Determining the Contributions in a Denim Fabric Production for Sustainable Development Goals: Life Cycle Assessment and Material Input Approaches

Bülent Sarı (), Farhad Zarifi, Muhammed Alhasan, Hakan Güney, Selman Türkeş, Serdal Sırlıbaş, Deniz Civan Yiğit, Güray Kılınççeker, Beşir Şahin and Olcayto Keskinkan
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Bülent Sarı: Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Çukurova University, Adana 01250, Türkiye
Farhad Zarifi: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Letters, Çukurova University, Adana 01250, Türkiye
Muhammed Alhasan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Çukurova University, Adana 01250, Türkiye
Hakan Güney: Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Çukurova University, Adana 01250, Türkiye
Selman Türkeş: Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Çukurova University, Adana 01250, Türkiye
Serdal Sırlıbaş: BOSSA T.A.Ş., Hacı Sabancı Organized Industrial Zone, Adana 01790, Türkiye
Deniz Civan Yiğit: BOSSA T.A.Ş., Hacı Sabancı Organized Industrial Zone, Adana 01790, Türkiye
Güray Kılınççeker: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Letters, Çukurova University, Adana 01250, Türkiye
Beşir Şahin: Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul Aydin University, Istanbul 34295, Türkiye
Olcayto Keskinkan: Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Çukurova University, Adana 01250, Türkiye

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: In this paper, within the framework of increasing the contributions to sustainable development goals and reducing the water footprint, the sustainable production potential of a factory producing denim fabrics have been studied in association with the sustainable development goals. For this purpose, Life Cycle Assessment and Material Input per Service methods were used to determine the environmental impact factors of the factory and the existing water footprint. Calculations were made in three different ways, taking the factory’s total production capacity, a selected product, and the wet processes into account. Although the sustainable production potential of the factory is demonstrated with the Sustainable Development Goals, it has been determined that the contribution rates differ according to both the calculation method and the production data taken into account. As a result of the evaluations, it has emerged as a more dominant view that the factory’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals should be evaluated according to the total production capacity. The sustainability evaluation made according to the total production capacity determined that the factory contributed approximately 12% to Sustainable Development Goal 12 in the period examined, according to both Life Cycle Assessment and Material Input per Service methods. Although there is inconsistency in the Life Cycle Assessment and Material Input per Service method results, it was predicted that there are economic and environmental gain potentials related to Sustainable Development Goals 13, 14, and 15, and the sustainable production potential of the factory can be increased.

Keywords: denim; sustainability; sustainable development goals; life cycle assessment; material input per service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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