Fashion and Textile Sustainability Compliance, Governance and Regulation

1. Recent Trends in the ESG Integration for Fashion and Textile Compliance

Rajkishore Nayak, Tarun Panwar, and Anshul Nayak

2. Certification Pathways for Sustainable Materials

Aayushi Badhwar, Rajkishore Nayak, and Tarun Panwar

3. Compliance Innovations in Air Pollution Control for Textile Industry

Rupa Kumari, Manoj Kumar Paras, and Rudrajeet Pal

4. Consumer Behaviour and Compliance in Sustainable Fashion

Geetika Varshneya

5. Circular Economy Compliance in the Fashion Industry

Loan Bui Thi Cam, Hang Nguyen Thi Thu, Luu Do Thanh et al.

6. Navigating Labor Standards in Fashion: Voluntary Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, and Digital Transparency

Quynh Nguyen Huong Le, Minh Nhat Nguyen, and Van Quoc Tran

7. Compliance with Green Building and Clean Energy for Fashion and Textile Sectors

Abhay Pathak

8. Sustainability Governance in Global Fashion and Textile Value Chain

Santosh Kumar Tarai and Priyadharshini.K

9. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Fashion and Textiles: Mandatory Schemes, Voluntary Initiatives, and the Politics of ‘Polluter Pays’     

Alice Payne, Paige Street, Rowena Maguire et al.

10. The Higg Index in the Fashion Industry: Architecture, Governance, Conceptual/ Operational Flaws, and the Direction for Change

Vertica Bhardwaj and Rajkishore Nayak

11. Successes and Challenges in Sustainable Fashion Compliance

Mai Nguyen Ngoc, Nguyen Gia Linh, and An Duong Thi Binh

12. Fashion Sustainability Compliance

Asis Patnaik

Biography

Rajkishore Nayak is a Professor at the School of Communication and Design (SCD) at RMIT University, Vietnam. His research focuses on sustainability in fashion and textiles, circular fashion, green supply chain, and advanced materials. He has published over 175 peer-reviewed journal papers and is an editorial board member for several international journals on fashion and textiles. He is also a member of the Australian Fashion Council and holds lifetime memberships with the Indian Textile Association and Society of Dyers and Colorists.

Tarun Panwar is the Associate Dean of Fashion Enterprise and Technology at RMIT University, Australia. He has received numerous awards for his academic leadership including the Australia Award for University Teaching (AAUT), a National Teaching Award, and the RMIT University Teaching Award for outstanding contribution to student learning through industry-partnered initiatives. With over 25 years of globally recognized thought leadership, Dr. Panwar has designed and delivered several successful fashion enterprise programs and contributed significantly to sustainability research in fashion value chains. He is also frequently invited as speaker at prominent international fashion forums demonstrating his influential position in global fashion education and research communities.