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## The UJI develops a model to measure the environmental performance of companies in the textile industry The assessment framework helps to combat the lack of environmental information in the textile sector

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Researchers at the Universitat Jaume I have developed an evaluation framework to measure the environmental performance of textile companies. The model contributes to generating more operational tools for the market and proposes improvements in the publication of relevant and reliable environmental information, basic to combat the widespread problem of lack of environmental information of the textile industry and ignorance about what purchase and investment options are less harmful to the environment.

The textile industry has one of the most disturbing patterns of production regarding environmental impact: use of toxic chemicals, high consumption of water and energy, generation of large amounts of waste and discharges, and use of non-biodegradable packaging materials, among others. An issue on which there is little information today. From this problem, researchers at the group [SoGReS-MF](http://www.sogres.uji.es/) of the Department of Finance and Accounting of the UJI have developed an environmental assessment framework which has as main objective to respond to the need to inform stakeholders, such as consumers, investors, governments and even the managers of the companies, about the scope and the environmental impacts of the activities of textile companies themselves.

During 15 months of work, the team of multidisciplinary and international research, formed by researchers at the Universitat Jaume I and the University of Oslo experts in law, economics, finance and environmental sciences, has studied in depth the rules and environmental impact of the textile industry from different perspectives and as a whole. Sustainability reports and expert assessment: First, they analysed critical environmental issues of the sector from two sources of information: sustainability and expert assessment reports. Then they proceeded to identify facilitators and barriers in existing legislation to internalize the environmental externalities in corporate management. Subsequently, the environmental performance of 57 textile companies was examined and finally was designed an evaluation framework based on multiple criteria decision methods that overcomes the limitations of current systems.

The evaluation framework proposed by the researchers is a very important tool for the textile industry to help combat the lack of environmental information in the sector. The model also allows the development of a ranking of the environmental performance of companies at European level and becomes the basis for the development of a ranking of sustainability in the textile sector where economic and social aspects are incorporated, among others.

The assessment framework is the result of the project "[Fuzzy Mathematics for Evaluating Environmental Impacts in Wearing Apparel Companies](http://www.sogres.uji.es/investigacion_proyectos.html) ", carried out by the Universitat Jaume I and the University of Oslo, funded by the NILS Sustainability and Science program (ES07) driven by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism, operated by the Complutense University of Madrid.

The results of this project have been presented at various conferences and scientific meetings and published in the proceedings thereof.

**Publications related to the project:**

Muñoz, M.J.; Fernández, M.A.; Rivera, J.M.; León, R.; Escrig, E.; Ferrero, I.; “Materiality Analysis of Environmental Aspects: A proposal for Wearing Apparel Industry” in EMAN Europe Conference “Sustainability Accounting for Innovation Management”; ISBN: 978-84-606-6348-5; San Sebastián (Spain);  25th -27th March 2015.

Escrig, E.; Muñoz, M.J.; Fernández, M.A.; Rivera, J.M.; “Stakeholder methodological approach to measure corporate sustainability performance using Fuzzy multi-criteria decision method” in EMAN Europe Conference “Sustainability Accounting for Innovation Management”; ISBN: 978-84-606-6348-5; San Sebatián (Spain);  25th -27th March 2015.

Escrig-Olmedo, E.; Fernández-Izquierdo, M.A.; Muñoz-Torres, M.J.; Rivera-Lirio, J.M.; “Evaluating Sustainability in Wearing Apparel Industry Using Fuzzy Topsis” in III Symposium on Ethics and Social Responsibility Research; ISBN: 978-84-606-8769-6 Badajoz (Spain);  28th -29th May 2015.

Escrig-Olmedo, E.; Fernández-Izquierdo, M.A.; Muñoz-Torres, M.J.; Rivera-Lirio, J.M.; “Fuzzy Topsis for an integrative sustainability performance assessment: A proposal for Wearing Apparel Industry” in XVIII SIGEF CONGRESS: Scientific methods for the treatment of uncertainty in social sciences; Girona (Spain); 6th - 8th July 2015. Published in Scientific Methods for the Treatment of Uncertainty in Social Sciences (Editors: Gil-Aluja J.; Terceño-Gómez, A.; Ferrer-Comalat J.; Merigó-Lindahl, J.M.; Linerares-Mustarós, S.) ISBN: 978-3-319-19703-6

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