Managing sustainability risks in fashion supply chains

Grant, David

Abstract

Paper presented at Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2014, 3rd-5th September 2014, Huddersfield. Abstract: Much has been written about fashion supply chains in recent years pertaining to the offshoring of production and sourcing by UK retailers to other countries including inter alia Asia as well as the attendant risks to such activities. There is ample evidence suggesting that businesses can experience disruptions from sustainability issues that are pertaining in their supply chains. Also, there is an increasing focus on sustainability issues in global businesses and fashion supply chains are not immune to these issues, particularly when wider issues of corporate and social responsibility are included. And yet, the consideration of sustainability and its impact on risk pertaining to the fashion supply chains have not been actively pursued. Moreover little is known about how sustainability issues manifest themselves as risks. Further, the lack of sustainability risk conceptualization hinders the development of sustainability risk management framework which is critical to all but specifically to the global fashion supply chains to survive and compete in a volatile and demand driven sector. This paper presents a proposal for a PhD research study at the Logistics Institute, Hull University Business School investigating this interaction.

Citation

Grant, D. Managing sustainability risks in fashion supply chains

• Deposit Date: Apr 6, 2016
• Journal: Proceedings of the 19th logistics research network annual conference 2014
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Fashion supply chains
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/435179
• Publisher URL: The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport website is available at https://www.ciltuk.org.uk.
• Contract Date: Apr 6, 2016