Chapter 17
Stakeholders’ Influence Towards
Sustainability Transition in Textile
Industries
Arpita Chari, Mélanie Despeisse, Ilaria Barletta, Björn Johansson,
and Ernst Siewers
Abstract With the rise of global challenges associated with linear models of production, transitioning to more sustainable models has become increasingly important
and urgent. However, this transition is not done systematically due to a general lack
of organizational knowledge and motivation to apply existing models, metrics and
frameworks for sustainability. The current sustainable value proposition in organizations also shows that management rarely has a clear implementation strategy
and underestimates what is required for a successful sustainability transition to take
place. In addition, few empirical studies exist to corroborate these observations. This
research focuses on analyzing the organizational barriers to the long-term sustainable
transformation process, by considering the interests of all stakeholders, including the
planet. The objective of the paper is to provide guidelines in the form of a decision
support framework to textile industries to adopt and implement green technologies
in their sustainability transition process.
Keywords Sustainability transition · Stakeholder · Multi-level perspective ·
Barriers · Textile industry
17.1 Introduction
Among industries that have a large global climate impact, the textile industry has had
a significant contribution to climate change, causing severe depletion of the planet’s
resources. In 2016, the textile industry contributed to 6.5% of global greenhouse gas
emissions (GHG), equivalent to about 3.3 billion tons of CO 2 equivalent (Quantis
2008). Additionally, the overall life-cycle of textiles is plagued by several unsustainable issues some of which are: high amounts of water utilization (almost 100 kg to
A. Chari (B) · M. Despeisse · I. Barletta · B. Johansson
Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg,
Sweden
e-mail: arpitac@chalmers.se
E. Siewers
DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V, Weesp, The Netherlands
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Stakeholders’ Influence Towards
Sustainability Transition in Textile
Industries
Arpita Chari, Mélanie Despeisse, Ilaria Barletta, Björn Johansson,
and Ernst Siewers
Abstract With the rise of global challenges associated with linear models of production, transitioning to more sustainable models has become increasingly important
and urgent. However, this transition is not done systematically due to a general lack
of organizational knowledge and motivation to apply existing models, metrics and
frameworks for sustainability. The current sustainable value proposition in organizations also shows that management rarely has a clear implementation strategy
and underestimates what is required for a successful sustainability transition to take
place. In addition, few empirical studies exist to corroborate these observations. This
research focuses on analyzing the organizational barriers to the long-term sustainable
transformation process, by considering the interests of all stakeholders, including the
planet. The objective of the paper is to provide guidelines in the form of a decision
support framework to textile industries to adopt and implement green technologies
in their sustainability transition process.
Keywords Sustainability transition · Stakeholder · Multi-level perspective ·
Barriers · Textile industry
17.1 Introduction
Among industries that have a large global climate impact, the textile industry has had
a significant contribution to climate change, causing severe depletion of the planet’s
resources. In 2016, the textile industry contributed to 6.5% of global greenhouse gas
emissions (GHG), equivalent to about 3.3 billion tons of CO 2 equivalent (Quantis
2008). Additionally, the overall life-cycle of textiles is plagued by several unsustainable issues some of which are: high amounts of water utilization (almost 100 kg to
A. Chari (B) · M. Despeisse · I. Barletta · B. Johansson
Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg,
Sweden
e-mail: arpitac@chalmers.se
E. Siewers
DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V, Weesp, The Netherlands
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Y. Kishita et al. (eds.), EcoDesign and Sustainability I, Sustainable Production, Life Cycle
Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6779-7_17
233