Eu Design/Fenili Group Spa Società Benefit
Province of Bergamo, Italy
April 2025
Apparel
Manufacturing
Bangladesh,
China,
France,
Germany,
Hong Kong S.A.R.,
India,
Italy,
Turkey,
United States,
Vietnam
Eu Design / Fenili, established in 1999 in New York and now headquartered in Italy, is a vertically integrated manufacturer of fashion trims for apparel, leatherware, and accessories. Our key products include buttons, fasteners, metal hardware, and custom jewelry made from natural, biodegradable, and recycled materials. We serve over 200 luxury brands and large retailers worldwide, blending artisanal craftsmanship with innovative techniques like additive manufacturing and robotic metal injection molding. Our factories are strategically located in Italy, Turkey, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and China, with sales offices in major cities across the US and Europe. Acquired in 2015, Fenili Srl, our historic button maker, enriches our heritage. Certified as a B Corporation in April 2025, we prioritize workforce welfare, community engagement, and environmental sustainability through initiatives in solar energy and recycling. Our mission is to create exceptional fashion trims guided by integrity, ethics, and a focus on education.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 17.5
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
Workers 24.7
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 14.7
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 22.2
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 2.1
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.