Socially sustainable luxury supply chains: a conceptual review

• Main Authors: Alesia Sigang Gugkang, Thitiporn Na Nakorn, Geoffrey Harvey Tanakinjal, Azra Tilai
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Labuan Faculty of International Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2024
• Subjects: HB1-3840 Economic theory. Demography; HD28-9999 Industries. Land use. Labor
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41817/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41817/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41817/

The luxury supply chains are called to realign their focus from a sustainability point of view. Affluent consumers are called for product visibility to ensure transparency is mainly on social inclusion. However, on-going debates are known in sustainability initiatives due to the complexity and uncertainty of standard guidelines and what counts as a successful or excellent implementation. Since luxury is a much visible industry that attracts public attraction on their association with the increase of social inequality between the richest and the poorest in the country - hence, this paper offers both a conceptual review and a research agenda – towards advancing this field of study and bridging the gap between existing research and future research. In conclusion, we propose three areas of future research on: (i) enablers and challenges, (ii) the role of stakeholders and (iii) how luxury organisations cope with institutional complexities of implementing social sustainability.