A Field Survey on Social Responsibility Practices Carried Out by Textile Companies in Turkey Within the Scope of Sustainable Development

Fatma Fusun Uysal,Bilge Berkhan Kastaci,Emel Demir Askeroglu

doi:10.5539/jms.v8n3p36

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Sustainable development is a process of change that involves institutional restructuring related with directing investments, positioning technological development and meeting the future needs as much as today’s needs. The application of environmental social responsibility studies is useful for any size of textile company. A primary concern for textile companies is the amount of water used in their processes. They generate large volumes of solid and hazardous wastes. Energy is the motor behind textile processes. Energy costs used in processes are important for especially large textile companies. While institutions are producing with social responsibility awareness, fulfilling their obligations to environment has gained importance in terms of sustainable development. The subject of this work introduces activities carried out by textile companies during production process, fulfilling their environmental responsibilities or not and which applications are done in the sector. Following the literature survey, a questionnaire study was conducted on textile firms operating in Turkey. From our research, it is concluded that some emerging technologies like enzymatic treatment in textile wet processing, ultrasonic treatment, electron-beam treatment, use of supercritical carbon dioxide in dyeing, electrochemical dyeing, ink-jet printing, plasma technology in textile wet processing are not used by any of companies.

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According to Welford (Welford, 2005, pp. 33-52), Corporate Social Responsibility continues to be an important business concept and in a world of increased globilisation is to be found among companies in most countries around the world
A primary concern for textile companies is the amount of water used in their processes
Energy is the motor behind textile processes

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According to Welford (Welford, 2005, pp. 33-52), Corporate Social Responsibility continues to be an important business concept and in a world of increased globilisation is to be found among companies in most countries around the world. 533-538) discusses that the concept of social responsibility is related to the concept of sustainable development that obliges business entities to bear full responsibility to the protection of natural environment. 533-538) point out the impementation of socially responsible activities result in the reduction of negative impacts on the environment through more efficient use of resources, reduced water consumption, lower waste disposal costs, savings from lower material and energy consumption of the enterprises’ activities. Environmental issues include energy consumption and emissions, raw material usage, waste, the volume of packaging, recycling and the use of chemicals Environmental issues include energy consumption and emissions, raw material usage, waste, the volume of packaging, recycling and the use of chemicals (Jones et al, 2005, pp. 882-892)

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