The fashion and luxury sector is considered to be one of the sectors with the highest environmental impact, but also one with the greatest potential for development towards a circular economy. This is why the European Union and its Member States have decided over the last ten years to introduce new measures to accelerate change in the sector's production and consumption model and to raise consumer awareness of what companies are doing in terms of sustainability. EU and national regulations on duty of care, extra-financial communication and extended producer responsibility to cover the entire product life cycle have a cascading effect on the entire production chain of Fashion and Luxury groups headquartered in the EU.

In a global market, the constraints imposed by the regulations of a continent whose regulatory authorities have chosen to act as a leader in environmental protection have repercussions on the entire production chain of operators in the fashion and luxury sector on an international scale, through the extra-territorial, worldwide application of measures or best practices that infuse, volente o nolente, their value chains.

The aim of the conference is to take stock of the issue, looking at the current state of regulations, practices and issues for economic operators in the sector across several continents.