Slowing resource loops in the Circular Economy: an experimentation approach in fashion retail
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Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2018: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (KES-SDM-18). ed. / Dzung Dao; Robert James Howlett; Rossi Setchi; Ljubo Vlacic. Cham: Springer Nature, 2019. p. 164-173 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 130).
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T1 - Slowing resource loops in the Circular Economy: an experimentation approach in fashion retail
AU - Bocken, Nancy M.P.
AU - Miller, Karen
AU - Weissbrod, Ilka
AU - Holgado, Maria
AU - Evans, Steve
N1 - Conference code: 5
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The Circular Economy is viewed as an important driver for resolving resource issues and tackling sustainability issues more broadly. The fashion industry operates in a largely linear way and suffers from various environmental, societal and economic challenges. In a Circular Economy, first and foremost, products need to be retained at the highest level, thus slowing resource loops. Slowing resource loops goes against current fast fashion trends and therefore appears the most difficult approach to pursue. This paper investigates how a large established retailer aims to slow resource loops as part of a broader project targeted to significantly reduce textile waste to landfill. The retailer collaborated with a university partner to pursue circular business model experiments. This paper reports on the approach for a slowing resource loops experiment around building sewing capabilities. Suggestions for future research and practice on circular business model experimentation are included.
AB - The Circular Economy is viewed as an important driver for resolving resource issues and tackling sustainability issues more broadly. The fashion industry operates in a largely linear way and suffers from various environmental, societal and economic challenges. In a Circular Economy, first and foremost, products need to be retained at the highest level, thus slowing resource loops. Slowing resource loops goes against current fast fashion trends and therefore appears the most difficult approach to pursue. This paper investigates how a large established retailer aims to slow resource loops as part of a broader project targeted to significantly reduce textile waste to landfill. The retailer collaborated with a university partner to pursue circular business model experiments. This paper reports on the approach for a slowing resource loops experiment around building sewing capabilities. Suggestions for future research and practice on circular business model experimentation are included.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics
UR - https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783030042899
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059098863&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e3665554-3264-3aa4-8845-6da5e5f0a717/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-04290-5_17
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-04290-5_17
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-3-030-04289-9
T3 - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
SP - 164
EP - 173
BT - Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2018
A2 - Dao, Dzung
A2 - Howlett, Robert James
A2 - Setchi, Rossi
A2 - Vlacic, Ljubo
PB - Springer Nature
CY - Cham
T2 - 5th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing - SDM 2018
Y2 - 24 June 2018 through 27 June 2018
ER -