Italian luxury brand Moncler names Rod Manley its new international chief brand officer. In this newly created position at Moncler, Manley reports to Chief Brand Officer Gino Fisanotti, who has held the role since 2021.
Moncler Names Rod Manley Its New International Chief Brand Officer
Italian luxury brand Moncler, launched in 1952 in Monestier-de-Clermont, with a vocation for sportswear intended for the mountain, names former Burberry Chief Marketing Officer Rod Manley its new International Chief Brand Officer, effective January 20 2025.
Per WWD: “Fisanotti’s sprawling department straddles merchandising, product, marketing, communications and visual merchandising. It is understood Manley will be based mainly in Paris, and have a global purview.”
Rod Manley has, most recently, served as Chief Marketing Officer at Burberry, where he reported to Marco Gobbetti, Chief Executive Officer of Burberry Group plc, and his responsibilities was to strengthen the brand and position the business for growth.
Prior to joining Burberry, he was Executive Vice President of Influencer Marketing and Communications at Calvin Klein, after spending nearly a decade at Giorgio Armani, where he managed communications in Milan and New York. Manley began his career at KCD, a New York-based creative services and media relations firm recognised for nurturing many of the fashion industry’s top talents.
Moncler named among the world’s most sustainable companies in 2024
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The Moncler brand was born in 1952 in Monestier-de-Clermont, in the mountains near Grenoble, with a vocation for sportswear intended for the mountain.
Starting from 2003, with the entry of Remo Ruffini into the Group’s capital, a path of repositioning the brand begins through which Moncler products take on an increasingly unique character to evolve from a line of products for sports use, to versatile lines for any occasion. Under his leadership, Moncler pursues a philosophy aimed at creating unique products of the highest quality, versatile and constantly evolving, but at the same time faithful to the DNA of the brand guided by the motto “born in the mountains, lives in the city”.
Tradition, uniqueness, quality, consistency and energy have always been the distinctive features of Moncler that over the years has been able to evolve while remaining consistent with its DNA, its tradition and brand identity. So it didn’t come as a surprise when a report by TIME and Statista for evaluating the world’s most sustainable companies in 2024 named Moncler among the top five companies for its sustainable practices, appreciating its effort in recycling, renewable energy, and carbon neutrality goals.
Per TIME, ‘Moncler, the Italian luxury fashion house, ranked third on the list by using recycled materials, recycling more than 80 per cent of its nylon scraps in 2023, and using 100 per cent renewable energy at its directly managed offices, stores, factories, and logistics hubs.’
“Every day, at Moncler and Stone Island, we work to continue integrating sustainability into our business model. We do it with passion, ingenuity, humility, and necessary concreteness. We do it with the sense of urgency that environmental and social challenges require. We are on a transformational journey which requires significant changes in the way we work. This collective, transversal path involves those who work within the company as well as those who collaborate with us across the value chain,” explained Remo Ruffini, Chairman and CEO of Moncler S.p.A, in a company release when Moncler Group was confirmed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World and Europe some time back.
Moncler’s prominent recognition underscores its proactive measures to reduce environmental impact and advocate for a more responsible fashion sector. The luxury brand’s usage of renewable energy across its facilities also underscores a tangible dedication to the energy transition.
Moncler’s ambitious aim to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 further exemplifies its forward-looking sustainability strategy. TIME and Statista have applauded these efforts, solidifying Moncler’s leadership in sustainable luxury.
Prior to this honour of ranking third in TIME and Statista’s list of the world’s most sustainable companies in 2024, “Moncler Group was confirmed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World and Europe, maintaining the top rank in the ‘Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods’ sector with the highest score of 89/100 in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, as of December 8th, 2023,” per the luxury brand’s official website.
Jasmeen Dugal is Associate Editor at FashionABC, contributing her insights on fashion, technology, and sustainability. She brings with herself more than two decades of editorial experience, working for national newspapers and luxury magazines in India.
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