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

Jason Kibbey

Branding / Worldly Launch

17 May 2023

4 minutes

Worldly is the exclusive licensee of the Higg Index, the sustainability impact measurement tools used by more apparel, footwear and textile brands than any other solution.

Higg Rebranded as Worldly, Ties Up with SGS, Streamlines ESG Regulatory Reporting

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition has rebranded its beleaguered sustainability intelligence platform Higg as Worldly and strengthened it further by tying up with certification company SGS to support industry’s need for validated data, and also come up with an industry-first solution to capture real-time data from factories across the supply chain.

Staff Writer

Under Cloud / Higg MSI

15 June 2022

7 minutes

Though allegations have been levelled at fashion giants, the SAC and the Higg Index find themselves in the eye of a storm for being the archangels of the 'sustainable fashion' ecosystem. The latter particularly has been under fire from critics for consistently downplaying natural fibres and instead promoting fossil fuel fashion (i.e polyster-driven fashion).

Back-to-Back News Reports Put Sustainability Archangels on the Back Foot

The Big Daddies in the textiles-apparel-footwear-fashion ecosystem are the hands behind some of the most followed sustainability benchmarks. The charge is that they have been using the cloak of opaqueness and secrecy and also the lack of credible data to greenwash themselves. texfash.com recaps the brouhaha.

Subir Ghosh

Commentary

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

27 April 2022

4 minutes

Higg's Series B comes as companies face growing expectations for ESG (environmental, social, and governance) accountability and disclosure. Regulations are currently being developed in the EU and US for supply chain due diligence, in addition to recent guidelines for product labeling and sustainability claims.

Technology platform Higg raises $50M Series B to accelerate supply chain sustainability

SAN FRANCISCO, U.S. Higg, the sustainability insights platform for the consumer goods industry, today announced its $50M Series B funding round. The funding is co-led by technology growth investor Silversmith Capital Partners and Tom Steyer and Katie Hall's Galvanize Climate Solutions, along with participation by Series A partners Titan Grove and...