The Galician firm Adolfo Domínguez has reactivated its foundation with the purpose of channeling its commitment to sustainability through projects focused on rural development, textile innovation and environmental preservation. The initiative, which marks a new chapter in the company’s history, will have a renewed Board of Trustees and Antonio Roade as director, who joined the company in 2023 as responsible for sustainability and positive impact.
“In a hyperglobized world it is essentialRoe has expressed in an official statement.
It has also adhered to the alliance for wool, to recover its use in Spain as a strategic resource
The relaunch of the Foundation is accompanied by an active road map that includes strategic agreements with entities such as political and environmental Oikos, legacies, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the Taboada County Foundation, with the aim of generating projects with real impact on the territory and in the productive fabric of the fashion sector. The Foundation has also adhered to the Wool Alliance, an initiative promoted by Madrid Design Festival to recover the use of wool produced in Spain as a strategic resource.
The first activations will take place in October. From 10 to 12, the Foundation will participate in the Solidarity Fest 2025 in Cambados (Pontevedra) with workshops and talks about rural and textile sustainability, in collaboration with the Taboada County Foundation. On October 15, the meeting “Fashion and Territory: New alliances for rural development” will be held in Madrid, in which the role of fashion will be analyzed as a territorial dynamization engine. The event will bring together representatives of brands such as Ecoalf, Oteyza, Santander Textile and will feature Adriana Domínguez, executive president of Adolfo Domínguez and recently chosen as the best promoter CEO of marketing in Spain.
In parallel, the Foundation will activate lines of work focused on the recovery of local crops for the production of natural fabrics. The objective is to promote a relocation of raw materials in the Spanish textile industry, reducing external dependence and connecting agricultural origin with contemporary textile creation.
The structure of the Foundation has been reinforced with a new Board of Trustees, composed of Adriana Domínguez (president), José Luis Sainz (vice president of the firm), Antonio Roade himself (director of the Foundation) and the designer Adolfo Domínguez, who will exercise as honorary president.
Sustainability as a differential value
“The Foundation is to disseminate, promote and preserve culture, art and knowledge through exhibitions, workshops, conferences and publications, while driving projects that generate a positive impact on nature and rural development”they explain from the company.
One of the strategic pillars of the new stage will be the development of applied research projects in collaboration with the Textile Research and Industrial Cooperation Institute, of the Polytechnic University of Catalun. This academic alliance seeks to explore new materials and processes for a more sustainable fashion, giving continuity to agreements initiated in 2024 and now formally integrated under the umbrella of the Foundation.
The recovery of the Adolfo Domínguez Foundation responds to a clear will to reconnect fashion with its territorial, artisanal and ecological dimension. A vision consistent with the brand’s journey, which has turned sustainability into one of its differential values. Founded in the 70s and chaired since 2020 by Adriana Domínguez, the firm has 366 points of sale in 49 countries and closed its last fiscal quarter with 24.1 million euros in revenues, especially promoted by international growth.
