Silvia Pérez-Bou

• Doctor of Engineering
• Lecturer at Universidad de Navarra

Education for sustainability aims to ensure that learners can adopt more sustainable lifestyles. As younger generations are said to be increasingly informed and sensitive about sustainability in their choices and habits, universities face two questions: does education for sustainability still make sense? And, if yes, which teaching method proves mo...

Case studies are a recognized method to teach and learn in a business school, as they provide the students with the opportunity to analyze real situations in companies in an in-depth manner. The goal of this paper is to describe a novel methodology of co-creating fashion case studies among students, professors, and companies in a fashion business s...

Case studies in the fashion industry can be a method to introduce students to real issues of fashion companies. Case studies are especially valuable as they provide the opportunity to describe the events surrounding a specific situation in an in-depth manner (Yin, 2011). The goal of this paper is to analyze the practice of fashion case studies acr...

The paper discusses the research carried out to analyse to what extent the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations, the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, and the Fashion Pact influenced the policies and practices of the signatory companies. Four of the ten fashion companies founding signatories of the UN Fashi...

Sustainability strategy at companies has become a key business and management aspect for the development and success of an enterprise. The communication of strategies and actions relating to sustainability has become increasingly important for both companies and brands. This research studies the communication process that forms part of the sustaina...

The leather industry is an example of circular economy, as it uses meat industry wastes (hides and skins) as raw materials. However, the process of tanning also produces a substantial amount of organic waste. This research project studies the case of a tannery located in Navarra, in the North of Spain, committed to a circular economy and environmen...

Leather industry is an example of circular economy, using meat industry wastes (hides and skins) as raw materials. However, it also produces a big amount of organic waste in the process of tanning. This paper presents an experimental study of several proposals to reuse the weekly tons of left-overs (both shavings and hair) issued by a tannery, as n...