Raising awareness, promoting and enforcing sustainability in the textile and fashion industry in the broadest sense, including the protection of the natural basis of life for humans, animals and plants and the preservation of our environment; promoting sustainability in the textile and fashion industry, fair working conditions, environmental protection and the use of natural raw materials and textile processing; promoting resource-saving, environmentally friendly textiles and sustainable economic practices; promoting environmental education in schools and out-of-school settings; promoting nature- and environmentally friendly textile processing; promoting consumer protection in sustainable fashion; holdings; management of assets, in particular the acquisition, financing, creation, management and disposal of properties; conducting patent, license and other intellectual property transactions.