Fashion & Circular Economy Friends or Enemies? Budapest, June 8, 2017 - Global Sustainable Fashion Week Maria Teresa Betti, Corporate Marketing Sustainable Communication @RadiciGroup

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FASHION&CIRCULAR ECONOMY
FRIENDS OR ENEMIES?
BUDAPEST, JUNE 8, 2017
MARIA TERESA BETTI
CORPORATE MARKETING&SUSTAINABLE COMMUNICATION
@RADICIGROUP

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VISION, MISSION, VALUES
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VISION
To be one of the leading chemical groups in the polyamide,
synthetic fibres and engineering plastics production chain.
MISSION
• To promote the development of our businesses while pursuing
our Group values and culture.
• To pursue our vision by valorising and optimizing our
resources, establishing strategic alliances and searching for new
markets, including niche markets.
• To embed sustainability into new product and application
development.

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VISION, MISSION, VALUES
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VALUES
• Putting people at the centre of everything we do, respecting
their right to physical and cultural integrity.
• Efficiency and effectiveness of our management systems to
improve our business.
• Fairness and transparency of our management systems to
comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Attention to the needs and expectations of our stakeholders in
order to create a feeling of belonging and satisfaction.
• Reliability of our management and operating systems to ensure the
safety of our employees, our community and the environment.
• Our responsibility as a company for our workers, production sites
and communities.

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THE RADICIGROUP KEY NUMBERS
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 SPECIALTY CHEMICALS = EUR 325 million
 PERFORMANCE PLASTICS = EUR 297 million
 SYNTHETIC FIBRES AND NONWOVENS = EUR 412 million
 OTHER BUSINESSES = EUR 10 million
2016 SALES - consolidated for each Business Areas (Millions of Euro)
RADICIGROUP PERSONNEL 2,967 employees

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A GLOBAL PRESENCE
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ASIA
China
Shanghai
Suzhou
India
New Delhi
AMERICAS
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Rio Grande
Brazil
Araçariguama
São José dos Campos
Mexico
Ocotlán
USA
Wadsworth
EUROPE
Czech Republic
Podborany
France
Saint Priest
Germany
Hamburg
Lüneburg
Selbitz
Tröglitz
Hungary
Szentgotthard
Switzerland
Stabio
United Kingdom
London
Italy
Andalo Valtellino
Ardesio
Casnigo
Chignolo d’Isola
Gandino
Novara
Villa d’Ogna
The Netherlands
Born
Romania
Savinesti
Spain
Barcelona

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APPLICATION SECTORS
APPAREL
From technical wear to sports,
from fashion to intimate wear
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AUTOMOTIVE
From engine components to
car seats, from tyres to
airbags
FURNISHINGS
From interior design to sun
protection and costruction

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"Sustainable development is
development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their
own needs”
SUSTAINABILITY
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AN ALL ROUND APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY
RadiciGroup | Sustainability
Environmental
Sustainabilityc
Economic
Sustainability
Labour
Sustainability
Human Rights
Product
Sustainability
Social
Sustainability

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AN ALL ROUND APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY

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IT IS THE WAY WE
THINK.
IT IS THE WAY WE
WORK DAY BY DAY.
Sustainable
business
Assessment and
Disclosure
Health&Safety
Management
Standard
(OHSAS
18001)
Quality
Management
Standard (ISO
9001:2008
GRI
Sustainability
Report
Certification
Environmental
Management
Standard (ISO
14001)
EPD (ISO
14025) -
Process
Certification
Product
Stewardship
CONSISTENCY, EFFECTIVENESS
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CIRCULAR ECONOMY
What Linear Economy tends to
let go (value)….
Circular Economy wants to
keep in…

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THE PRESSURE TO BE NEW – SOME FASHION TRENDS
+ A new perception of what is old and what is
new
+ Clothes designed to last just
a limited time span
+ Price no longer a guarantee of
quality/durability
+ Consumer unawareness
= A THROWAWAY SOCIETY
= AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF VALUE

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+ durability/repair is encouraged
- less objects go directly to the landfill
- objects tend to be carefully designed
to last longer and/or to be easily
disassembled
= A PRESERVATION SOCIETY
= VALUE IS PRESERVED FOR LONGER
THE PRESSURE TO PRESERVE – SOME CIRCULAR ECONOMY TIPS

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IS IT A WAR-LIKE SCENARIO?
VS
IN A WHILE, IN THE EU, CIRCULAR ECONOMY WILL NO LONGER BE A MATTER
OF CHOICE…

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HOW CIRCULAR ECONOMY BASICS CAN HELP
FASHION
MEASURING PROCESSES
& IMPACTS
RECYCLABLE PRODUCTS
RECYCLED PRODUCTS
KNOW - HOW OF
MATERIALS
BIO-SOURCED PRODUCTS
AND ABOVE ALL CO-DESIGN (TECHNICAL AND STYLE-BASED)
FOR A MORE «CIRCULAR» AND «SUSTAINABLE» FASHION INDUSTRY
FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A BTOB GROUP SUPPLYING THE TEXTILE
INDUSTRY

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HOW CIRCULAR ECONOMY BASICS CAN HELP
FASHION
MEASURING PROCESSES & IMPACTS
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND, THANKS TO DATA-BASED
IMPACTS, WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO USE – REUSE
OR RECYCLE CLOTHES …
KNOW-HOW IN MATERIALS
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE BEST CHEMICAL
FORMULATION, OR MATERIAL OR PROCESS TO SUIT
PERFORMANCE, FASHION AND SUSTAINABILITY …

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HOW CIRCULAR ECONOMY BASICS CAN HELP
FASHION
RECYCLED PRODUCTS: DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL, LESS USE
OF VIRGIN RESOURCES, KEEP VALUE WITHIN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
RECYCLABLE PRODUCTS: SINGLE MATERIAL ITEMS OR ITEMS
WITH A LIMITED % OF A 2° MATERIAL, OR THAT CAN BE EASILY
DISASSEMBLED
BIO-BASED PRODUCTS: RENEWABLE SOURCES

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HOW CIRCULAR ECONOMY BASICS CAN HELP
FASHION
ECO DESIGN APPLIED TO FASHION: Ecodesign means DESIGNING OR
REDESING and PRODUCING goods and services that meet the market’s
requirements, which use the minimum levels of resources and have a
minimum impact on the environment and society.
A NEW CONCEPT IS ON THE WAY
«FASHION SUSTAINABLE CREATIVITY, BOTH STYLISTICAND
TECHNICAL»

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• Impact
measurement
• Impact curbing
• Tips for best use
habits during the 1°
life (the fashion
industry has at least
some consumer
education
responsibilities)
• Material knowledge
(new solutions)
• Process Knowledge
• Innovation goes also
up the supply chain
• End of 1° life best
option(s)
• Some clues for 2°
life best option(s)
• Innovation
Fashion
Industry
Consumers
Fashion
industry
Fashion
Industry
Fashion
Industry
Consumers
MUTUAL BENEFITS
Fashion Sustainable Creativity

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RadiciGroup | Marketing&Communication
Fashion today abundantly «feeds»
circular economy, but the latter can
offer sounder ways to lighten its impact
burden…
Circular economy also fosters
innovation and favours creativity along
the producion chain …
THEREFORE…KEEP YOUR ENEMY (IF ANY) CLOSER

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RadiciGroup | Marketing&Communication
RADICIGROUP: A CIRCULAR PRODUCTION CHAIN
@RadiciGroup
mechanical recycling of fibres and
plastics
scraps into plastics is the most
effettive,
and environmently-friendly solution
to apply circular economy principles.

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Mariateresa.betti@radicigroup.com
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