Building Ecodesign Throughout the Supply Chain: A New Imperative for the Textile & Clothing Industry

Ecotextiles: The Way Forward for Sustainable Development in Textiles

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 41-49

  Bhamra, Tracy ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TEXTILES;

CUSTOMER AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; TEXTILE AND CLOTHINGS;

TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84902703212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845693039.2.41     Document Type: Chapter

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