Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional

Discussing Consumption and Sustainability in Clothing Production: A Case Study of a Company in Recife/BR

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 3; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.911

ISSN

2351-9789

Autores

Cecília da Rocha Pessôa, Kátia Medeiros de Araújo, Amilton José Vieira de Arruda,

Tópico(s)

Environmental Sustainability in Business

Resumo

This article analyzes the fashion production and consumption practices according to the guidelines of the approach 'cradle to cradle' of McDonough and Braungart (2013) and sustainable methods based on social innovation proposed by Ezio Manzini [3]. Describes the challenges towards sustainable development of garment enterprises through the case study of the brand 'Refazenda', a Brazilian clothing company whose international image is based on recycling, and whose branding methods surprises the consumer by sustainable concepts and process and by the design.

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