Themes
- Awareness-raising
- Behavior
- Public policy
- Textile
Amount granted
$15,000
Description
The proposal takes a broad look at the phenomenon of fast fashion (FF) and, more specifically, at the destruction of unsold inventory by retailers. It considers the upstream decisions that are responsible for the harmful practices and the lack of circular end-of-life options for unsold goods. The theoretical model that is developed will explore how public policy influences the environmental impact of FF.
The project is in follow-up to the confirmation of the linearity of the apparel sector and additional burden created by FF and reinforces the need to develop a model of mechanisms and incentives that can have a positive impact on decision-making by retailers with respect to their unsold inventories.
Affiliated research axes
Axis 1: Change and Transition Management
1.3 – Identify means to mobilize all societal stakeholders for the circular economyAxis 2: Planning Optimization
2.4 – Plan and optimize the production of products and delivery of services in the context of the circular economyAxis 3: Resource and Product Maximization
3.1 – Map the knowledge and potential of product circularizationAxis 4: Policy levers
4.1 – Monitor new knowledge, create an inventory and carry out priority-setting exercises for levers and strategiesMember(s)
Collaborators and students
Pedro Cybis
Polytechnique MontréalDeliverables and spin-offs
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Summary of project results
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Fast fashion : Why firms incinerate deadstock, and public policies
Master's thesis -
Fast fashion : Unsold stock destruction and public policy
Webinar with the RRECQ -
Lecture in the IND8111 course at Polytechnique Montréal
"Economic aspects of circular flows" course in March 2022 -
Lecture in the IND8111E course at Polytechnique Montréal
"Circular Economics" course in October 2022 -
Conference with CIRANO
61st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Economics (2022)
