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…
What is reshoring? Since the early nineties, the fashion industry has focused largely on the relocation of production, driven mainly by issues of margins and labour costs. For some years, also thanks to the increase in the prices of resources and raw materials, we have been witnessing the opposite phenomenon, reshoring, in fact. By reshoring…
The State of California’s decision to ban the production and marketing of textile and apparel items containing PFAS is now law. PFAS are also known as “forever chemicals” because they do not decompose, coming to accumulate in the blood and organs with serious health risks. The news on the legislative front that also involves Europe…
LCA: how many people really know the meaning of this acronym? LCA stands for Life Cycle Assessment and the implied part is “of products.” Although from a scientific point of view this methodology has been known and used for a long time, only recently are we seeing its dissemination and application by companies and, therefore,…
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…
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,…
by Francesca Rulli Fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world. For years, all the most impactful sectors have started a transition which unfortunately is still too slow and unevenly applied. In this historical moment, fashion & luxury brands have a great responsibility, which in my opinion is also a precious opportunity:…
On the 30th of March 2022 the European Commission presented a package to promote circular business models and empower consumer towards a green deal. Inside an ad hoc strategy for the textile sector that is under close scrutiny given its enormous environmental and social impact. The aims of the EU package include making products more…
Focus on the (un)sustainability of fashion. The young consumer and a path to sustainability is the title of a report published in February by Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI) on how young consumers interpret and experience climate change. 10,000 people aged 16 to 40 from Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the UK, Switzerland, South…
Cotton, wool, polyester… There’s no material that, during its production cycle, does not generate some environmental and social impact, and we need to be aware of these impacts if we want to do our part for a more sustainable fashion. With an upstream premise: giving a sustainability license to raw materials to define with certainty…
