The textile industry, one of the most resource-intensive and socially complex global sectors, faces increasing pressure to reconcile economic growth with environmental stewardship and social equity. Accounting for up to 10% of global carbon emissions and widespread labor inequities, the sector exemplifies the urgency of embedding sustainability into global supply chains (SCs)(Giacomin & Pacca 2024). Traditionally driven by linear “take–make–waste” production and fast-fashion logics, textile operations are now transitioning toward circular, ethical, and digitally intelligent systems of production. This paper explores how Industry 5.0 (I5.0) technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain, can enable a shift from linear, cost-driven operations toward human-centric, circular, and ethical production ecosystems. It addresses the following research question: • How does digital transformation under I5.0 principles reshape the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) in global textile? • what pathways enable the integration of sustainability within human-centric digital ecosystems? By answering these questions, the paper contributes to operations management debates on the convergence of digitalisation, sustainability, and organizational transformation in manufacturing and SCs.

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Industry 5.0,Sustainable Supply Chain Management,Textile Industry