?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.235057&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Walking+The+chain%3A+The+social+construction+of+Australian+cotton's+sustainable+value&rft.creator=Mellick%2C+Zoe&rft.subject=Australian+Cotton&rft.subject=Fashion&rft.subject=Sustainability&rft.subject=Sustainable+Fashion&rft.subject=Sustainable+Value&rft.subject=Textile&rft.subject=Value+Chain&rft.description=This+study+analyses+how+sustainable+value+is+created+along+the+Australian+cotton+value+chain%2C+as+well+as+opportunities+to+create+value.+Twenty-one+stakeholders+were+interviewed+across+two+Australian+cotton+value+chains+from+farm%2C+to+retail%2C+to+reuse.+Participants+identified+what+sustainable+value+is%2C+how+it+is+created%2C+who+it+benefits+both+in+and+beyond+the+chain+(including+local+communities%2C+the+environment%2C+and+consumers)+and+where+future+opportunities+to+create+value+may+lie.+The+study+extends+understandings+around+sustainability+and+its+value+within+the+context+of+fashion+and+textile+value+chains+and+identifies+practices+that+can+further+sustainability+within+the+industry.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2022&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F235057%2F1%2FZoe_Mellick_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.235057&rft.relation=Mellick%2C+Zoe+(2022)+Walking+The+chain%3A+The+social+construction+of+Australian+cotton's+sustainable+value.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F235057%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Creative+Industries%2C+Education+%26+Social+Justice%3B+School+of+Design