Press release

Leading luxury fashion houses unite around collective action to decarbonise fashion supply chains

Latest initiative from The Fashion Pact brings together luxury fashion houses including CHANEL, Ermenegildo Zegna Group, Kering, Moncler Group and Prada Group
The European Accelerator will drive collective action to decarbonise fashion supply chains with an initial focus on Italy, starting with defining an optional and non-exhaustive questionnaire for suppliers on relevant environmental data
Accelerator calls for other brands to adopt harmonised environmental data practices and help build more sustainable supply chains

10 November 2025: A group of the world’s leading luxury fashion brands have today announced a new initiative aiming to accelerate the decarbonisation of fashion supply chains.

Spearheaded by The Fashion Pact, the European Accelerator brings together leading fashion groups and houses including CHANEL, Ermenegildo Zegna Group, Kering, Moncler Group and Prada Group, drawing on perspectives from sector organisations such as Confindustria Moda and Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, to drive forward collective action aimed at lowering emissions, boosting efficiency and building long-term resilience in fashion supply chains.

Beginning in Italy, the Accelerator is structured around three interconnected workstreams that aim to accelerate supply chain decarbonisation.

Firstly, the Accelerator is working to engage the luxury fashion industry around an optional and non-exhaustive questionnaire for suppliers on relevant environmental data, aiming to strengthen the quality and consistency of environmental metrics while easing the administrative burden of reporting on suppliers.

The Accelerator will then aim to increase capacity-building efforts among suppliers, and to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements and renewable energy uptake.

Recognising that finance remains one of the most significant hurdles to progress, the Accelerator will also work to open pathways for suppliers to access the investment needed to adopt cleaner technologies and drive long-term transformation.

Harmonising collection of environmental data from suppliers

The first phase of the Accelerator addresses how to reduce the administrative burden of sustainability reporting on suppliers with an optional and non-exhaustive questionnaire for suppliers on relevant environmental data.

The Accelerator has worked together to develop a questionnaire for suppliers focusing on energy, water and waste data, which has been tested over a six-week period with a diverse group of 74 suppliers in Italy (including finished product manufacturers, tanneries, textile and yarn manufacturers and accessories manufacturers), and with input from Camera Nazionale della Moda, the National Chamber for Italian Fashion, which represents over 200 associated brands.

By developing the template of questions for harmonised environmental data collection, the Accelerator has committed to promote clarity, reduce the administrative burden of reporting on suppliers and enable more meaningful environmental progress across fashion supply chains.

In turn, suppliers can benefit from a simplified reporting process. This eliminates redundancy, improves reliability and saves time.

The questionnaire – developed with technical support from Quantis, a BCG environmental sustainability consultancy company – is available to all fashion brands on an optional and non-exclusive basis. By making the questionnaire available, the Accelerator aims to encourage other brands to adopt harmonised reporting metrics.

The questionnaire has begun to be used with a number of suppliers, and will continue to be progressively rolled out along the supply chain. The questionnaire will be updated regularly by a technical committee, to ensure it is up to date with the latest regulations and best practice.

Decarbonising Italian supply chains

An estimated €4.4bn is needed by 2030 if the European fashion sector is to meet its decarbonisation targets.* Yet in Italy – where many luxury brands concentrate their production – economic pressures such as high debt ratios are making the necessary level of investment unaffordable for around 58% of suppliers.* In addition, a lack of standardised sustainability reporting has made obtaining accurate data on suppliers’ environmental practices a challenge.

Notes to Editor

For more information and interview requests, please contact thefashionpact@greenhouse.agency.

*Source: Just Fashion Transition 2025’ strategic study, TEHA Group

About The Fashion Pact

Launched in 2019, The Fashion Pact is a non-profit organisation forging a nature-positive, net-zero future for fashion, through CEO-led collaboration. We work together to create meaningful, large-scale change to improve the industry.

Our membership brings together brands, retailers, suppliers, and manufacturers from across the global fashion and textile value chain, all represented by their CEOs.

We leverage collective action to scale and achieve impact in the following four focus areas: biodiversity, lower impact production, lower impact materials, and renewable energy. For more information, visit thefashionpact.org

This unprecedented level of collective commitment marks an important step forward for our industry. By encouraging harmonised environmental data practices, we are not only strengthening the quality and consistency of sustainability data, but also significantly reducing the reporting burden on suppliers. This approach streamlines oversight across the value chain and will help brands to accelerate decarbonisation strategies. It demonstrates the power of collective action in driving systemic change.

Eva von Alvensleben

Executive Director and Secretary General of The Fashion Pact

To drive real progress within our sector, we must work together to find shared solutions to common challenges. With the European Accelerator, we’ve been able to strike a good balance between the need of brands to get robust environmental data, and the effort of suppliers to provide it. Trust, open discussions, and willingness to find a common ground are the key enablers of this initiative. By adopting a harmonised approach, we can encourage the integration of this questionnaire to all the brands of our sector.

Edoardo Zegna

Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer at Ermenegildo Zegna Group

The European Accelerator is a significant and strategic step forward for our industry. By establishing a harmonised framework for environmental data collection, it facilitates more consistent and reliable reporting, while also reinforcing our shared commitment to support the value chain. The Accelerator demonstrates the importance of collective action in accelerating the sector's transition to more sustainable practices.

Lorenzo Bertelli

Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Prada Group

At this moment in history, the fashion industry is being called upon to implement a concrete and collective change. It is essential to join forces to promote the sustainability of the entire textile and fashion supply chain. Only through collaboration between upstream and downstream stakeholders will it be possible to define a common approach capable of harmonizing requirements, creating a shared language, and leading to greater simplification and efficiency. The European Accelerator fosters the exchange of ideas, constructive dialogue, and the development of a harmonized environmental data collection questionnaire that meets the needs of all players in the supply chain.

Stefano Albini

President of Albini

Taking part in the European Accelerator pilot questionnaire has been very valuable for us. Before, every brand asked for environmental data in a different way — now we can share one consistent set of figures, saving time and improving reliability. The clearer questions help us provide more accurate information and see where we can improve. Most importantly, this shared approach strengthens collaboration and trust between suppliers and brands, making sustainability progress more meaningful.

Lucia Mantero

Product Development Director of Mantero