The first ITS in Italy, exclusively dedicated to sustainability in the fashion sector, starts in Vicenza and will form the figure of the “Fashion Sustainability Manager”; a profile highly sought after by companies in the supply chain, from textiles to fashion brands to accessory manufacturers.
The study of materials and marketing is also on the program
The course lasts two years (2 thousand hours, between October and May, from Monday to Friday in the afternoon) and is aimed at a maximum of 25 students – whose selection will take place on Friday 24 September – who will alternate in classroom and company internships (400 hours per year). There are six training areas. They range from broad-spectrum knowledge (from technical English for fashion to PEST and socio-environmental risk analysis, for a total of 222 hours); to management for sustainability (274 hours); from the principles and methods for sustainability (264 hours) to the sustainability of materials (160 hours); from the sustainability of industrial processes in the supply chain (170 hours) to marketing and reporting (110 hours).
Loading…
Among the partners, companies and brands that symbolize made in Italy
The various topics will be addressed through lectures, visits to companies and laboratories, workshops and seminars. Each area will be animated by a tutor with proven sectorial experience, who will be responsible for the management of the teaching proposals and the related relationships between teachers and students. , Staff International, Brave Kid), Bottega Veneta, Xacus and producers who collaborate with the best brands in the world such as Marzotto group, Lanificio Bottoli, Atelier Stimamiglio, Maglificio Miles, just to name a few.
“Companies are looking for people who are passionate about fashion and sustainability, but who are also competent and technically prepared – underlined Michele Bocchese, president of the Fashion and Textile section of Confindustria Vicenza -. This course will certainly offer the chance to all the young people who participate in it to enter a wonderful sector ». On the same wavelength Sara Mariani, Chief Sustainability Officer of the OTB group: “Like OTB – he explained – we are convinced that continuing to train young talents in the professions of the future is a fundamental aspect for the development and sustainability of our sector” .
The courses will also continue in the company
Part of the courses, as well as in the local industrial technical institute “Marzotto-Luzzatti” (municipality of Valdagno), will take place in the historic headquarters of one of the most important textile companies in Europe: Marzotto Group, a reality founded in 1836 and which currently employs over 3,600 people in 10 production plants in Italy and 5 abroad. “Evolving the management of a company to make it more sustainable means imposing radical changes that have a transversal impact on all the realities of the manufacturing chain, and requires a profound and sudden change of mentality of the people who work there – explained Davide Favrin, CEO of Gruppo Marzotto -. In Italy, today, there is still a gap between technical skills. ITS, which allow young students to open the doors of the various companies, represent the most effective way to train innovative, high-quality professional figures “.