The Cittadellarte-Pistoletto Foundation commits to continue its engagement with the Italian National Chamber of Fashion (whose members are major fashion brands) to create a structured path of commitments to sustainable practices in the supply chain of the fashion industry. These commitments will be on the basis of two key principles “transparency” and “traceability”. Cittadellarte operates with the scientific and technical advice of the independent public entity “Textile and Health”, whose work follows relevant international regulations. So far, up to 450 substances used in the textile sectors have been analysed and assessed, along with their use in the production process, to establish thresholds for their impacts on users, workers and the environment.
Fashion is not only one of the top three most polluting industries worldwide, but most significantly it is a value driven and value driving sector. Lifestyles and consumption trends are set, shared, and promoted via fashion. Fashion can be an extremely powerful ally of sustainable development strategies. So, Cittadellarte's effort to involve major brands is proving to be highly strategic.
The commitment falls under focus area 4 and 5 of the Batumi Initiative to shift consumer behaviours towards sustainable consumption patterns and develop clean physical capital production patterns.
Implementing partners will include Cittadellarte, Italian National Chamber of Fashion (leading fashion brands), the Association “Textile and Health”, the Ministry of Economic Development, United Nations organisations.
The commitment is relevant to SDGs 8, 9, 12 and 17.