Enabling sustainability in cotton supply networks
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This document discusses the unsustainability of current cotton supply networks and the need to develop new dynamic capabilities to enable sustainability. It notes key issues like the amount of cotton produced annually, chemicals used in fabric production, low wages in Bangladesh, and clothing waste. The research aims to understand current network capabilities and identify drivers/barriers to sustainability through interviews in China, UK, and Bangladesh. It seeks recommendations for developing capabilities like transparent learning, aligned understanding, industry partnerships, valuable innovation, and stakeholder engagement to promote meaningful change.
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- 1. Enabling sustainability in cotton supply networks
- 2. 1,129 dead Rana Plaza in April 2013 Current situation is unsustainable… 26,00,000,000 kg cotton produced each year 50% of which come form India or China 2,000 different chemicals used to turn raw materials into finished fabrics $73 the average monthly wage in Bangladesh $329 profit made by Louis Vuitton Group per second 350,000,000 kg waste clothing going to landfill in UK each year 2,700 litres of water needed to make one shirt
- 3. Dynamic capabilities for sustainable business… Radically efficient Full lifecycle servicing Learning orientated Stakeholder valued (From Caulfield, Roehrich, & Waring, 2015 in review)
- 4. … capabilities and learning in supply networks Know little about …
- 5. Research underway • Partnership with Cotton Connect • Project team in China and UK • Parallel stream in Bangladesh • Target N=20-24 interviews • Abductive case method • Social network analysis • Dynamic capabilities and systems theories Understanding current network capabilities
- 6. Accountability in stakeholder networks Nodes = 12 ( Edges ≈ 1.8 Million)
- 7. Themes in discourse on sustainability
- 8. Global brands discourse on sustainability
- 10. Understanding drivers and barriers
- 12. What capabilities are needed for change? Promote transparent learning Encourage aligned understanding Foster industry partnerships Stimulate valuable innovation Engage & connect stakeholders
Editor's Notes
- Research collaboration between ICCSR and Cotton Connect – Social Enterprise Consultancy with mission… “ CottonConnect is a pioneering company with a social purpose, delivering business benefits to retailers and brands by creating more sustainable cotton supply chains. Step 3 - Build capacity and connect the whole supply chain
- Merchandise exports are less diversified (or more concentrated) in developing countries Since 1995 : 2.2 times more concentrated in developing countries - IBRD
- Radically Efficient - http://store.levi.com/waterless/ Mud Jeans - http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/case_studies/mud-jeans
- Question of how learning and innovation can spread in networks
- Underway…
- Social network analysis… “Accountability to stakeholders” – Darker the line stronger accountability Visually what do we notice?