The fashion industry is facing increasing global scrutiny of its environmentally polluting
supply chain operations. Despite the widely publicized environmental impacts, however, the …

The textile/apparel industry is of great importance to the economy in terms of trade,
employment, investment and revenue all over the world. This sector is however …

Continuing increase in energy consumption and environmental pollution are some of the
main challenges of the 21st century. One of the approaches to overcome these challenges is …

The increase in the consumption of animal products is likely to put further pressure on the
world's freshwater resources. This paper provides a comprehensive account of the water …

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for
producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator …

This study quantifies the green, blue and grey water footprint of global crop production in a
spatially-explicit way for the period 1996–2005. The assessment improves upon earlier …

This is the first global assessment of nitrogen-related water pollution in river basins with a
specification of the pollution by economic sector, and by crop for the agricultural sector. At a …

This paper reviews the evolvement of water footprint assessment (WFA) as a new research
field over the past fifteen years. The research is rooted in four basic thoughts:(1) there is a …

Water Footprint is an indicator recently developed with the goal of quantifying the virtual
content of water in products and/or services. It can also be used to identify the worldwide …

The purpose of this paper is to discuss conceptual requirements for a City Sustainability
Index (CSI) and to review existing major sustainability indices/indicators in terms of the …