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Regulation for Promoting Sustainable, Fair and Circular Fashion

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  • Meital Peleg Mizrachi

    (Department of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo 69978, Israel)

  • Alon Tal

    (Department of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo 69978, Israel)

Abstract

Over the past few decades, the production and consumption of clothing has increased exponentially, leading to a dramatic increase in the negative environmental consequences produced by the fashion industry. Given the rising pace of global warming and the rising concern about the fashion industry’s contribution to the climate crisis and its exploitative social dimensions, decision makers, politicians and government officials have begun to promote sustainable fashion through public policy. This article reviews the main barriers facing a circular economy in general and the fashion industry in particular. It considers nascent regulations emerging throughout the world in the field of sustainable fashion, applying circular economic principles to the fashion industry. Four categories of policy proposals are evaluated: Command and Control Interventions, Educational Initiatives, Incentives and Certification, grading them according to criteria of effectiveness, sustainability, feasibility, equity and compliance. The ranking process was based on an elicitation of expert judgement among a panel with expertise in the areas of sustainable fashion from the business sector, academia and civil society. Findings suggest that while some policy options appear to meet all criteria successfully, when selecting an optimal strategy for promoting sustainable fashion, there are frequently trade-offs between different alternatives.

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  • Meital Peleg Mizrachi & Alon Tal, 2022. "Regulation for Promoting Sustainable, Fair and Circular Fashion," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-28, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:502-:d:717082
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    1. Saskia Manshoven & Wim Van Opstal, 2022. "The Carrot or the Stick? Stakeholder Support for Mandatory Regulations towards a Circular Fashion System," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-31, November.
    2. Nornajihah Nadia Hasbullah & Ag Kaifah Riyard Kiflee & Zuraidah Sulaiman & Adaviah Mas’od & Hainnuraqma Rahim, 2023. "Communicating Sustainability Fashion in Marketing Advertisements on the Context of Malaysia: Stimuli Development and Pre-Testing Results," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 19(1), pages 1-36, February.
    3. Rasa Bartkutė & Dalia Streimikiene & Tomas Kačerauskas, 2023. "Between Fast and Sustainable Fashion: The Attitude of Young Lithuanian Designers to the Circular Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-21, June.
    4. Maria Elena Aramendia-Muneta & Andrea Ollo-López & Katrin Simón-Elorz, 2022. "Circular Fashion: Cluster Analysis to Define Advertising Strategies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-19, October.
    5. Paula Ziyeh & Marco Cinelli, 2023. "A Framework to Navigate Eco-Labels in the Textile and Clothing Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-29, September.

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