Zerow's contribution to the Business Fashion Environmental Summit 2025 in Warsaw
Zerow takes center stage at the Business Fashion Environment Summit
This October, Zerow was invited to participate in the Business Fashion Environment Summit 2025 , the international event organized by Vogue Polska and Boston Consulting Group that brings together the most innovative players in the fashion world every year to reflect on sustainability, innovation, and the future of the industry.
Being part of this edition represents an important recognition for Zerow: a signal of the increasingly central role that the platform plays in promoting a circular luxury model, based on resource regeneration and production ethics.
During the Summit, which hosted speakers, brands, and designers from all over Europe, the discussion focused on environmental responsibility, new materials, and business models capable of reducing the impact of the fashion industry. This context perfectly reflects Zerow's mission : to give new life to the leftover materials from major fashion houses, transforming them into a valuable resource for artisans, designers, and independent brands that choose to produce consciously.
Panel Material Innovation: Leather 2.0
Our CEO and founder, Gabriele Rorandelli , participated in the panel "Material Innovation: Leather 2.0," alongside industry leaders including Emma Håkansson (Collective Fashion Justice) and Marta Gos (Bio2Materials: Nutico™). The panel explored ethical innovations in the materials sector, from biodegradable leather alternatives to the recovery and valorization of unused leather.
Zerow shared the company's experience in conscious reuse, demonstrating how what is considered waste can be transformed into valuable resources and new opportunities for luxury fashion.
The discussion with the other guests clearly highlighted how sustainability in the leather industry is a complex and multifaceted issue: progress cannot depend on a single solution, but on the integration of many perspectives, including innovation, ethics, circularity, and scalability.
In light of all this, Zerow's perspective is clear: true change and the most urgent challenge today lies in the ability to rethink what already exists . Starting with waste, reusing luxury deadstock, and transforming what remains into new creative potential, to reduce overproduction, promote recycling, and measure the real impact. Only by combining innovation and the valorization of existing materials can concrete change emerge in the leather industry.
👉 Relive the full panel here:
