In April 2019 the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, instructed the CEO of the Kering Group*, Francois-Henri Pinault, to gather his fellow CEOs across the fashion and textile industry in order to establish a coalition. The aim of “The Fashion Pact” should be accelerating and scaling positive impact to transform the fashion sector and ensure a more sustainable future. The initiative was presented to the heads of state at the G7 summit in Biarritz during the summer of 2019.
The companies within the pact commit to ambitious, tangible targets aimed towards climate change mitigation, biodiversity preservation and oceans protection. Today, The Fashion Pact numbers over 70 members, who together represent more than one third of the fashion industry. Adidas, Burberry, the Kering Group, Mango, Nike and Ralph Lauren are all members of the coalition. umdasch The Store Makers has been an official member since April 2021 and positions itself there as a partner of the industry and as a pioneer within the shopfitting sector.
“umdasch Store Makers are the first shopfitters to have joined this coalition. This is an honour and an accolade for us which will reflect on future projects,” commented Silvio Kirchmair, CEO umdasch The Store Makers on the company’s accession to The Fashion Pact. As a family-owned company with deep roots, umdasch is a shopfitting company with value-oriented management, responsibility and environmental policy.
With the creation of a special position for sustainability, strategic sustainability projects within umdasch The Store Makers will be pursued even more intensively in future. At the same time the company is preparing for the increasing demand for sustainable shopfitting solutions. During 2021, for example, the corporate carbon footprints for the two locations in Leibnitz and Zagreb will be determined – a project which will be rolled out in future years to include all the Store Makers locations.
