### Modeling the Supply Chain Sustainability Imperatives in the Fashion Retail Industry: Implications for Sustainable Development**1. Introduction**The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have tested the resilience of well-established business strategies and underscored the need for organizations to integrate sustainable practices into their supply chains. This study explores the sustainability imperatives that fashion retail companies in emerging economies, particularly in the context of recent global disruptions, can leverage to navigate the complexities of the post-COVID-19 era.**2. Research Methodology*** **Phase 1: Literature Review** * A comprehensive literature review was conducted to identify primary sustainability drivers in the fashion retail industry.* **Phase 2: Expert Validation** * A panel of 24 experts from the industry and academia was consulted to prioritize the identified imperatives using the Pareto analysis.* **Phase 3: Analytical Decision-Making** * The Bayesian Best-Worst Method (BWM) was employed to determine the relative importance of the remaining imperatives after Pareto analysis.**3. Key Findings**### 3.1 Economic Dimension* **Availability of government support schemes to promote sustainability (I16):** Highest priority* **Digitizing the supply chain (I4):** Second priority### 3.2 Social Dimension* **Developing strategic supply chain interventions to ameliorate the impact of disruptive events (I1):** Highest priority* **Improving the collaboration among supply chain stakeholders (I5):** Lowest priority### 3.3 Environmental Dimension* **Understanding the customer awareness of sustainable products (I3):** Highest priority* **Enhancing the resilience of transportation and logistics systems (I17):** Lowest priority### 3.4 Credal Ranking**The Bayesian BWM analysis facilitated the identification of the most important imperatives and their credal ranking, indicating the level of confidence in selecting one imperative over another.* **Economic:** * I16 > I4 > I12 > I2 > I15 > I10 > I13* **Social:** * I1 > I10 > I13 > I15 > I5* **Environmental:** * I3 > I16 > I15 > I12 > I6 > I13 > I17### 3.5 Global Ranking**The global ranking was calculated by multiplying the individual main criteria weight and the average weight of the imperatives. The following are the top five most important imperatives across all three dimensions:* Availability of government support schemes to promote sustainability (I16)* Developing strategic supply chain interventions to ameliorate the impact of disruptive events (I1)* Understanding the customer awareness of sustainable products (I3)* Digitizing the supply chain (I4)* Using artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing systems (I15)**4. Discussion****4.1 Implications for Theory and Practice*** This study contributes to the literature by meticulously examining the imperatives that enhance supply chain sustainability during disruptive events, specifically in the context of the fashion retail industry in Bangladesh.* The study provides guidance for stakeholders to develop robust supply chains capable of withstanding future serious disruptions.**4.2 Implications for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)**The findings relate to several SDGs, notably:* SDG 1 (No Poverty)* SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)* SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)* SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)* SDG 15 (Life on Land)* SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions)**5. Conclusion**This study presents an innovative approach for identifying and modeling the imperatives that enhance sustainability in fashion retail supply chains. The findings offer actionable insights for decision-makers, industry leaders, and policymakers to develop sustainable and competitive supply chains that navigate global disruptions effectively.