Title: Identify sustainable business practices.
Course: Fashion Careers II (19201-22) > Section: Exploring Responsible Practices in the Fashion Industry

Identification should include

- community engagement
- ethical business practices (e.g., fair trade, child labor considerations, living wages)
- environmental stewardship (e.g., using recycled material, sourcing production)
- circular fashion and waste reduction (e.g., upcycling and resale/rental models).

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are sustainable business practices?
- What innovative methods are used to engage local communities?
- What role does the fashion/textile industry professional play in sustainable business practices?
- What effect does the garment industry have on the environment?

Communication

- How do businesses’ ethical practices affect sourcing of fair-trade materials?
- What new types of practices need to be communicated to the community?
- How do communication skills benefit the technical designer?

Leadership

- How could designers interact more closely with the people who make the garments? How could designers discover the needs of the people in the community around the factory?
- How could the fashion industry professional differentiate between sustainable and unsustainable business practices?

Management

  - How do new design practices change fashion/textile designers?
  - How has mass customization changed the fashion industry?