Circularity

FENDI values all the raw materials used for its products. It has been implementing different strategies and initiatives along the entire life cycle of its products to reduce waste associated with pre-consumer surplus and end-of-production materials.

Recycling Project

In 2024, LVMH Italia launched the new logistics platform called CircularITALIE, a Maintenance Repair and Operations company active in Italy, dedicated to recycling activities, as part of the LVMH commitment to the circular economy in Italy.

The platform, offers innovative services and solutions for the logistical, documental, and IT management of all recovery processes, to enhance the value of unused materials from the manufacturers of the Group's maisons in Italy and their main suppliers.

FENDI welcomed this initiative with enthusiasm, thanks to which unsold products could be regenerated. One of the strategic partnerships is with Green Line, an Italian company that collects and recycles fabrics and textile products.

This project represents a new commitment to creative circularity, one of the four pillars of the global Life 360 programme, the Lvmh Group's environmental performance roadmap, along with biodiversity, climate, traceability and transparency.

End-Of-Use Optimisation

Its ambition by 2026 is to be able to give new life to all end-of-stock raw materials through recycling, reusing, and donating garments.

FENDI works with Social Cooperatives to give new life to end-of-production materials while supporting employment and social integration.

Donations to associations like Cartiera, Progetto Quid and leatherworking schools in Tuscany and Marche serve as a catalyst for transforming end-of-production leathers and fabrics into a white canvas. Through these contributions, FENDI provides a blank slate for the next wave of aspiring artisans, enabling them to unleash their creativity and contribute to the evolution of their craft.

Lai-Momo & Carteria

PARTNER DESCRIPTION: Lai-Momo and its ethical fashion laboratory Cartiera are two organisations that operate in the field of immigration and intercultural dialogue as part of the Ethical Fashion Initiative programme by the United Nations.

With their projects, they offer new employment and social integration opportunities, through tailoring and leatherworking training programmes, to migrants and political asylum seekers.

PROJECT: We donate our end-of-production textiles and leather, as well as technical equipment, that Cartiera’s aspiring artisans use to create new products. In 2019, we hosted a training session for aspiring artisans, helping them improve their leather-working techniques. Cartiera’s artisans also manufacture the cotton dust bags covering FENDI’s products.

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Progetto Quid

PARTNER DESCRIPTION: Progetto QUID is a fashion brand founded with the purpose of empowering disadvantaged and vulnerable female workers to start a career. Their products are made from high-quality textiles donated by the top Italian fashion firms.

PROJECT: We started the collaboration with Progetto QUID in 2020, donating end-of-production textiles.

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Nona Source

PARTNER DESCRIPTION: Launched in 2021 by LVMH, Nona Source is the first online platform to resale exceptional materials from the most prestigious luxury Maisons.

This initiative adds new value to leftover or excess inventory materials, also known as "luxury deadstocks," by selling unused fabrics, yarns, and leathers to a new generation of designers and brands. Nona Source offers a concrete solution to the challenges of circularity and represents a precious opportunity to implement the key pillar of the Group's environmental strategy, as outlined in the LIFE 360 programme.

PROJECT: FENDI startedcollaboratingn with Nona Source in 2022 by donating end-of-production textiles and leather to emerging creatives and brands. The Maison values this initiative as a veritable revolution, as it offers rising talents access to high-quality resources, allowing them to regenerate their creative process while reducing their overall environmental footprint.

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