Higg Inc

Cascale, formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, has updated the Higg Brand and Retail Module (BRM), which will enable brands and retailers to build consistent corporate sustainability strategies to deliver more effectively on ESG goals and industry needs, while avoiding duplication across sustainability initiatives.

Global nonprofit alliance Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has rebranded itself as Cascale, and will now seek to drive equitable and restorative business practices in the consumer goods industry, not just apparel.

Textile Exchange's Material Change Index (MCI) has reached a 50% preferred materials use even though growth in the uptake of recycled inputs is dominated by plastic packaging waste. However, post-consumer textile waste is at a paltry 1.49% of recycled inputs, and 0.18% of textile use overall. texfash.com reports.

The beleaguered Higg MSI by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition has come under fire yet again as the Natural Fibers Alliance calls for its immediate suspension. A texfash.com report.

The Treadler project of the H&M Group, hailed as a fashion gamechanger, is being shelved for not growing fast enough. Ironically, the Treadler project served as a 'case study' on the Higg Inc website for making a difference. And, Higg has been time and again accused of furthering the interests of companies like H&M.

Sustainability insights platform Higg is partnering with Bluesign and ZDHC to reduce industry fragmentation and accelerate environmental performance in the supply chain through an advanced integration of data for their customers.