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: Received: 2 September 2024 / Approved: 3 September 2024 / Online: 3 September 2024 (11:01:30 CEST)
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Matuszak-Flejszman, A.; Preisner, A.; Banach, J. K. Transport-Related Emissions and Transition Strategies for Sus-Tainability – a Case Study of the Fast Fashion Industry. Preprints2024, 2024090211. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0211.v1
Matuszak-Flejszman, A.; Preisner, A.; Banach, J. K. Transport-Related Emissions and Transition Strategies for Sus-Tainability – a Case Study of the Fast Fashion Industry. Preprints 2024, 2024090211. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0211.v1
Matuszak-Flejszman, A.; Preisner, A.; Banach, J. K. Transport-Related Emissions and Transition Strategies for Sus-Tainability – a Case Study of the Fast Fashion Industry. Preprints2024, 2024090211. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0211.v1
APA Style
Matuszak-Flejszman, A., Preisner, A., & Banach, J. K. (2024). Transport-Related Emissions and Transition Strategies for Sus-Tainability – a Case Study of the Fast Fashion Industry. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0211.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Matuszak-Flejszman, A., Anna Preisner and Joanna Katarzyna Banach. 2024 "Transport-Related Emissions and Transition Strategies for Sus-Tainability – a Case Study of the Fast Fashion Industry" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0211.v1
Abstract
The fast fashion industry has a significant impact on the environment at every stage of the product life cycle. There is a lack of research in the literature on the impact of fast fashion on the environment through logistics and transport. In this area, the greatest environmental impact is caused by air emissions, which is very important from the point of view of climate change. Therefore, this article deals with the analysis of the carbon footprint resulting from the fast fashion logistics process.
The identification and assessment of fast fashion companies' sustainability efforts in the area of transport-related emissions and sustainable transformation strategies was conducted using a case study method for selected brands (H&M Group; Inditex, Shein). The study uses secondary data available in non-financial reports from 2023.
After analyzing the data and content in non-financial reports on transport-related emissions, sev-eral important conclusions emerge. As a dominant practice, companies emphasize their reliance on external frameworks and standards, in particular the Global Reporting Initiative and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. Companies prioritize reducing emissions from significant factors, such as production processes. The data disclosed in the reports (scope 1, 2, 3) are not clearly formulated, but they can be used to calculate the level of CO2 emission reduction/increase. The ar-ticle contains recommendations for companies to improve their reporting by including additional indicators expressing the efficiency of transport-related emissions.
Keywords
fast fashion industry; supply chain, transport operations; transport operations; organization's sustainable development; corporate carbon footprint
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Business and Management
Copyright:
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