren und von nachweisbaren und nachhaltigen Verbesserungen in den Zulieferketten aller Partnerunternehmen.

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Jastram, S., Schneider, AM. Sustainable fashion governance at the example of the partnership for sustainable textiles. uwf 23, 205–212 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00550-015-0377-0

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