In recent years, many manufacturers have started to prefer more sustainable and environmentally friendly materials and production processes, and the fashion sector is no exception to this trend. Indeed, worldwide increasing demand of fashion products has sped up industrial productions with consequent growing of potential environmental impacts. For these reasons and other social aspects, there is a large pressure on the fashion supply chain to reduce its environmental footprint. In this thesis, a case study representative of the new trends toward sustainable fashion is analyzed in order to evaluate the environmental effects of a representative product, i.e. shoes, manufactured following new paradigms more in line with the UN sustainable development goals. Evea is a company that supports sustainable fashion by using natural materials such as latex obtained from Hevea trees and by adopting less environmentally harmful processes in their production. In particular, Evea Eco-fashion shoes have been evaluated by life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology. All data required to calculate environmental impacts are provided directly from Evea, and integrated with databases or similar literature studies. Simapro software, commonly used for LCA studies, was used for the life cycle analysis of Evea Eco-fashion shoes and all data related to the shoes were inserted in the software as inputs and outputs. In consideration of calculation results, the processes with the highest environmental impact were determined and suggestions for their improvement were presented.
Negli ultimi anni, molti produttori hanno iniziato a preferire materiali e processi di produzione più sostenibili ed ecologici, e il settore della moda non fa eccezione a questa tendenza. In effetti, la crescente domanda mondiale di prodotti di moda ha accelerato le produzioni industriali con conseguente aumento dei potenziali impatti ambientali. Per questi motivi e altri aspetti sociali, vi è una forte pressione sulla catena di approvvigionamento della moda per ridurne l'impatto ambientale. In questa tesi, viene analizzato un case study rappresentativo delle nuove tendenze verso la moda sostenibile al fine di valutare gli effetti ambientali di un prodotto rappresentativo, ovvero le scarpe, fabbricate seguendo nuovi paradigmi più in linea con gli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile delle Nazioni Unite. Evea è un'azienda che sostiene la moda sostenibile utilizzando materiali naturali come il lattice ottenuto dagli alberi di Hevea e adottando processi meno dannosi per l'ambiente nella loro produzione. In particolare, le scarpe Evea Eco-fashion sono state valutate con la metodologia di analisi del ciclo di vita (LCA). Tutti i dati necessari per calcolare gli impatti ambientali sono forniti direttamente da Evea e integrati con banche dati o studi letterari simili. Il software Simapro, comunemente usato per gli studi LCA, è stato utilizzato per l'analisi del ciclo di vita delle scarpe Evea Eco-fashion e tutti i dati relativi alle scarpe sono stati inseriti nel software come input e output. In considerazione dei risultati di calcolo, sono stati determinati i processi con il maggiore impatto ambientale e sono stati presentati suggerimenti per il loro miglioramento.
Life cycle assessment for eco-fashion shoes
CALICIOGLU, AYDAN GUL
2018/2019
Abstract
In recent years, many manufacturers have started to prefer more sustainable and environmentally friendly materials and production processes, and the fashion sector is no exception to this trend. Indeed, worldwide increasing demand of fashion products has sped up industrial productions with consequent growing of potential environmental impacts. For these reasons and other social aspects, there is a large pressure on the fashion supply chain to reduce its environmental footprint. In this thesis, a case study representative of the new trends toward sustainable fashion is analyzed in order to evaluate the environmental effects of a representative product, i.e. shoes, manufactured following new paradigms more in line with the UN sustainable development goals. Evea is a company that supports sustainable fashion by using natural materials such as latex obtained from Hevea trees and by adopting less environmentally harmful processes in their production. In particular, Evea Eco-fashion shoes have been evaluated by life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology. All data required to calculate environmental impacts are provided directly from Evea, and integrated with databases or similar literature studies. Simapro software, commonly used for LCA studies, was used for the life cycle analysis of Evea Eco-fashion shoes and all data related to the shoes were inserted in the software as inputs and outputs. In consideration of calculation results, the processes with the highest environmental impact were determined and suggestions for their improvement were presented.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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