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A Study on Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain of Zara

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A Study on Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain of Zara

Nasif Chowdhury, GM Faysal, Abdullah Al Rakib Shikder and ATM Gulam Moula

Introduction Results and Findings Discussion

From the apparel companies’ viewpoint, it is of critical 3.1 Eco-Material Preparation 4.1 Lessons of Supplier Selection Table3:
significance that fashion goods be safe in
To A quarter of all pesticides used are, say, in We analyze the relationship with the corresponding
manufacturing and follow sustainably the sustainability sustainable society index, by comparative method,
U.S.A., the biggest cotton exporter in the world.
guideline such as ISO 14000, as the process is between the number of suppliers in a particular ZARA
especially environmentally conscious in terms of Henrik Lampa, socially responsible for the raw
country. Table 2 (All the ZARA data can be seen on the
heavy use of toxic products and vast volumes of water materials of ZARA, has been in a position to use
ZARA Website and SSI Website in May 2015. The findings
and pesticides. In this article, we intend to incorporate organic cotton for several years and spent a lot of are shown. We find that the ranking of the citizens of health
the operative framework of the sustainable fashion money in sustainable cotton manufacturing in an in comparison to ZARA suppliers in a given country is
supply chain and to teach ZARA to learn from interview with himself. ZARA has been deeply positively statistical. Which means that in countries with
sustainable practices. As the world renowned brand, mindful of the environmental sustainability. The higher expectations of human welfare ZARA are less
ZARA is representative enough to investigate the Hollywood range of glamor, made of organic cotton prepared to choose suppliers. 4.3 . Lessons of Launching Online Stores
supply chain for sustainable apparel. Our aims in this and recycled polyester, will be launched in the 4.2 Lessons of Sales per Store ZARA has opened online shops in ten countries based on the
paper are to define the framework of the sustainable Spring of 2014 by ZARA. ZARA is accredited by data obtained by the ZARA website (i.e., Austria, Denmark,
On Table 3, ZARA's 2013 annual report reveals that in Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the
fashion supply chain and to analyze the sustainable independent third party certifications for each 2013 (SEK 26206 million) ZARA sold the best in Germany USA, and the UK). As seen in Table 4, these 10 countries are all
activities of the business in order to address the category to guarantee a quality in sustainable led by the United States (SEK 1,3675 million) and France relatively high for human and economic well-being and relatively
lessons from the nation viewpoint from ZARA's
products. (SEK 10636 million). Net trading, where Germany (418) is moderate for the climate. This assertion means that, as the
sustainable fashion supply chain. The associated the biggest, led by the United States (305) and the UK, has online delivery channel is launched (e.g., the creation of the
literature of the supply chain for sustainable apparel online and offline channel together), the CEO should consider,
a comparable performance (245). The health of human
has been reviewed. 3.2 Sustainable Manufacturing primarily, the levels of human well-being and economic well-
beings in Germany, France and the UK is very high. being rather than the environment.
Bangladesh is the largest production country for Following the linear regression model, we note that there
is no statistically significant association between SSI and
Literature Review ZARA, according to data collection in the ZARA list
the financial results of direct store ownership in 2013
Conclusion
of suppliers (there are 163 suppliers in Bangladesh We first studied the structure of a sustainable fashion supply
(including revenue, amount of store and sales in each
Sustainability is described as "development which working for ZARA, as shown in Table 1). ZARA country), except for human welfare sales per store. chain and revealed how ZARA works in the corresponding
meets the needs of the present without sacrificing the takes various steps with Bangladeshi suppliers to stage of the sustainable fashion supply chain. Although
potential for future generations to meet their needs," minimize negative impacts on production, including literature review and case studies allow industry to establish
according to the World Commission for Environment a sustainable supply chain, a number of limitations are
tracking enforcement in factories and the
and Development. The mode supply chain is work- present in this article. More specifics should be discussed for
intensive and environmentally conscious. Fashion distribution of training to suppliers and their
future studies in a competitive supply chain. Second, ZARA
businesses need to create a viable supply chain employees. With 262 suppliers and 194 suppliers,
is long-
addressing all facets of Triple Bottom Line. Fashion China and Turkey are the major development
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