Fostering sustainable practices: the case of micro and small designer fashion enterprises
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Black, S., Burcikova, M., Williams, D., Rocamora, A., Lyon, F., Werner, A., Vickers, I., Elf, P., Eckert, C. and Crommentuijn-Marsh, P. 2023. Fostering sustainable practices: the case of micro and small designer fashion enterprises. in: Charter, M., Pan, B. and Black, S. (ed.) Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing and Textiles London, UK Routledge. pp. 128-140
| Chapter title | Fostering sustainable practices: the case of micro and small designer fashion enterprises |
|---|---|
| Authors | Black, S., Burcikova, M., Williams, D., Rocamora, A., Lyon, F., Werner, A., Vickers, I., Elf, P., Eckert, C. and Crommentuijn-Marsh, P. |
| Abstract | In Chapter 9, Black et al. highlight that the UK designer fashion sector is largely made up of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) and represents a significant part of the UK’s creative industries, widely recognised for its fashion influence beyond the UK. In addition to its cultural and economic distinction, the sector is acknowledged globally for its pioneering sustainability-led practices. This chapter presents findings from the Rethinking Fashion Design Entrepreneurship: Fostering Sustainable Practices project, working with 48 innovative fashion MSEs in the UK. With their strongsense of values and purpose, contributing to community alongside maintaining viability, such MSEs provide best-practice examples of innovation to foster sustainability in fashion. More are gaining the internationally recognised B Corp certification, demonstrating that social justice and environmental stewardship are equally as important as financial success. Values-based fashion design entrepreneurs pursue growth organically to increase their positive social and environmental impact, and develop strong customer relationships through direct communication, transparency and engagement activities, foregrounding sufficiency. Despite the severe effects of Covid-19, the investigation revealed some fashion design entrepreneurs showing exceptional resilience. Such agile, purpose-led enterprises exemplify a redefinition of what fashion business can be, presenting viable pathways to recovery, and building towards a sustainable prosperity that transforms how fashion is done. |
| Sustainable Development Goals | 12 Responsible consumption and production |
| Middlesex University Theme | Sustainability |
| Page range | 128-140 |
| Book title | Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing and Textiles |
| Editors | Charter, M., Pan, B. and Black, S. |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Place of publication | London, UK |
| ISBN | |
| Electronic | 9781003272878 |
| Paperback | 9781032225173 |
| Hardcover | 9781032225197 |
| Copyright Year | 2024 |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 25 Sep 2023 |
| 25 Sep 2023 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Accepted | 2023 |
| Deposited | 16 Jul 2025 |
| Output status | Published |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003272878-12/ |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003272878-12 |
| Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85170478915 |
| Related Output | |
| Is part of | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003272878 |
| Is part of | https://www.routledge.com/9781032225173 |
| Language | English |
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Chew, C. and Lyon, F. 2013. Social enterprise and innovation in third sector organizations. in: Osborne, S. and Browne, L. (ed.) Handbook of Innovation and Change in Public Sector Services. Edward Elgar Publishing . pp. 420-431Process of social innovation in mutual organisations: the case of social enterprises leaving the public sector
Lyon, F., Sepulveda Ramirez, L., Vickers, I., McMullin, C. and Gregory, D. 2013. Process of social innovation in mutual organisations: the case of social enterprises leaving the public sector. in: Social frontiers: the next edge of social innovation research NESTA.Financing social ventures and the demand for social investment
Lyon, F. and Owen, R. 2014. Financing social ventures and the demand for social investment. Third Sector Research Centre, University of Birmingham.Researching trust in tourism: methodological issues and associated concerns
Saunders, M., Lyon, F. and Mollering, G. 2014. Researching trust in tourism: methodological issues and associated concerns. in: Nunkoo, R. and Smith, S. (ed.) Trust, Tourism Development and Planning Routledge. pp. 168-180Social enterprises as hybrid organizations: a review and research agenda
Doherty, B., Haugh, H. and Lyon, F. 2014. Social enterprises as hybrid organizations: a review and research agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews. 16 (4), pp. 417-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12028Social impact measurement and non-profit organisations: compliance, resistance, and promotion
Arvidson, M. and Lyon, F. 2014. Social impact measurement and non-profit organisations: compliance, resistance, and promotion. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 25 (4), pp. 869-886. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-013-9373-6Beyond green niches? Growth strategies of environmentally-motivated social enterprises
Vickers, I. and Lyon, F. 2014. Beyond green niches? Growth strategies of environmentally-motivated social enterprises. International Small Business Journal. 32 (4), pp. 449-470. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242612457700‘We don’t deal with courts’: cooperation and alternative institutions shaping exporting relationships of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ghana
Amoako, I. and Lyon, F. 2014. ‘We don’t deal with courts’: cooperation and alternative institutions shaping exporting relationships of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ghana. International Small Business Journal. 32 (2), pp. 117-139. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242613484778Can better working conditions improve the performance of SMEs? An international literature review
Croucher, R., Stumbitz, B., Quinlan, M. and Vickers, I. 2013. Can better working conditions improve the performance of SMEs? An international literature review. Geneva, Switzerland International Labour Organization.Gender balance in the governance of social enterprise
Lyon, F. and Humbert, A. 2013. Gender balance in the governance of social enterprise. Third Sector Research Centre, University of Birmingham.Changing funding realities for charities and social enterprises: responses to the big society agenda and austerity in the East of England
Sepulveda Ramirez, L., Lyon, F. and Stevenson, N. 2011. Changing funding realities for charities and social enterprises: responses to the big society agenda and austerity in the East of England. Institue for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.'Margin call': using film to explore behavioural aspects of the financial crisis
Werner, A. 2014. 'Margin call': using film to explore behavioural aspects of the financial crisis. Journal of Business Ethics. 122 (4), pp. 643-654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1781-4Transdisciplinary environmental research: Building trust across professional cultures
Harris, F. and Lyon, F. 2013. Transdisciplinary environmental research: Building trust across professional cultures. Environmental Science & Policy. 31, pp. 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2013.02.006Valuing the social? The nature and controversies of measuring social return on investment (SROI)
Arvidson, M., Lyon, F., McKay, S. and Moro, D. 2013. Valuing the social? The nature and controversies of measuring social return on investment (SROI). Voluntary Sector Review. 4 (1), pp. 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1332/204080513X661554