Since 2009 Livia Firth and Lucy Siegle have mixed hyper glamour and ecologically intelligent design through their showstopping Green Carpet Challenge. Follow their journey here as they bring sustainable style to the A-list and the biggest red carpet events on the planet. « This is a breakthrough moment for sustainable style, » says Livia. « Once again, our collaboration with Gucci spotlights this fashion...

Greenpeace Italy asked luxury fashion brands if they were respecting the planet ? … The vocal NGO sent these top brands a survey to find out if their luxury products are tainted with forest destruction and hazardous chemicals. The ranking does not look great at all for some high end brands, not because of their current activities, but because they seemingly « snobbed » the NGO. Probably not wise to ignore your...

Manifesto for the sustainability in Italian Fashion, promoted by Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, aims at designing an Italian way to a responsible and sustainable fashion as well as fostering the adoption of models of responsible management throughout the fashion value chain to the benefit of the economic system of the whole country. Well know fashion brands and academic institutions : Ermenegildo Zegna, Salvatore Ferragamo, Guccio...

Learn from GUCCI, JAEGER-LECOULTRE, ROSY BLUE DIAMONDS, WWF, UNCTAD, HEC Lausanne University and many more luxury brands, NGO and Corporate Responsibility experts.         Join the leaders of the Sustainable Luxury community for a one day highly interactive workshop on September 28, 2010 in Lausanne/Switzerland, to learn, share, network and experiment among CR peers, NGO, Academia and experts.   DOWNLOAD THE EVENT...

      Lausanne, Switzerland The debate surrounding sustainable luxury is not new, but very prevailing as luxury consumers’ expectations and behaviors evolve rapidly. The traditional definition of luxury as ‘anything unneeded’ is neither helpful nor relevant in today’s markets. Luxury has become both a commendable and widely obtainable need and necessity.   When it comes to corporate responsibility, luxury companies don’t...

Gucci’s newly designed packaging is FSC-certified and recyclable. Image courtesy of Gucci. « If we wait for customers to make sustainable development a condition for purchasing, then nothing will happen. It’s as if green products were somehow not normal. They are normal, it is the other products that are not normal. It’s up to us to work out how to make green products the new normal. » – as...