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Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), founded by His Majesty King Charles III in 2020 when he was Prince of Wales, is pleased to announce that the its Fashion Task Force welcomes Diesel today, part of the OTB Group, and HModa among its members.
Since 2021, the Fashion Task Force has made significant progress and achieved tangible results by taking an entrepreneurial and action-oriented approach. key areas of intervention These are regenerative agriculture projects, the Digital Product Passport and traceability.
Federico Marchetti, technology entrepreneur, pioneer of sustainable fashion and president of the Fashion Task Force, said: “It is with great pleasure that we welcome Renzo Rosso of the OTB Group and Claudio Rovere of HModa into our group.
“Renzo Rosso is a long-time friend and together we share a strong commitment to promoting sustainability in the fashion industry. Renzo and his team will strengthen the Fashion Task Force agenda, offering their fresh and pioneering perspective.
“Claudio Rovere is a leading entrepreneur with a strong focus on enhancing the fashion supply chain and its extraordinary craftsmanship. Claudio and his team will contribute to our goals by bringing a valuable perspective from within the supply chain.”
Renzo Rosso, Chairman of OTB Group and Founder of Diesel, said: “Sustainability must become a state of mind for the entire fashion industry and the Fashion Task Force, with the support of His Majesty King Charles III and the leadership of Federico, represents a further step towards this goal. We are excited to be part of it and to share our vision and our innovative approach with the other members. Collaborating and looking to the future together is the only way to truly change our industry”.
Claudio Rovere, Founder and Chairman of HModa Group, commented: “We are extremely proud to be the first industrial group to join the Fashion Task Force led by Federico Marchetti with the support of His Majesty King Charles III. This milestone marks an important step for HModa and for the entire fashion supply chain. We are excited to actively contribute to the efforts for a sustainable future, promoting responsible practices and working together to achieve the sustainable development goals in our sector”.
La Fashion Task Force will continue to work to achieve goals in line with the principles of the SMI Earth Charter, and the two new members are committed to supporting the Task Force in accelerating the transition towards sustainability.
OTB group
OTB is the international fashion group that owns the iconic and unconventional brands Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, Marni and Viktor&Rolf. OTB also controls the companies Staff International and Brave Kid and holds a stake in the American brand Amiri. Acronym for “Only The Brave”, OTB believes in the possibility of going beyond the frontiers of fashion and style, supporting the creativity of international talents, and expressing all the innovative spirit and uncompromising courage of its founder and president Renzo Rosso. The group, which has over 7.000 employees worldwide, bases its foundations on a digital approach that puts the consumer at the center, the concrete and long-term commitment to the creation of a sustainable and technologically-driven business, and a strong focus on social issues through the OTB Foundation.
HModa
Founded in October 2017, HModa is an industrial project promoted by Hind SpA, a holding company dedicated to investing in the capital of Italian SMEs, with the aim of promoting growth processes, through aggregation and internationalization projects.
With a specialized workforce of over 1.500 employees, HModa is a center of excellence active in all segments of the Italian fashion supply chain.
The company operates through 18 subsidiaries, including Uno Maglia (jersey manufacturing), Alex&Co. (leather clothing), RBS (outerwear), Albachiara (light women's clothing), GAB (leather goods), Project (denim), Valmor, Dema and Alinea (footwear), Famar (men's and women's clothing), Rilievi and PuntoArt (embellishment and embroidery), Seriscreen (screen printing and printing on leather and fabrics), Fustellificio Toscano (die cutters and accessories for leather processing and cutting), Beste (fabric and clothing production), Lanificio Arca (shuttle weaving of wool and cashmere), Taglionetto and Emmetierre (small leather goods), with a customer portfolio that includes the most important international luxury brands.
Sustainable Markets Initiative
Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) is the private sector’s leading organization for sustainable transition, characterized by our unique brand of ‘private sector diplomacy’.
With the vision of our founder, His Majesty King Charles III, and our unique ability to bring together world leaders, SMI facilitates action among world leaders and CEOs to place sustainability at the heart of global value creation.
Together, we seek to mobilize the trillions of dollars needed to realize a sustainable future. Investments of this scale require global systems change with a predefined sustainable orientation across markets, industries and supply chains.
Our missions, the Terra Carta and the Astra Carta, provide practical trajectories for the private sector.
SMI believes that, with bold ambition and courageous leadership, we can seize a new era of global prosperity that will last for generations to come, which we call “The Growth Story of Our Time.”
