Colin Browne, new CEO of the global nonprofit alliance Cascale, today unveiled critical insights to help the industry take a more targeted approach to decarbonization. Addressing over 600 leaders across the textile, apparel, and wider consumer goods industry, Browne used his first Annual Meeting as CEO to set out practical, strategic data-driven...
Sep 10, 2024
Cascale – formerly Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) – has unveiled the latest version of its Higg Brand and Retail Module (BRM) as part of its evolving Higg Index suite of tools. The Higg BRM is a framework designed to help brands and retailers evaluate, assess and improve environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, assessing 11...
Mar 5, 2024
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) announced late on Monday evening that is has rebranded as Cascale, “a global nonprofit alliance that empowers collaboration to drive equitable and restorative business practices in the consumer goods industry”. It currently comprises of more than 300 retailers, brands, manufacturers, governments,...
Feb 27, 2024
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced that Amina Razvi, its chief executive officer, has “mutually agreed” to exit the organisation on December 29, 2023, with the process to identify her successor set to begin. At the company for eight years, Razvi saw SAC through a series of growth and development projects, including the...
Nov 16, 2023
At its annual meeting at the end of September, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition announced the launch of the Manufacturer Climate Action Program (MCAP) in collaboration with US sports brand Nike and US retail corporation Target. MCAP was introduced as part of SAC’s Decarbonisation Program, designed to “catalyse support and drive the sector...
Oct 10, 2023
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has released its 2022 Annual Report alongside the announcement that 18 new organisations have joined its growing membership portfolio. The new additions bring SAC’s total partners to over 280, spanning 33 countries, with over 21,000 organisations also using the coalition’s Higg Index, an impact measuring...
Jul 4, 2023
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), in collaboration with technology partner Higg, has today released the latest version of the Higg Brand & Retail Module (BRM), one of the five assessment tools in the Higg Index. The Higg BRM is a leading, holistic framework that creates an industry specific method for brands and retailers to evaluate,...
Mar 3, 2023
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), an independent and impact-creating organization that brings together around half of the apparel industry to enable positive social and environmental impact at scale, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with the Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE) for its fourth edition of the Sustainable...
Jan 26, 2023
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced the launch of a new Decarbonisation Programme which is aiming to push the sector towards Science-Based Targets (SBTs). The programme will focus on collaborations, member support and delivering tools and guidance to make achieving these targets possible, SAC said. All members of the...
Dec 13, 2022
A comprehensive group of business and multi-stakeholder initiatives and manufacturer associations present their joint recommendations on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Business and multi-stakeholder initiatives from the garment and textile industry, namely amfori, Ethical Trading Initiative, Fair Wear Foundation,...
Oct 21, 2022
Norwegian and Dutch consumer authorities have published a guidance document detailing the use of the Higg Material Sustainability Index (MSI) tool after the Scandinavian organisation found it was “misleading” consumers. The two firms have concluded that data from Higg MSI was not a sufficient basis for environmental marketing claims, which they...
Oct 11, 2022
The Norwegian Consumer Authority (NCA) has confirmed that it is working with international counterparts to gather information on how sustainability could best be communicated on consumer-facing garment labels, according to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). The news comes as the NCA and SAC confirmed they were working together to find a...
Sep 9, 2022