Question

e. Why is sustainability footprint of the textile and apparel industry enormous (yet very hard to decrease through standardizing regulation)?

Group of answer choices

-Today’s textile and apparel industry value chain is extremely fragmented into smaller entities (e.g. Tier 1/Tier 2/Tier 3 suppliers)

-Major mass-market and luxury brands operate across extremely complex supply chains

-A significant portion of apparel products in today’s marketplace are hybrid or multinational products

-All the provided answers are correct

f. Protecting the Consumer's Rights represent an ongoing challenge for sustainable merchandising business since:

Group of answer choices

-Consumers have right to be informed, however consumers still have little information on the extent of to which apparel products are manufactured in many different countries

-Consumers have right for product safety however, consumers still have little information on the full list of product ingredients

-Consumers have right to choose and support brands/companies through their purchase practice

g. Social policies in the textile and apparel industry include the following:

Group of answer choices

-Policies to prevent Child Labor

-Policies to prevent Discrimination

-Policies to prevent Child Labor and Discrimination

-Policies that protect Biodiversity

-All these answers are correct

Answer 1

Solution:

e: All of the answers are correct.
The textile industry has a supply chain that is deeply rooted in almost all the cities including and above tier 3. These supply chains even reach out to rural areas for some of the brands making their reach extremely high and a complex network of the supply chains. Hence, these are the reasons why it makes sustainability footprint higher.

f: Consumers have the right for product safety however, consumers still have little information on the full list of product ingredients

g: All of the options are correct.
The social policies include the policies towards the protection of biodiversity and then against social issues such as child labor and discrimination. This an example of social policies in the textile industry because child labor is an issue in the textile industry. There is lower diversity in plant-based manufacturers in the textiles industry and thus policies towards sich social issues are also addressed.