The Monitor for Circular Fashion launches the 2025 Manifesto

Twenty-seven fashion companies have signed the Circular Fashion Manifesto 2025, pledging to transform the sector with more sustainable and circular business models. The document, the result of the work of the Monitor for Circular Fashion (M4CF) at SDA Bocconi, will be published as a pledge on the EU Textiles Ecosystem Platform, enhancing visibility and impact at the European level and marking a decisive step in the circular transition of the industry.

At the meeting on September 30, the Manifesto showcased the circularity projects developed within the Monitor for Circular Fashion and the Joint Position Paper, through which M4CF companies intend to bring several points to the attention of policy makers.

The 2025 circularity projects aim to introduce innovative solutions for sustainability and circularity.

• Nova: The evolution of a “Star”, a project by Ferragamo with RadiciGroup, Conceria Antiba, ICEC, and UNIC, reimagined the Nova bag according to ecodesign principles. Renewable and biobased materials were used, ensuring traceability, chemical safety, and a design focused on durability. Temera created the digital voice of the project, presenting its features and key KPIs online.
• "Closing the T2T recycling loop" by Oscalito and Musthad is the first closed-loop textile recycling project of the Monitor. Oscalito’s production waste is turned back into yarn and reused by the brand, thanks to Musthad’s platform. Temera created the digital voice of the project.
• With DuckCare, Save The Duck, in collaboration with the repair hub Prism, offers a dedicated service to extend the life of its jackets. Certilogo created the digital voice of the project.
• Save The Duck and YKK co-developed Easy Zip, a modular zipper puller that enables targeted maintenance interventions to increase the repairability of garments. Temera created the digital voice of the project. 
• The Furoshiki Wool project by Vibram and Manteco produced the Furoshiki model, which wraps around the foot and adapts to multiple sizes, reducing the number of molds and products to be manufactured, and using Manteco’s recycled MWool fabric. Temera created the digital voice of the project.
• The ongoing project Second Flow gives new value to unused YKK inventories of zippers and buttons, making them available on the B2B platform B/SAMPLY by Deda Stealth.

A key moment was the Q&A session with representatives of the European Commission, UNECE, Euratex, CNA, and EEN, which fostered direct dialogue between institutions and companies on the challenges and opportunities of circularity in the textile sector.

During the day, pilots developed by the Bocconi team for MUSA Spoke 5 were also presented. This research project, funded by the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan Fund, focuses on urban regeneration in fashion and design in the metropolitan area of Milan. Among them, in addition to DuckCare, accelerated by both M4CF and MUSA Spoke 5, were From Fashion to Design, in collaboration with Humana People to People Italia, Casati Flock & Fibers, SuperForma, and the Library of Things, in collaboration with Leila and WIB.

• From Fashion to Design reuses post-consumer textiles that cannot be repurposed or recycled and would otherwise be destined for landfill or incineration, by pulverizing them and using them in 3D printing for design objects. The creation of the Velaskello, an iconic design piece made of 85% recycled PLA and 15% recovered textile fibers, demonstrated one of the possible uses of this new, innovative, and circular value chain.
• The Bocconi Library of Things is a space where students, researchers, and faculty members can borrow items of occasional use free of charge, promoting circularity, reducing waste, and improving resource efficiency. The service is managed through an IoT smart locker system that allows for simple, secure, and automated pick-up and return of objects.

The initiative marked a strategic moment in consolidating the SDA Bocconi Monitor for Circular Fashion as a hub of research, innovation, and dialogue between academia, businesses, and institutions, with the goal of generating tangible impacts for the sustainability and competitiveness of the fashion system.