ISO 9001:2015

AN APPROACH TOWARDS SUPPLY CHAIN CARBON FOOTPRINT MANAGEMENT IN TEXTILE SECTOR

Riddhi Barwer & Dr. M.L. Sharma

Nowadays international environmental legislature and multinational cooperation showing their concern on carbon emission from the global supply chain network. The global textile network is very dynamic due to continuously changing customer taste, fashion, habits and high disposable income leads to generates huge waste and becomes responsible for carbon emission mainly in developing nations. This research work focuses on carbon emission register from the various stages such as raw material procurement, knitting, weaving, distribution, transportation in the supply chain of the textile sector. This research study concluded that process-level allocation methodology should be used in order to encounter the carbon emissions from every stage of the product life cycle and capture the carbon footprint emission from the activities of all the stakeholders independently in the entire supply chain.  This paper discusses some plans to mitigate carbon emissions from the supply chain network of the textile sector and suggests the textile companies to the adoption of green policies and updating of green technology and their efficient implementation in various stages of the textile supply chain network. This type of approach can satisfy the environmental sensitive consumer, on one hand, on the other hand, it will help to fulfil the company's corporate social responsibility and helps in achieving economic sustainability by identifying competitive advantages.

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Keywords: Carbon Footprint Management, Supply Chain, Textile, CSR, Green Policies.


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