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(c) Stakeholder involvement and reaction to sustainability measures.
This research focuses on the third aspect of sustainability implementation: stakeholder interactions. The aim is to recognize the barriers to sustainability transition at
the multi-stakeholder level in the textile industry domain. Several underlying sustainability issues in textile industries are triggered not only by technological advances,
linear consumption and production, but also by the surrounding and internal social
structures (Farla et al. 2012), namely, the actors. The inclusion of multi-level interactions among different stakeholders in the value chain is critical in realizing the
common goal of sustainable development, instead of interests vested with a single
industrial organization. With this background and the urgent need for sustainable
transition in textile industries, the research aims to address the following questions:
RQ1 How do actors play a role in sustainability transition in textile industries and
what barriers hinder this process?
RQ2 What conditions and strategies need to be created in order to realize
sustainability transition?
The RQs are addressed through a case study that has successfully adopted and
implemented a clean dyeing technology. Results are presented in the form of a
decision framework to provide guidance for radical innovation implementation.
In the following section, a literature review on sustainability transitions, innovation implementation and the important role actors play in the organizational change
for sustainability have been outlined. Section 3 describes the research methodology
adopted in the paper. In Sect. 4, the results of the study along with implementation
tactics using a decision framework that can support sustainability transitions have
been summarized. The paper ends with discussions in Sect. 5 and conclusions along
with future work highlighted in Sect. 6.
17.2 Literature Review
17.2.1 Multi-level Perspective for Sustainability Transitions
Of the several frameworks that have been formulated to understand the multidimensional complexities of sustainability transitions, the multi-level perspective
(MLP) approach (Geels 2017; Rip and René 1997; Geels 2002) has been explored
in this research in order to understand the role of the different players in the textile
industry and the barriers hence derived towards sustainability transition. MLP argues
that transitions are non-linear and take place due to dynamic interactions among
three levels, namely: (a) Niches, which are spaces in which radical innovations or
changes in activities take place; (b) Regimes, where rules and practices are already
well defined or established and where incremental reformism occurs; (c) Landscape,
where if developments occur that put enough pressure on the regime, then it creates
opportunities for the niche innovations to emerge. These are represented by levels of
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(c) Stakeholder involvement and reaction to sustainability measures.
This research focuses on the third aspect of sustainability implementation: stakeholder interactions. The aim is to recognize the barriers to sustainability transition at
the multi-stakeholder level in the textile industry domain. Several underlying sustainability issues in textile industries are triggered not only by technological advances,
linear consumption and production, but also by the surrounding and internal social
structures (Farla et al. 2012), namely, the actors. The inclusion of multi-level interactions among different stakeholders in the value chain is critical in realizing the
common goal of sustainable development, instead of interests vested with a single
industrial organization. With this background and the urgent need for sustainable
transition in textile industries, the research aims to address the following questions:
RQ1 How do actors play a role in sustainability transition in textile industries and
what barriers hinder this process?
RQ2 What conditions and strategies need to be created in order to realize
sustainability transition?
The RQs are addressed through a case study that has successfully adopted and
implemented a clean dyeing technology. Results are presented in the form of a
decision framework to provide guidance for radical innovation implementation.
In the following section, a literature review on sustainability transitions, innovation implementation and the important role actors play in the organizational change
for sustainability have been outlined. Section 3 describes the research methodology
adopted in the paper. In Sect. 4, the results of the study along with implementation
tactics using a decision framework that can support sustainability transitions have
been summarized. The paper ends with discussions in Sect. 5 and conclusions along
with future work highlighted in Sect. 6.
17.2 Literature Review
17.2.1 Multi-level Perspective for Sustainability Transitions
Of the several frameworks that have been formulated to understand the multidimensional complexities of sustainability transitions, the multi-level perspective
(MLP) approach (Geels 2017; Rip and René 1997; Geels 2002) has been explored
in this research in order to understand the role of the different players in the textile
industry and the barriers hence derived towards sustainability transition. MLP argues
that transitions are non-linear and take place due to dynamic interactions among
three levels, namely: (a) Niches, which are spaces in which radical innovations or
changes in activities take place; (b) Regimes, where rules and practices are already
well defined or established and where incremental reformism occurs; (c) Landscape,
where if developments occur that put enough pressure on the regime, then it creates
opportunities for the niche innovations to emerge. These are represented by levels of