Sustainability

Kering announces new additions to the Board of Directors and publishes Biodiversity Strategy

Jul 6, 2020 / France

Kering’s shareholders have approved the appointment of Ms. Jean Liu, Mr. Tidjane Thiam and Ms. Emma Watson as Directors during their Annual General Meeting. The luxury group also published its biodiversity strategy and announces its targets

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Do you know what Eco-design is?

Jun 24, 2020 / Portugal

The Eco-design Guide for the Footwear Industry developed under the Life GreenShoes4All project intends to be a short guide to support companies that want to incorporate eco-design in the development of lower environmental impact footwear

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FDRA's Global Shoe Sourcing Digital Series

Jun 19, 2020 / United States

The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) is running a digital series on Global Shoe Sourcing. The series will be held from the 27th to the 30th of July. We bring you all the info about the event

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Is your company producing green goods in an eco-friendly way?

Jun 18, 2020 / Portugal

Today you have the opportunity to fill a questionnaire which will help you answering that question. The answers to the questionnaire will feed the implementation of European Union LIFE project GREEN SHOES 4 ALL

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Timberland & Savory Institute partner to build regenerative leather supply chain

Jun 5, 2020 / United States

Next Fall Timberland will launch a collection of boots made with leather from verified regenerative ranches sourced through Savory's Minnesota Hub, Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed

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Gabriella Marchioni Bocca from Assomac: entrepreneurs have to be sustainable

Apr 7, 2020 / Italy

During the last edition of Simac Tanning Tech in Milan we spoke with Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, President of Assomac to hear her views about the current state of the industry

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Copenhagen Fashion Summit reveals new theme for 2020

Apr 3, 2020 / Denmark

The organisers of the trade fair believe it is time to reset given the global pandemic impact in all activities around the world and elements of our daily lifes and have announced a new theme

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Fulvia Bacchi from Lineapelle: Sustainability is not a new word for us

Mar 31, 2020 / Italy

During the last edition of Lineapelle we spoke with Fulvia Bacchi, CEO of the trade show and UNIC General Manager. Watch the interview and learn a bit more about the current trends of the leather industry

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Copenhagen Fashion Summit postponed due to Coronavirus

Mar 6, 2020 / Denmark

Given the growing public health concerns around the Coronavirus outbreak, organisers of the Copenhagen Fashion Summit, the annual sustainability event, decided to move this year's edition to October

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VF closes inaugural 500 million US dollars Green Bond

Mar 5, 2020 / United States

One of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies, announced the closing of its 500 million euros green bond offering, representing the first green bond issued in the apparel and footwear industry

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Assomac plants 500 plants in Madagascar

Mar 5, 2020 / Italy

The Italian association of technology-makers is financing an agro-forestry project through the planting of 500 plants in Madagascar. The project is promoted in collaboration with a web platform allowing to follow the growth of the trees remotely

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First SciLed project workshop at Micam

Mar 5, 2020 / CEC

Partners of the Erasmus+ SciLed Knowledge Alliance organized their first public workshop during the Milan trade fair and first results achieved by the consortium were presented

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Sustainability: consumers care but aren't prepared to pay more

Premium ContentMar 3, 2020 / Business Conditions Survey

Sustainability is one of the most discussed topics of the moment, so in the first edition of the World Footwear Business Conditions Survey we have asked our experts about sustainability and consumers

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Simac closes with optimism

Feb 26, 2020 / Italy

According to organisers the event closed with excellent attendance despite uncertainty on the eve of the fair

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World Footwear Business Conditions Survey reveals signs of optimism

Premium ContentFeb 25, 2020 / Business Conditions Survey

According to an online survey conducted by the World Footwear in the end of December the industry is optimistic about the footwear business and expect quantities and prices to increase in the next six months

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