ENV 612a () / 2025-2026

Transforming Global Value Chains for Sustainability: The Case of Fashion and Textiles

Credits: 3 Fall 2025: Tu, 2:30-5:20, Kroon 319

This course investigates what it means to create sustainable and resilient global value chains, with fashion and textiles serving as a primary case. We explore key questions about the relationship between global trade, governance, environmental management, and supply chain design. Rather than presuming fixed answers, students are invited to critically assess emerging frameworks, institutional challenges, and innovation strategies to advance environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Through a comparative and systems-based lens, we seek to understand how sustainability can be embedded within global production and consumption networks.