The house’s multi-license business model was once revolutionary but is now atypical. However, today it still boasts some 180 licenses spread over 140 countries, giving it unique leverage to introduce more environmentally positive production and distribution systems via its licensees.
 
“Fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world after the oil business, so we have a duty to react and redirect the fashion business. It’s something my uncle believed in strongly,” said Rodrigo in a press conference inside Maxim

 
This January, the house staged its first collection since Cardin’s passing, focusing on space exploration in a show entitled Cosmocorps 3022, and staged in the Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget
 
Subsequently, the house developed Objectif Terre, or Objective Earth, a series of partnerships with the likes of the European Space Agency, Arianespace and the Spatial Center of Guyana (CSG), which all participate in Copernicus – a joint satellite project to continually scan and map the condition of the planet.
 
The new Prix Bulles Cardin is designed to distinguish five important projects or personalities who have acted to encourage great ecological development. These can include cinema studios, actors or directors; international organizations acting to defend the environment; activist media; or universities. A further Prix d’Honneur will award 50,000 euros to a young generation start-up,  project or individual with a dynamic eco-project.
 
In addition, during the first annual prize giving, a giant series of satellite images culled from the Copernicus world mapping will swathe the Palais Bulles.