Première Vision Paris Launches Eco-Responsible Programme

Focus on ESG: At the heart of Première Vision’s values, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is based on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria to analyse and implement effective actions in terms of sustainable development. Led by three main drivers—reduce, recycle and reuse—Première Vision has implemented a series of initiatives and practices to anchor the company and its collaborators in a more globally eco-friendly approach to its events, to ensure that they are as eco-designed as possible: 

• An offer of stands that are 100% equipped and which can be reused from one session to the next, whose design takes into account sustainable choices in terms of materials, manufacturing, transport, storage and end of life. 
• LED lighting to optimise energy consumption. 
• Eco-designed forums: choice and optimisation of the use of materials; guidance regarding good construction practices to improve the reusability of structures.
• More sustainable signage: abandoning the use of canvas in favour of an ecological support made from recycled plastic bottles; using new generation adhesives with solvent-free glues; improving the ink used on all materials.
• Carpet recycling: collected, folded and formatted, carpets are shredded and transformed into granules for the plastics industry. 
• Recycling of siding: Shredded cotton is used to manufacture insulating panels. 
• Sorting of wood, plastics, paper, cardboard: entailing the processing of roughly 60 tonnes of waste. 
• Recycling: Première Vision has partnered with Co-Recyclage for the reprocessing of the furniture and materials used at its shows: the structures in the fashion forums, decorations, carpets, etc. In February 2022, more than 11 tonnes of wood from the forums were recycled, and 8 tonnes from the various decors were given a second life. 
• Redistribution of unsold food: in partnership with VIParis, the manager of the exhibition venues, Première Vision organises the daily collection of unsold food from the show’s catering areas. It is then redistributed to food banks such as the Red Cross.

WHAT THEY SAID:

This second edition of Première Vision Paris on the new July calendar is full of new features. A new step has been taken, and we are particularly pleased to support the sector in its environmentally responsible transition with the new PV programme, ‘a better way’. This initiative, which we’ve been working on for over a year, aims to simplify buyers day-to-day work and help guide them, while decoding and promoting the real advances made by the textile industry and its investments in favor of more sustainable fashion. 290 industry professionals are already eligible for this programme. I would add that the launch of the deadstock offer meets a complementary and growing need across all our markets.

— Gilles Lasbordes
Managing Director
Première Vision