TEX 2020 explores future of textiles

Interesting food for thought was provided by Aurora Magni, president of Blumine/Sustainability-Lab, in her talk. “A company’s credibility is a factor that, together with the products manufactured and services provided, contributes to creating economic value. And in recent years, credibility in matters of social and environmental responsibility is also being measured, so much so that it has become one of the aspects assessed by rating agencies seeking to reassure investors. Losing credibility is very dangerous business.”

On this subject, Ms. Magni spoke of the events that took place in Savar, near Dacca in Bangladesh, on 24 April, when the Rana Plaza building, housing a number of stores and textile factories, collapsed causing a death toll of over 1,000 textile workers. “In the months that followed,” Ms. Magni noted, “news and commentaries kept us constantly informed about how the brand-name companies that had delocalized their production to companies housed in that building handled the situation.

"Some of them denied responsibility, while others accepted it and indemnified the victims. And everything was recorded on the Web. The conduct of those companies in that situation gave consumers insight into the companies and their values. Responsible supply chain management. This is the commitment that we, the consumers, must demand of global brand-name companies.”

The second day of TEX 2020 was devoted to the seminar "Dress Care Ecohabitus", for young textile consumers. It was the closing event of DressCare, a year-long project involving boys and girls from schools in Varese and Bari, which aimed to educate young people to become more critical and sustainability-oriented consumers of textile products.

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