Berlin Fashion Week Charter
The Berlin Fashion Week Charter sets out key principles for health, fairness, diversity, sustainability, and collaboration. It forms part of the Sustainability Requirements and establishes a framework for promoting a responsible, fair, and inclusive fashion industry.
The Charter defines values and guidelines that bring together environmental awareness, social fairness, and cultural diversity. Its aim is to support a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all participants, based on appreciation, equal opportunity, and shared democratic values.
Berlin Fashion Week sees fashion as a unifying and empowering force. It aims to inspire people, create spaces for regeneration, and provide an open platform where everyone—regardless of background—can express themselves freely and authentically within the framework of shared democratic values.
The charter encompasses the following principles:
- Physical and mental well-being and fair working conditions are prioritized.
- Diversity and equality form the basis for fair cooperation on an equal footing.
- Environmental and social considerations are addressed as part of a holistic approach to sustainability. The Charter includes principles relating to resource conservation, waste reduction, and circularity across relevant stages of the value chain.
- Creativity and collaborative cooperation are promoted, with artistic freedom and innovation at the heart of the collaboration.
The current version of the charter can be found here.
The charter is aimed at all those involved in Fashion Week—designers, models, producers, agencies, show teams, media, sponsors, and the public. Anyone who commits to these values can sign the Berlin Fashion Week Charter. All shows and events listed on the BFW Schedule must be signatories of the BFW Charter.
All industry players who agree with the guidelines and act in accordance with them are invited to sign the charter. To be listed as an Official Signatory, please send the signed charter to:
All participants listed in the official BFW calendar have signed the charter and are Official Signatories.