Evaluating a sustainable circular economy model for the Indonesian fashion industry under uncertainties: a hybrid decision-making approach

ABSTRACT There is a large increase in the wastes and emissions from the Indonesian fashion industry under economic and population growth. To address this issue, the sustainable circular economy is proposed to reach the goal of sustainable development and zero waste. Previous studies neglect to provide a specific interrelationship model to guide practice to reach a sustainable circular economy. This study proposes a hybrid method integrating exploratory factor analysis, the fuzzy synthetic method and the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory approach to overcome these shortcomings. It contributes to enhancing the understanding of theory through visual diagrams. The hybrid method makes it possible to interpret complex interrelationships and leads to improvements under resource limitations based on the model. The results reveal that emission reduction and welfare improvement are the causal aspects. Graphic Abstract