Deep dive into the opportunities and challenges of responsible innovation, sustainability and circularity in fashion. Implement eco-design principles to reshape fashion business models towards circularity. Responsible Innovation and Circular Fashion course provides a theoretical understanding of core concepts surrounding sustainability and circularity within the fashion industry. You will gain an in-depth understanding of what circularity means as well as the strategies adopted within the fashion industry in order to move towards circularity.
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You will explore the notion of eco-design principles, whilst considering examples of businesses that have undergone reshaping of their business models. Lastly, you will evaluate the value added provided by advanced technologies in respect of traceability in fashion, before finally considering the social aspects of circularity within supply chains.
This course is part of the Circular Fashion Management - Building Sustainable Value Chains Professional Certificate.
What you'll learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify key environmental challenges in the fashion industry.
- Define circularity in fashion and recognize strategies to create a community around it.
- Describe the challenges and opportunities associated with responsible innovation.
- Recognize circularity and identify examples of responsible innovation in fashion organizations.
- Implement eco-design principles to reshape an existing business model.
- Define sustainability and circularity claims.
- Discuss advanced technologies to support traceability in fashion.
- Explain the social aspect of circularity and evaluate your value chain for traceability and transparency.
