A United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals perspective for sustainable textile and apparel supply chain management
Journal
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Journal Volume
141
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Cai Y.-J.
Abstract
Motivated by United Nations??Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the importance of sustainability, this study examines how the textile and apparel (TA) supply chains can comply with the SDGs. By examining the literature as well as industrial practices, we show that the current sustainable operations in TA industry are far away from realizing the goals of economic growth going hand-in-hand with the social and environmental sustainability. For instance, among the SDGs, the goals of ?esponsible Consumption and Production?? ?lean Water and Sanitation?? and ?limate Action??receive a considerable amount of attention, while goals of ?o Poverty?? ?educed Inequalities?? ?ife below Water??and ?ife on Land??have the least attention. Balanced sustainable development actions from the stakeholders??perspective are proposed. Managerial implications and future studies are discussed. ? 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Subjects
Review; Supply chain management; Sustainability; Textile and apparel industry; United Nations??Sustainable Development Goals
SDGs
Other Subjects
economic growth; stakeholder; supply chain management; sustainability; Sustainable Development Goal; textile industry; United Nations
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Type
journal article