Sustainable and responsible creativity is a challenge which the textile industry must face. However,
companies don’t always know how to orient themselves in the complex world of sustainability. A
compass comes from “Sustainability from A to Z”, the service made available by Filo in cooperation
with C.L.A.S.S., the international eco-hub founded by Giusy Bettoni, with its long and consolidated
experience in offering services that support companies on their path towards responsible innovation.
Paolo Monfermoso, responsible for Filo, explains: “By the word “sustainability” we are referring to
many different concepts: for example, adherence to production models aware of the social and
environmental impact, as well as the compliance with European and national regulations, in addition
to the increasingly fundamental certifications. Not to mention those who call evident green washing
practices “sustainability”. Considering all this, starting from the last edition, together with
C.L.A.S.S., we have decided to offer Filo’s exhibitors and visitors the ‘Sustainability from A to Z’
service to help them orient themselves in this world, aiming at achieving a “Good, Healthy, Clean,
Fair, and Durable’ textile– that is the five adjectives chosen as the fil rouge of the 60th edition of Filo”.
Next to the Sustainability Area, the desk of “Sustainability from A to Z” is ready to give visitors and
exhibitors of the 60th edition of Filo information and effective suggestions concerning sustainability:
from strategies to integrate it into a business plan to certifications, to measurements of environmental
impacts and end-of-life assessments, from the importance of ethics to energy savings, from
responsible innovation to new generation communication – the great challenge of the moment – to
sustainability reports.
Giusy Bettoni, CEO of C.L.A.S.S, says: “Innovate in the textile industry without having a negative
impact on people, environment, oceans, and animals is a complex task. It means knowing your
impacts and having measured yourself and then knowing how to communicate them in the right way,
so that we talk about “measured” values and not about “wish lists” and promises. That is why Filo
and C.L.A.S.S. make themselves available to talk about strategies related to design, responsible
innovation, and new generation communication, but through simple information. When we talk about
sustainability, nothing has to be taken for granted or considered as ordinary, so that it is fundamental
to create new generations values in line with contemporary consumers. That’s why we make available
to the companies, as C.L.A.S.S together with Filo, and through ‘Sustainability from A to Z’ our
competences and expertise. Starting from the yarn, which is almost always at the base of the product,
the genesis of creation”.
The 60th edition of Filo takes place on the 20th and 21st of September 2023 at Allianz MiCo – Milan
