Sustainable fashion sector through a gender diversity perspective: evidence from Italy

In recent decades, the multiple pressures determined by the extremely complex context in which organizations have found themselves operating, have imposed incessant changes in management and strategic policies, in order to face and, therefore, identify new solutions to possible problems. The world of production and, in particular, that of fashion is called upon to assume precise moral responsibilities based on socially shared ethical principles, capable of creating, through wise and far-sighted strategies, a sustainable value for all the actors of the ‘web of life’. The purpose of this paper is to highlight how the involvement of organizations operating in the fashion industry is necessary to “build” lasting sustainability, as it is capable of integrating growth with competitiveness, environmental protection and social development. This is due to the extraordinary synergies that can arise from the structured adoption of paths marked by sustainability, the inclusion of diversity and the promotion of local development-oriented dynamics.