Responsible Fashion Company

The Responsible Fashion Company presents an exploratory journey into the relationship between fashion and corporate responsibility. Even for companies in the fashion industry, long-term equilibrium can be achieved only by integrating economic goals - essential for the remuneration of capital and labour - with others, not cheap but capable of generating value, that refer to the relationship with the environment, society, culture, art and territory, media, institutions, legislation and, importantly, the ethical dimension. This is a key contribution to the ongoing debate on the role of social firm in light of the failure of a development model that has placed sole emphasis on immediate financial results, at the expense of the environmental and social context. The responsible fashion company draws its resources from these two contexts. The book includes case studies and examples from leading companies including: Nike, Timberland, Levi Strauss, and Illy. Programs to reduce environmental impact, the guarantee of healthy work environments, the quality of the products, the promotion of culture through philanthropic actions, and transparent business practices are illustrated through the concrete examples of companies that have decided to pursue the difficult challenge of integrating ethics, aesthetics and cost in the value chain.