This book highlights the sustainable aspects of fashion and textiles in Latin America and discusses how the manufacturing and consumption of textile products and fashion are significant sources of environmental damage. It addresses important issues of water and energy consumption in the textile and fashion industry and using case studies presents how social responsibilities in consumer behavior can help in minimizing these environmental issues for a better future.

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Miguel Angel Gardetti (Ph.D.), founded the Centre for Study of Sustainable Luxury, first initiative of its kind in the world with an academic/research profile. He is also the founder and director of the Award for Sustainable Luxury in Latin America. For his contributions in this field, he was granted the Sustainable Leadership Award (academic category), in February, 2015 in Mumbai (India). He is an active member of the Global Compact in Argentina which is a United Nations initiative-, and was a member of its governance body the Board of The Global Compact, Argentine Chapter - for two terms. He was also part of the task force that developed the Management Responsible Education Principles of the United Nations Global Compact. This task force was made up of over 55 renowned academics worldwide pertaining to top Business Schools.

Rosa Patricia Larios-Francia, PhD Candidate in Strategic Management with mention in Business Management and Sustainability, by the Consortium of Universities of Peru. Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineer, with a specialization diploma in Innovation Management.
Research directed to the management of the MSME Sector, Sustainability, textile sector, Cluster and Innovation, Humanitarian Logistics. Founder and director of the Center for Textile Studies and Innovation at the University of Lima. Researcher and University Professor in the career of Industrial Engineering, more than 20 years of experience in the textile and apparel sector; member of the Technical Committees of the National Quality Institute (INACAL): Management and Quality Assurance; Management of research, technological development and Innovation, Management of MSMEs and Textile and Apparel. Member of the Sustainable Fashion Cluster.

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Impact of the production of silk cocoons on the socioeconomic and environmental conditions of the sericulture Apparel supply chain in a developing country: social sustainability management in the Brazilian context

Adapting sustainable design assessment tools for local development. Some insights over Argentina's clothing industry

Flanmixto: combining ancestral culture and fast fashion waste 1+1 is more than 2.

Weaving Bright Futures: Equitable Models of Sustainable Textile Innovation in Guatemala

Fashion, design and sustainability. New horizons in the ways of conceiving production processes 

Nongovernmental Organization Support for Sustainable Artisan Business

Overview of Flax Textiles Aspect of sustainability in Latin America

Design for Social Innovation as a foundation to promote a real change in the Fashion System in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Pursuing a circular and sustainable textile industry in Latin America 

Sustainable Latin America Aesthetic

Small changes, big impact the implications of near-shoring on Latin America

Cultural sustainable fashion in Latin America

Culture, the added value of Latin American Global Sustainable Fashion Initiative

Designing Italo-Latin American - Design actions oriented to support Colombian and Paraguayan crafts for local feminine self-determination.

Cultural Perspectives for Fashion Sustainability: Learning from Brazil

Public Policy and Legislation in Sustainable Fashion

The relationship between the consumer and value creation in the fashion industry: a path to circularity

Circular business model alternative from pineapple waste for textile fiber rope production:  Case Costa Rica

Sustainability in the textile industry in Guatemala: analyzing four key topics in the current Guatemalan textile industry in order to explore opportunities from the viewpoint of circular economy