The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has released a comprehensive report in which the organization illustrates the progress in its first decade of activity, culminating in the completion of the Higg Index, and illustrates its strategy for the years to come. The SAC, headquartered in Oakland, California, is an industry-wide group of more than 250 apparel, footwear and textile brands, retailers, suppliers, service providers, trade associations, non-profits, NGOs and academic institutions working to reduce environmental impact. The organization leverages the Higg Index, a suite of tools for the standardized measurement of value chain sustainability, to transform business in this direction. In May 2019, the SAC spun-off the Higg Index technology platform to Higg, a public benefit technology company developing software, tools, and services built upon the Higg Index methodology.
In addition to illustrating the Higg Index’s impact, the new 40-page report, entitled “A Decade in Review,” presents SAC’s new strategic plan, built around the four pillars of collective action, integrated tools, transparency, and sustainability leadership. The organization intends to shift its focus from developing standardized measurement tools to developing standardized communication that increases transparency and offers industry insights, driving collective action at scale. The plan stems from the realization that the global community’s systemic problems need the organization “to aggressively accelerate” its work during the next decade.
