The issue of sustainability in the fashion, clothing and textiles sector is now coming into increased focus due to growing consumer, business and policy pressures. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the emerging opportunities and challenges faced by the sector, and provides strategic solutions to accelerate sustainability.

1. Introduction PART I Fashion system landscape 2. Overview 3. The Wicked Problem PART II Policy and standards 4. Global policy covering sustainability in fashion and clothing: a review and implications 5. Traceability, transparency and greenwashing: highlighting growing drivers for traceability and transparency in the sector, and emerging challenges surrounding greenwashing of garments 6. Using textile testing information to ensure garment quality, longevity and transparency PART III Business and innovation 7. Finance and funding for upscaling sustainable fashion 8. Managing sustainable innovation 9. Fostering sustainable practices: the case of micro and small designer fashion enterprises PART IV Case studies: values-based entrepreneurs 10. Desserto®: cactus fibre as leather substitute 11. DePloy: customisation for 360° sustainability 12. TOBEFRANK: transparency in practice 13. MUD Jeans: denim with circularity 14. SXD: working with cliate refugees PART V Consumers, culture and ecosystems 15. Clothing 2050: garment scenarios to drive circular material systems 16. Shifting the needle: can we build the next generation of consumer activism and advocacy for sustainable fashion? 17. Crafting connections with clothing: values, influence and relationships 18. Unheard voices: reclaiming fashion sustainability 19. Regions, communities, and localism PART VI Circular economy 20. Circular economy in the textile and apparel sector: an overview of global trends, challenges and opportunities 21. New forms of governance to accelerate circular textiles in the Netherlands 22. Accelerating circularity in textiles: lessons learned from a regional perspective 23. Biomimicry, biomaterials and textiles 24. Reincarnation: waste, reuse, repair and upcycling PART VII Education 25. Curriculum: challenges, opportunities, and approaches to increasing sustainability content in fashion and textiles education 26. Methodologies and tools: incorporating sustainability content in fashion, apparel and textiles educational curriculum through facilitating materials 27. The use of digital pedagogies for accessible and equitable teaching and learning of fashion design for sustainability: a case study PART VIII Future and technology 28. A pathway towards future sustainable fashion in 2030 29. Risky business: sustainable fashion through new technologies 30. Wearable tech, virtual fashion, and immersive technologies 31. Fashion ex machina: human-machine collaboration to support sustainability through customized design and production 32. Conclusion: progress, challenges and prospects