The cradle-to-cradle certification is based on five criteria: material content, material reutilization/design for the environment, share of renewable energy, water stewardship during production, and socially responsible principles. The certification looks at the chemical components of ingredients used in the product to assess their effects on human and environmental health, as well as their ability to be recycled/composted.
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Circular Supply Chain and Business Model in Apparel Industry: An Exploratory Approach
María del Mar Alonso-Almeida (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain) and José Miguel Rodriguez-Anton (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8109-3.ch004
Abstract
Today, companies are trying to move from an existing linear business model of production to a circular one. This transition is not easy and demands contextual changes beyond the control of the company. Circular economy (CE) pursues closing material flows in productive systems to maximize the utilization of available resources. Thus, different circles to reduce, reuse, recycle, re-manufacture, recover, and recycle are produced along supply chain during the cycle of life of a product. Despite an innovative apparel, little is known about the companies with disruptive business models and supply chain structures that have emerged in the recent years.