Table 5.1.

Possible measures for social sustainability.

Possible Measures for Social Sustainability
Sustainable FSCM	-Disclosing the sustainability reports with firm’s real actions; -Executing corporate social responsibility (CSR) is helpful for the sustainability goals.
Sustainable Design	-Creating guidelines for fashion designers who want to design for sustainability; -Improving clothes design for a long-time use; -Soybean protein fibre fabrics may be the best one to meet the costumers’ needs among three eco-friendly materials, namely the organic cotton, lyocell and soybean protein fibre.
Sustainable Dyeing	/
Sustainable Sourcing	-Executing Supplier Codes of Conduct (SCC) under the buyer’s governance; -Evaluating suppliers under social and environmental criteria; -The government should take actions to balance the sustainability and profits issues in sustainable sourcing.
Sustainable Production	-Combining the social manufacturing with the consumer participation.
Sustainable Retailing and Consumption	-Considering the consumers’ benefits and the sustainable factors in advertising strategies; -Identifying which type of social context facilitates the sustainable resource consumption; -The environmental conscious consumers prefer “repair and redecoration” as eco-friendly behaviours.
Reverse Activities	-Advocating cooperation and commitments from both the giant fashion retailers and the consumers for the apparel remanufacturing.
Closed-Loop Supply Chain and Life Cycle Assessment	- “CLSC system” connects the society, the supply chains and the actors; -The collaboration among the stakeholders can tackle the barriers and difficulties in the implementation of sustainable practices.