Kering holds the third "Kering Generation Award" ceremony
Kering, together with the global innovation platform Plug and Play China, successfully held the third “Kering Generation Award” Ceremony at the Museum of Art Pudong on 16 October 2023, during SS2024 Shanghai Fashion Week.
Designed as one of the key initiatives for innovation under Kering’s 2025 Sustainability Strategy, the Kering Generation Award was founded in China and aims to drive industry-wide transformation by recognizing and supporting Chinese startups that bring about positive environmental and social impact and address challenges in alternative raw materials, green supply chain, retail & use, and the circular economy.
Under the theme "Coming Full Circle", the third “Kering Generation Award” focuses on three dimensions: circular raw materials, circular product designs, and circular business models. It evaluates how these are accomplished through the five links of redesign, reuse, recycle, regenerate, and recognition. At the awards, it also hosted discussions on tactics and solutions from the industry to end consumers, exploring holistic practices in the fashion industry’s circular economy that covers the entire chain. The winners of the third Kering Generation Award are,
Yi Design
From Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China to the world, Yi Design won the first place with its whole supply chain for high-value utilization of ceramic waste, giving new life to non-recyclable ceramic fragments.
PhaBuilder
Based on cutting-edge synthetic biotechnology, the second awardee PhaBuilder develops innovative materials such as PHA from non-food biomass waste.
Cobbler's Suggest
Combining digital tools and leather repair artisanship, Cobbler's Suggest won the third with an innovative business model of after-sales care services.
As a sustainability pioneer with its global influence, Kering has mobilized diverse resources and built a high-quality platform to help start-ups promote interaction and realize their vision on the global stage, with a EUR 100,000 for the first-place winner. The top three winners will be invited to visit Kering’s headquarters in Paris, where they will benefit from the guidance of the Group’s sustainability experts, and experience the Group’s sustainability ecosystem. With the support of Kering and Plug and Play, they will have opportunities to get in touch with industry leaders and investors.
