Next Generation Institute Srl
P.IVA 15427181001
P.IVA 15427181001
By participating in 10 tailor-made modules taught by top-industry experts and leaders, you will:
- Garner a better understanding of what sustainable fashion actually means in a modern age;
- Study and understand the policies and revolutionary practices already in use in the market;
- Learn how companies can implement sustainable practices in everyday life and influence others;
- Actively develop your own sustainable business ideas.
The fashion industry is one of the most pollutive in the world. Yet, what if you could wear clothes that are both sustainable and affordable?
The course will show how brands are re-thinking the way they design, produce, and sell their products. You will deepen your knowledge about the latest technologies and new trends, driven by a strong demand from more self-conscious consumers.
Set out in the 2030 United Nations Agenda.
Through this Certificate Program you can contribute to the achievement of the following goals:
Goal 5: Gender Equality.
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Fashion and design enthusiasts, aspiring managers or fashion brands’ founders.
- Deep understanding of the key role sustainability must play in the Fashion Industry, in order to successfully face current and future challenges;
- High educational value: you will be able to attend lectures and interact directly with some of the greatest fashion experts worldwide;
- Putting knowledge into practice: By tackling a proposed challenge, you will be able to grasp the problems and face the fashion industry in a sustainable way. This challenge represents our learning methodology and one of the pillars of EIIS: Challenge-Based Learning.
- Community: EIIS aims to connect sustainable minds. You will be part of a community of people committed to sustainability.Throughout our Digital Campus, EIIS Talks and On-Site events, we give our participants the opportunity to interact and get to know each other in a more informal way. We will do our best to provide a sense of belonging to every attending participant.
Meet some of the course’s experts. Get ready to be engaged by their incredible passion!
Sofia is a veteran journalist and editor who started her career as an intern for Women’s Wear Daily and Footwear News in Los Angeles and Milan. After completing an MA in Journalism, she moved to Rome to cover the Vatican for The Boston Globe and went on to write about Italy’s economy, political arena and luxury and retail industry, as a staff reporter for Dow Jones Newswires and contributor to the Wall Street Journal. She returned to fashion in 2011, first as a fashion critic, and later as the founder of bacoluxury.com, a social impact project supporting artisans and artisan craft.With a concentration in sustainable fashion, fashion tech, haute couture and inclusion, she now works as a content consultant for luxury goods companies and regularly contributes to Vogue Arabia, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia and Women’s Wear Daily.
Allison Hoeltzel Savini is a consultant in the leather goods industry, with extensive expertise in product development and management. Having started her career working with brands such as Stuart Weitzman, Sonia Rykiel, and Alfred Dunhill, she founded her own brand Officina del Poggio in 2014 and continues to consult with brands such as Furla and Schiaparelli. Allison continues to research and focus on sustainable practices, collaborating with organisations such as 24Bottles, The Sustainable Angle, the No More Plastic foundation, and model and sustainable fashion ambassador Arizona Muse. She graduated from Butler University with a Bachelor of Science in Arts Administration and from Southern Methodist University with a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Arts Administration.
Nato a Cortina d’Ampezzo nel 1965, si laurea in Economia e Commercio a Trieste nel 1989 e completa il percorso formativo frequentando e conseguendo il Master PROFINGEST in Gestione d’Impresa a Bologna.Maestro di sci e amante della montagna e delle attività outdoor in genere, dal 1999 collabora con Patagonia rivestendo attualmente il ruolo di Country Manager Italy. Patagonia è senza dubbio l’azienda ideale dove coniugare business e passioni personali, in un ambiente attento a valori fondamentali quali tutela dell’ambiente e impegno sociale.
Born in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1965, Fabio is a ski instructor and lover of the mountains and outdoor activities. He graduated with a degree in Economics and Business in Trieste in 1989, and completed his training in PROFINGEST. He obtained his Master's in Business Management in Bologna and has been working with Patagonia since 1999. He currently serves as Country Manager for Patagonia in Italy. Patagonia is undoubtedly the ideal company to combine business and personal passions, in an environment that is attentive to fundamental values such as environmental protection and social commitment.
Philippa has 2 Master’s degrees in fashion sustainability and is Eco-Age’s textiles, materials and policy expert. Originally from a design background, a longstanding curiosity of the impact of materials directs her consultancy work and she finds great enjoyment developing solutions mitigate the industry's environmental and social impact through innovative, alternative, and regenerative material selection. She has spent over a year researching in South Asia, visiting a range of producers, from tiny, rural natural dyers and hand weavers to huge industrial manufacturers making garments for global fashion brands. Nowadays, she supports businesses depart from the linear economy, uphold ethical practices in supply chains, and keeping up to date with relevant policy changes, helping to lobby governments to ensure proposed policies are holistic and effective in driving change in the industry.
Dr. Yuly Fuentes-Medel is now working in the Massachusetts Institute of technology as Program Manager of Fiber technologies and founder of Value of Science. She created DESCIENCE, a global collective of designers, scientists & technologists, connecting the world of science and Design as one. She was selected as Human of the year by motherhood Magazine on 2018 and received the 2015 Boston Business Magazine “Woman to Watch” Award. She graduated with a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Postdoctoral trained in the MIT Sloan School in Technology Innovation & entrepreneurship. Yuly is energetically involved in fostering international innovation ecosystem and careers diversity. Currently serving as President of the board of the Chile-Massachusetts Alliance to support international exchange of investment, technological business, talent and social impact, Past board member at FIT Lab,NY and Board Member of Aji Challenge a Chilean accelerator that foster the success of technological companies in global markets. As a member of Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (WEST) she received a Volunteer Giving back award. Also member of the innovation committee at MIT enterprise forum in Cambridge, reviewer from MIT Legatum Center and advisor to MIT Delta students start up companies. During her time as a Ph.D. student, she pioneered the co-organization of the International workshop called “Small Brains Big Ideas” Biomedical Insights from Invertebrate Neuroscience Research, held in Santiago, Chile.
Born in London, Indian by origin, a nomad in spirit, Bav Tailor is the founder and conscious creative of her eponymous conscious luxury holistic sphere. Built around a 360°Conscious Manifesto, Bav Tailor is a member of Positive Luxury , awarded with the Butterfly Mark for a company-wide commitment to sustainability.
Ph.D, Associate Professor, he is currently the Coordinator of Knitwear design Lab – Knitlab of the Fashion Design Degree at the Politecnico di Milano. He worked at Donna Karan NY as Assistant Account Executive International for the DKNY women's line in Italy.
Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the website/blog www.knitlb.org, he was involved as Visiting Scholar to Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology of Bangalore (India), as Lecturing in some University (China, Brazil, Perù, Australia), as consultant for SENAI Design program in Brazil. He is Instituto Italo-Latino Americano – IILA expert collaborator in the Pymes Forum for cooperation projects on textile and fashion.
He is a member of the editorial board of “Lupetti. Editori di Comunicazione ". In 2020 he received the Honorable Mention at the XXVI Compasso d'Oro for the "DigiKnit" research.
He is Director of the Master in Fashion Direction: Product Sustainability Management at MFI (Milano Fashion Institute Consortium) and member of LeNS - International Learning Network on Sustainability.
An expert in textile value chain, Giusy has superior technical knowledge within the raw material market sector, as well as precise marketing and communication skills. In 2007, Bettoni created C.L.A.S.S. (Creativity Lifestyle and Sustainable Synergy), the international eco-hub based in Milan.
Rome-born Rebecca Prunali is founder and CEO of Talia Collective, the first editorial marketplace that educates its customers on sustainability alongside its curation of conscious luxury fashion, beauty and lifestyle products.
After graduating with a law degree in 2013 from The University of Roma Tre where she specialized in human rights, Rebecca moved to the UK where she spent five years working in the philanthropy department for NGOs The British Red Cross and Terrence Higgins Trust. Having discovered the incredible impact that being able to meaningfully communicate important messages had, Rebecca enrolled at the London College of Communication in 2017 to study for an MA in PR and Communication with an emphasis on sustainability in the fast-fashion industry.
Extensive research trying to find brands that were ethically and consciously minded, led Rebecca to the realization that she was searching for something that didn’t exist: an easy-to-navigate destination that not only promoted independent brands in a fun and aspirational way, but which had also vetted them and provided transparency on their processes.
She identified that brands needed assistance in clearly communicating their sustainable criteria and practices and she felt it was important to dispel the notion that conscious consumption had to be extreme if it was to make a difference. Rebecca left her full-time PR job in 2019 to focus her efforts on establishing her brand. In September 2020, TaliaCollective.com was launched to immediate interest from brands and editors who were impressed by its engaging articles and beautifully curated product.
Isrid van Geuns (1968) is living and working in Amsterdam. She has been employed as a design- and product manager for many years and was involved in several successful enterprises in the fashion and retail industry. In 2009 she founded her company ISRID Agency, a concept and platform in which she connects and advises companies, brands and talent and activates projects in the fashion and luxury industry. Isrid is a trend and intelligence researcher, talent developer and global talent finder specialized in the fashion and luxury business, also providing a series of courses and master classes at different educations in Amsterdam, Paris and Rome to raise the bar for sustainability and digital transformation in the industry.
Harvey James is a freelance journalist focusing on tech, fashion and culture. Over his five year professional career, he has written for HIGHSNOBIETY, Metro UK, Fashion Minority Alliance, Slate Magazine, Soho House, WIRED UK, VICE UK, FashionBeans and British GQ on topics such a digital influencing, interns, B-Corps, regenerative farming and community.
Fashion companies have pledged to adopt sustainable practices and become carbon neutral. How close are they? How realistic are their goals? Can they become a solution? Discover how clothing and apparel companies tipped the iceberg on the pollution crisis. How are companies protecting their employees as companies architect a new industry.
How has the industry changed over the last 10 years? Which tools are needed to cope with this new era in fashion? Are companies making actual progress or is greenwashing becoming a fast cover-up solution? How are leaders scrambling to revolutionize the industry and working to raise awareness among consumers? Discover the various factors that make up the sustainability matrix as we understand the gravity of fashion’s environmental impact.
The race is on to revolutionize fashion’s intricate supply chain. Are alternative materials versus animal-derived ones a feasible solution? What material alternatives have the potential to make the most impact? How is science developing fashions that have the potential to biodegrade? How are natural materials already being integrated into fashion as we know it? Discover what raw material suppliers are doing to revolutionize their offerings and find out what collaborations between science and fashion are charting a new course for the industry.
Which stages are involved - directly or indirectly - in fulfilling a customer’s request? Learn how to design a proper sustainability roadmap from a supply chain (SC) perspective in order to address the steps involved in implementing sustainability practices. The main role of certifications and how they can help brands to address transparency.
How are companies struggling – or succeeding - to manage the bottom line vs. implementing more sustainable and ethical practices? Discover how insiders evaluate these costs as necessary and long-term investments to meet consumer demands.
Can digitization produce more sustainable fashion? Or are NFTs and blockchain creating another crisis? Find out how modern technology is charting a new industry, creating some solutions and yet more challenges.
Perhaps one of the best solutions in reducing waste is to “buy less but buy better”. How are resale platforms and after-care services re-enforcing this concept?
Most of our clothes are made in countries in which workers’ rights are limited or non-existent. In fact, production sites are regularly shifting locations and/or are on the lookout for ever cheaper labor costs. How are companies struggling – or succeeding - to manage the bottom line versus implementing more sustainable and ethical practices? Why are social impact brands crucial to fashion’s sustainability goals? What is “gender-fluid” clothing? How are companies reacting to these changes?
Unbeknownst to most, many luxury labels already employ sustainable practices. So why do they keep them a secret? How is fashion working towards informing the end consumer? What is greenwashing? What can a consumer do to distinguish a sustainable fashion brand from those that embrace token marketing practices?
In an age where conglomerates are trying to win customers over with lower prices and faster deliveries, how are smaller brands carving a place in the industry? What are their difficulties in remaining true to a sustainable mission, despite this fast-paced industry driven by consumerism and trends? What are the tools a sustainability manager needs to pioneer the industry of tomorrow?