Sustainable fashion course syllabus
The recommended order for Sustainable Fashion: Evidence, Impact and Compliance: 6 modules covering 15 industry chapters and 18 value chain stages, each module closing with a quiz. About 10–14 hours of reading and quizzes at your own pace.
- Module 1 of 6
Module 1 — Demand, forecasting and overproduction
Explain how demand signals and forecasting accuracy drive overproduction, and where planning discipline reduces it.
Prerequisite: None. Start here.
Chapters and lessons
- Module 2 of 6
Module 2 — Materials and their impact profile
Compare material options on impact evidence, and explain the boundaries that change the answer.
Prerequisite: Module 1 — you should know why volume and accuracy matter before comparing materials.
Chapters and lessons
- Module 3 of 6
Module 3 — Measuring and accounting for impact
Read an apparel footprint figure and name which scopes, data qualities and assumptions sit behind it.
Prerequisite: Module 2 — you need the material view before the accounting view.
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Value chain stages
- Module 4 of 6
Module 4 — Evidence: testing, inspection and systems
Specify the testing and inspection evidence a claim needs, and read a test report critically.
Prerequisite: Module 3 — measurement thinking comes before evidence systems.
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- Module 5 of 6
Module 5 — Sourcing, traceability and the supply base
Judge how deep a supply chain trace really goes, and where the documentation usually breaks.
Prerequisite: Module 4 — traceability is evidence about evidence.
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- Module 6 of 6
Module 6 — Circular claims and end of life
Assess a circularity or recycled-content claim against the process, the evidence and the yield.
Prerequisite: Modules 1–5 — end-of-life claims depend on everything upstream.
Chapters and lessons
Value chain stages
Honest scope
This is free self-study material written and reviewed by Sanjeewa Dehiwalage. There is no examination board behind it, quizzes are self-checks, and no accredited qualification is awarded.