The head of a small Italian footwear manufacturer inadvertently summed up the burden of new European data requirements by lamenting the “problem of sustainability”. Speaking as part of a panel discussion at footwear show Micam Milano, Alberto Masenadore of Calzaturificio Peron [politely] expressed frustration about the incoming legislation. “In the previous  years, our main concern was to satisfy the designer, making good samples, and then satisfy the production, making high-quality shoes,” he commented. “Now, we have to also face this problem of sustainably.”

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