The Monitor for Circular Fashion has updated its commitment to the Sustainability Pledge project of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
The update: The Monitor for Circular Fashion’s partner companies have been working to test the traceability, sustainability and circularity KPIs of their pilot projects.
- The best practices updates were presented on 23 September during the Milano Fashion Week.
- The Monitor has been developed by the SDA Bocconi School of Management and is powered by Enel X.
The objectives: The pilot projects’ objectives are:
- Establishing teamwork between ingredient brands, brands & retailers and service providers;
- Building reliable sustainability claims to fight greenwashing;
- Implementing and testing industry specific KPIs into real-life products, referring to circular fashion activities;
- Implementing eco-design principles into a real-life product.
The circularity pilot projects: The circularity pilot projects presented by the partners comprised:
- Anima, developed by RadiciGroup, Save The Duck and Vibram;
- Component Shoes developed by Candiani Denim and Vibram;
- Eco-designed jeans by Kering and Candiani Denim;
- M-Pocket by Manteco and RadiciGroup;
- Repairing T-shirts, developed by Oscalito and Albini Group with Letizia Cruciani;
- Think Leather developed by Holding Moda together with Quid;
- Trace Me by Vitale Barberis Canonico with Quid;
- What if bag developed by OVS and RadiciGroup with Quid.
What they said:
The new Circular Fashion Manifesto includes some results from the 2022 Monitor for Circular Fashion Report, that will be presented at the end of November with proposals from Monitor companies about concrete actions and tools to accelerate the European Green Transition, starting with educating stakeholders on eco-design issues, traceability and transparency, as well as new models to use fashion products.
— Francesca Romana Rinaldi
Director
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Traceability and transparency are at the core of UNECE’s work to accelerate the circular economic transition. However, to achieve systemic change in the fashion industry, every action in the right direction matters. We are applauding the newly launched Circular Fashion Manifesto and are delighted to see the great achievements of the Monitor for Circular Fashion in our UNECE Sustainability Pledge community. This is another step forward to accelerate transformation at scale and to join forces, for the sustainable clothing industry of the future.
— Maria Teresa Pisani
Lead, Sustainability Pledge initiative
UNECE
The Monitor: The Monitor for Circular Fashion is a multi-stakeholder project involving leading companies in the fashion industry and players in its supply chain.
- SDA Bocconi’s Sustainability Lab is the project’s scientific partner, while Enel X provides its cross-industry vision to identify circularity KPIs.
- Monitor for Circular Fashion rallies businesses and disseminates the best practices of circular fashion, promoting technical, managerial and scientific skills with a view to contributing to the transition towards circular business models.
