AN ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURES OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL COMPANIES IN TURKEY

Year 2019, Volume: 29 Issue: 3, 189 - 196, 30.09.2019

Ebru Saygılı , Arikan Tarik Saygılı , Seher Gören Yargı

https://doi.org/10.32710/tekstilvekonfeksiyon.471049

Cited By: 7

Abstract

The aim
of this study is to discuss recent sustainability developments in textile industry
and to explore disclosures of textile and apparel companies in Turkey. Economic,
environmental and social sustainability disclosures of 34 companies were analyzed
in context of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. The results of the
analysis revealed that the most frequent sustainability issues were related to
employees, water, product, market, supplier, education, economic, energy and
waste. A majority of companies provided economic disclosures about economic performance
and anti-competition; environmental disclosures about water and effluents and
energy; social sustainability disclosures about training, education, employment,
health and safety, diversity and equal opportunity, marketing and labeling. 

Keywords

textile and apparel industry, sustainability disclosures, economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, social sustainability, GRI

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