Disrupting the status quo: a sustainability transitions analysis of the fashion system

IF 3.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Pub Date : 2022-03-16 DOI:10.1080/15487733.2022.2040231

Sophie Buchel, A. Hebinck, M. Lavanga, D. Loorbach

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Abstract

Abstract The fashion industry has developed into a complex global system with persistent social and environmental sustainability challenges. Private, public, and civil society actors have condemned these persistent problems and called for system change toward sustainable fashion. While alternative practices and industry collaborations have emerged throughout the system, they have not added up to a sustainability transition. Instead, the system shows signs of being locked into unsustainability. The aim of this article is to examine the state of transition of the fashion industry through a multi-level perspective system analysis, based on a co-creative research project with the former C&A Foundation, which became the Laudes Foundation in 2020. This transition analysis shows that the fashion system is locked into a state of disconnection, uncontrollability, extraction, growth-focus, and disposability. We build from analysis and present a set of strategic transition pathways that can be pursued today throughout the fashion system to accelerate the transition to sustainable fashion.

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打破现状:时尚系统的可持续转型分析

时尚产业已经发展成为一个复杂的全球系统，持续面临着社会和环境可持续性的挑战。私人、公共和民间社会的参与者谴责了这些持续存在的问题，并呼吁对可持续时尚进行制度改革。虽然在整个系统中出现了替代实践和行业合作，但它们并没有形成可持续性过渡。相反，该体系显示出陷入不可持续状态的迹象。本文旨在通过与原C&A基金会(于2020年更名为Laudes基金会)的共同创意研究项目，通过多层次视角系统分析来审视时尚产业的转型状态。这种转变分析表明，时尚系统被锁定在一种断开、不可控、提取、增长聚焦和可丢弃的状态中。我们从分析中建立并提出了一套战略转型途径，可以在整个时尚系统中进行，以加速向可持续时尚的过渡。

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Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

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12.00

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0.00%

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审稿时长

27 weeks

期刊介绍： Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy is a refereed, open-access journal which recognizes that climate change and other socio-environmental challenges require significant transformation of existing systems of consumption and production. Complex and diverse arrays of societal factors and institutions will in coming decades need to reconfigure agro-food systems, implement renewable energy sources, and reinvent housing, modes of mobility, and lifestyles for the current century and beyond. These innovations will need to be formulated in ways that enhance global equity, reduce unequal access to resources, and enable all people on the planet to lead flourishing lives within biophysical constraints. The journal seeks to advance scientific and political perspectives and to cultivate transdisciplinary discussions involving researchers, policy makers, civic entrepreneurs, and others. The ultimate objective is to encourage the design and deployment of both local experiments and system innovations that contribute to a more sustainable future by empowering individuals and organizations and facilitating processes of social learning.