Textile and Fashion Value Chains and Indicators of Responsibility (5 ECTS)

Objective

• Student understands the importance of social responsibility and is able to promote its implementation and the principles of sustainable development in organizations in their field.
• Student understands the complexity and societal implications of the textile and clothing value chains.
• Student identifies the tools and methods for assessing the different aspects of responsibility and understands how to utilize them in their field.
• Student is able to assess different environmental systems.
• Student understands the necessity of value chain transparency and data collection from the perspective of sustainable development and is able to argue for such a necessity.
• Student expands their skills in measuring, evaluating and developing organizational responsibility.

Content

• Corporate social responsibility; economic, social and ecological responsibility
• Challenges in global textile and clothing value chains
• Climate targets and carbon-neutral business in the textile and clothing sector
• Measuring organizational responsibility
• Tools and methods for assessing environmental and social responsibility
• Environmental management systems, labels and certificates
• Principles of environmental and social auditing
• Value chain transparency; the importance of technology and digitalisation

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows the key aspects of corporate social responsibility and the societal impacts of textile and clothing value chains. The student recognizes the tools and methods for assessing the different aspects of responsibility and is aware of different environmental management systems. The student understands the necessity of value chain transparency and data collection from the perspective of sustainable development. The student has completed the assigned tasks and participated in learning situations.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student understands the key aspects of corporate social responsibility and is able to introduce them in their working environment. The student understands the societal implications of the textile and clothing industry holistically. The student identifies the tools and methods for assessing the different aspects of responsibility, and environmental management systems, and understands how to utilize them in their field. The student understands the necessity of value chain transparency and data collection from the perspective of sustainable development. The student has completed the assigned tasks and actively participated in learning situations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student understands the key aspects of corporate social responsibility and is able to promote them in their working environment. The student understands the societal implications of the textile and clothing industry holistically and is able to approach them analytically. The student identifies the tools and methods for assessing the different aspects of responsibility and is able to apply them. The student is able to evaluate different environmental management systems. The student understands the necessity of value chain transparency and data collection from the perspective of sustainable development and is able to argue for it. The student has completed the assigned tasks on time and participated constructively in learning situations.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student knows the key aspects of corporate social responsibility and the societal impacts of textile and clothing value chains. The student recognizes the tools and methods for assessing the different aspects of responsibility and is aware of different environmental management systems. The student understands the necessity of value chain transparency and data collection from the perspective of sustainable development. The student has completed the assigned tasks and participated in learning situations.