Fashion Industry between Chemistry and Sustainability

Among the chemicals traditionally used in fashion production processes, PFAS or PFCs are often in the dock. Reducing the use of PFASs and other hazardous chemicals is not trivial, however, because it subjects companies to the continual search for the best possible trade-off between performance and sustainability. Important support comes from implementation protocols such as…

European Parliament approves Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Focus on Transparency and Supply Chain Impacts

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD), the aimed at preventing and mitigating corporate impacts along the supply chain, takes another important step forward with the European Parliament voting in favor on June 1. The Directive, presented by the European Commission on February 23, introduces the concept of corporate responsibility for sustainability and human rights…

Diversity & inclusion and organizational wellbeing

There is growing attention from social partners, legislators and the production system to the issue of organizational well-being within companies as a strategic factor for growth, productivity and sustainability. It’s no easy, indeed, to talk about economic and environmental sustainability without serious upstream reflection on the social dimension of sustainability and the responsibility that companies…

Drought emergency: Fashion Supply Chain does its part to reduce waste and water consumption

Waste reduction, technological investment, recovery and recycling are the key words in the production of sustainable supply chains. And consumers can also make an important contribution through their purchasing choices. The thunderstorms that hit several Italian regions towards the end of summer, often violent due to the tropicalization of the climate, are by no means…

Initial numbers from the 4sustainability annual event

The excellence of the fashion chain ​​indicates aggregation as the key to change. More than three hundred professionals from the fashion industry gathered on the 9th of June in Florence. A varied audience, made up of representatives from different brands – Armani, Burberry, Brunello Cucinelli, Dainese, Ferragamo, Hugo Boss, Kering, Luisa Spagnoli, LVMH, Max Mara,…