Sustainability, fashion and apparel industry, consumer products industry, water scarcity, greenhouse-gas emissions, Truman Company, Unilever, Nestlé, food waste, energy supply infrastructure, pollution, Patagonia
Sustainability in global industries such as Fashion & Apparel, Consumer Products, and Food & Agriculture is a major subject of society. All of these industries face major sustainability-related problems and challenges that they need to overcome to protect the planet. Among these industries, it is possible to detect relatively recurring problems that need to be overcome, or for which solutions and actions need to be taken. Such as water scarcity, greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG), and consumer use. The two industries that we will talk about are Fashion & Apparel and Customer Products.
[...] The continuous challenges faced in sustainability that are faced by these two industries are overall dictated by the consumers. As much concerning the consumer products industry as for the fashion and apparel industry, there is a real challenge in sustainability regarded the consumers. For the consumer products industry, the consumer impact over the water use and the greenhouse gas emissions is very important. For Unilever's company, the first result of the USLP analysis has shown that "consumer use accounted for 68 percent of Unilever's GHG impact and 85 percent of its water footprint" (Bartlett, 2016). [...]
[...] To reduce GHG emissions, Unilever wants to halve the greenhouse gas impact of their product across the lifecycle by 2030. (Dolsak & Prakash, 2020.) Over the industry of consumer products, there are a lot of sustainability-related problems such as water scarcity, food waste, or greenhouse gas emissions. The companies part of this industry are trying more and more to find ways to reduce their footprint and to implement new alternatives more sustainable in the long term. Fashion and apparel Now, regarding the second industry that is fashion & apparel. [...]
[...] Levi Strauss & Co. (2021). Levi Strauss & Co. https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/features/sustainability Porter, M & Kramer, M & Herman, K & McAra, S. (2017). Nestlé's Creating Shared Value Strategy. Harvard Business Review. Reducing food loss and waste. (2021). Nestlé. https://www.nestle.com/csv/impact/environment/waste-and-recovery Strand, R & Mulvihill, M. [...]
[...] (2019). On a mission to stop food waste. Sideshift [Video]. Dolsak, N & Prakash, A. (2020). Unilever's climate plan: Emissions from supply chain and consumers are the real challenge. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/prakashdolsak/2020/06/18/unilevers-climate-plan-emissions-from-supply-chain-and-consumers-are-the-real-challenge/?sh=2c3df0a71fba Kammen, D & Hendrick, P & Pendleton-Knoll, S & Stanley, V & Strand, R. (2018). Patagonia's Path to Carbon Neutrality in 2025. Harvard Business Review. [...]
[...] Even, if overall the two industries, and especially the four companies, Nestlé, Unilever, Patagonia, and Levi Strauss & Co, are doing a lot to improve their environmental and social impact in the long-term, these industries still need to work toward a more sustainable environment. They are facing continuous challenges that need to be treated for years and years. To conclude, the two industries, Fashion and Apparel, as much as consumer products, are facing a lot of sustainability-related problems, mostly concerning greenhouse-gas emissions, water, and waste. They are taking a lot of initiative and are implementing a lot of solutions to overcome those problems. References Bartlett, C. (2016). [...]
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