It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Alexander Kohnstamm

Buying Practices / Cascale Report

14 February 2025

4 minutes

In the 2024 BBPI ratings cycle, the softgoods category of buyers received a score of 52 points. “Softgoods” is defined in the BBPI 2024 rating cycle as “including apparel, footwear, and household goods.”

Cascale Releases First Better Buying Partnership Index Report, Shows Improvement in Practices

Global nonprofit Cascale has published its first Better Buying Partnership Index since it acquired key assets of the Better Buying Institute (BBI) earlier this month.

Staff Writer

Labour Data / Partnership

30 May 2024

2 minutes

Garment factory workers in Lao PDR. The MoU between Fair Wear and SLCP is an important step towards industry-wide alignment on what constitutes impactful HRDD implementation. This is critical for ensuring that the new European legislation delivers results for garment workers.

Fair Wear and SLCP Announce Partnership on Greater Convergence of Social and Labour Data

The Fair Wear Foundation (Fair Wear) and the Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) have inked an MOU to take forward their collaborations now also on data convergence, policy and industry engagement to further impactful human rights due diligence (HRDD) implementation and eliminate audit duplication.

Staff Writer

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

8 April 2024

3 minutes

The industry’s fragmented nature undermines efforts to ensure unified due diligence implementation. Cascale and Fair Wear agree that meaningful change requires collaboration.

Fair Wear and Cascale Announce Strategic Collaboration

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Cascale, the global nonprofit alliance formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, and Fair Wear, an independent nonprofit multi-stakeholder initiative that works to improve conditions for workers in garment factories, have announced a strategic collaboration. The core purpose of the collaboration is to promote...