Abstract
This chapter explains the available, deployable, and effective ecological mitigation strategies used by the leaders in industry and policy; defines certification systems of transparency and multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, developers of the Higg Index; covers governmental action initiatives on fashion in the context of sustainability innovations in product and business models; and shows how governments and NGOs have incentives to support such initiatives under the mandates of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This chapter explains the available, deployable, and effective ecological mitigation strategies used by the leaders in industry and policy; defines certification systems of transparency and multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, developers of the Higg Index; covers governmental action initiatives on fashion in the context of sustainability innovations in product and business models; and shows how governments and non-governmental organization (NGOs) have incentives to support such initiatives under the mandates of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals. Mass customization developed as a niche platform for the better part of the last two decades as technology allowed more customer input into the production process. The assumption is that more input into the design process, better measurement information, and a responsive system of customer relations based on smart technology, would allow for the direct production of apparel to exact customer specifications.