A Sustainability Overview of the Supply Chain Management in Textile Industry

The objective of this paper is to identify the general panorama of sustainability in textile industry, and an overview of sustainable practices in supply chain management (SCM) in fashion sector. This study was developed through global literature review of both aspects mentioned above. Between the findings of this paper, it is important to mention that companies and consumers in textile industry must adopt sustainable practices (both are responsible that the textile sector is the second most polluting industry in the world), it is urgent to develop new technology and changing business model strategies inside the industry; and companies should stablish a common assessing method on sustainability in the sector.