Un event that increasingly has the ambition to mark the way towards greater sustainability of all industrial sectors, not just that of the fashion sector. This is the purpose of the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022.
The fifth edition, which marks in return in presence the pause for pandemic, in the words of Carlo Capasa, President of the National Chamber of Italian Fashionwill be that «of maturity, in which to go further, also adding a scientific work. The showcase that becomes an effective laboratory to build something important for the future“. Not just about fashion, but about the planet as a whole.
It is therefore not surprising that partners of this new edition will be two important realities like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and theEthical Fashion Initiative. In addition to The Woolmark Company, present since the first edition as a representative of the most sustainable of materials: sheep’s wool.
Sustainability and circularity at the center
The themes are those dear to the Italian Chamber of Fashion right from the start, with the addition of a focus on circularity, the 3 items on sale that are dear to the Macarthur foundation: 1. Eliminate pollution, 2. Circulate materials, 3. Regenerate natureas he explained Laura Balmond Project Manager for “Make Fashion Circular” at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
On the other hand, as he pointed out Simone Cipriani, Director & Founder ofEthical Fashion Initiative during today’s press conference, «The Italian industry in fashion with a global impact», being an example for other sectors is essential.
The awards of 2022
Simone Cipriani; Alessia Cappello; Carlo Capasa; Laura Belmond; Riccardo Vannetti (photo: Press Office)
On the occasion of the ceremony on 25 September, prizes will be awarded for 12 categories in the Sustainable Fashion Awards. It will be a Advisory Committee composed of non-profit organizations engaged in the themes of sustainable fashion to select and propose candidates, and the international jury, chaired by Ellen MacArthurwill assign them to the winners in these categories:
1. The Visionary Award
2. The Craft and Italian Artisanship Award
3. The Bicester Collection Award for Emerging Designers
4. The Groundbreaker Award
5. The Equity and Inclusivity Award
6. The Circular Economy Award
7. The Climate Action Award
8. The Oceans Award
9. The Human Rights Award
10. The Philanthropy and Society Award
11. The Biodiversity Conservation Award
12. The Woolmark Company Award for Innovation
Towards the Third Paradise
Symbol of the event is the Third Paradise by Michelangelo Pistoletto. If the first paradise is that of communion between man and nature, the second the artificial Paradise, the Third, as explained by Capasa, is that of the “Balanced Connection” between man and the environment. A guide that since 2012 has inspired the drafting of the Sustainability manifesto for Italian fashionon the initiative of Anna Zegna and Carlo Capasa. Manifesto that Camera and brand have been carrying out for years with concrete commitments and discussion tables.
Fashion is changing
“In a few years our awareness of the environment has totally changed and today we know well that it is no longer a question only to give a signal but to reverse course – he has declared Alessia Cappello, Councilor for Economic Development and Labor Policies, with responsibility for Fashion and Design – I warmly welcome the attention that the award intends to place on the corporate vision, rather than on individual initiatives, and above all the entry of a non-profit committee ».
The Advisory Committee of the Sustainable Fashion Awards
The committee in charge of selecting the finalists and submitting them to the expert jury will be composed of:
1. Assocalzaturifici
2. Textile and Health Association
3. Assopellettieri
4. Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
5. Camera Buyer Italy
6. National Chamber of Italian Fashion
7. Florence Center for Italian Fashion
8. Confartigianato Moda
9. Confindustria Moda
10. Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
11. Fair Wage Network
12. Fair Wear Foundation
13. Fashion Institute of Technology
14. Fashion Minority Alliance
15. Hongik University
16. ICEC – Quality Certification Institute for the leather area
17. International Wool Textile Organization
18. London College of Fashion
19. Milan Fashion Institute
20. Redress
21. Italian Fashion System
22. Textile Exchange
23. The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel
24. The Woolmark Company
25. Unic – Italian Tanneries
26. Universidade Estadual de Londrina
27. Iuav University of Venice
28. Worldrise Onlus
The Joint ESG Framework
For the first time, industry members will come assessed with a system derived from the ESG Due Diligence and Reporting Framework jointly developed by the Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI) and the National Chamber of Italian Fashion (CNMI).
The partnership with the Ethical Fashion Initiative, pioneers in fashion and sustainability, as well as with the current one Secretariat of the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion – a group of United Nations agencies and partner organizations that guarantee the contribution of fashion to the Sustainable Development Goals – introduces a change in the award evaluation system intends to recognize who will decide ambitious goals and will implement concrete actions to achieve them.
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