Index’s
tool : to help navigate the journey toward sustainability (French)
presented at Performance Days
in Annecy, on Friday 25th November2011 at 10h30
by Benjamin Marias, Outdoor specialist of Azimut-Innovation
Benjamin Marias is an entrepreneur, co-managing director of AZIMUT. AZIMUT, while being a sustainable consulting agency, is first and foremost an innovation consulting agency. Particularly, Benjamin helps organizations to innovate by identifying people’s needs and developing strategies that are consistent with sustainable issues. Salomon, Millet, Avoriaz, ispo, Outdoor Sports Valley, CTC, Eco TLC are part of AZIMUT’s clients. Benjamin is an active member of the Outdoor Sports Valley association (Annecy, France) and the European Outdoor Group (Zug, Switzerland)
The Eco Index is a ground-breaking environmental assessment tool designed to advance sustainability practices within the outdoor industry. It provides companies throughout the supply chain a way to benchmark and measure their environmental footprint, allowing them to identify areas for improvement and make informed sourcing and product life cycle decisions. The Eco Index initiative is led by Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and the European Outdoor Group (EOG).
Although rooted in the outdoor industry, the project’s output and tools have a wide range of applicability to other industries and sectors. Thus, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (an industry-wide group of leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, manufacturers) is currently developping an Apparel Index largely based on the OIA/EOG Eco Index. Benjamin Marias will present in his speech the current state of the art regarding the Eco Index and the future developments of the tool.
Questions to the speaker & discussion