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Better Buying Institute

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

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

19 February 2024

2 minutes

Better Buying Partnership Index 2024 - Overall Score for Softgoods up 8 Points

Texas, US.: Buyer-supplier partnerships in the garment and footwear sector have improved significantly since last year, according to research published today by Better Buying Institute.

The 2024 Better Buying Partnership Index Report enables suppliers in global supply chains to anonymously rate the quality of the commercial partnerships with their...

Sourcing Practices / Tracker

13 September 2023

3 minutes

Measures of commercial compliance were significantly and positively correlated, meaning that when buyers complied with one key recommendation, they were more likely to comply with many others.

Better Buying Institute Releases First Industry Score for Commercial Compliance

The first annual Better Buying Commercial Compliance Tracker provides a baseline measure of the extent buyer purchasing practices meet the definition of commercial compliance.

Staff Writer

Human Resources / Wage Gap

17 February 2023

2 minutes

Garment workers at a factory in Sukoharjo, Indonesia. This year's The Industry We Want dashboard highlights the need to take action.

Wage Gap Widens in Fashion Industry, GHG Emissions Also on Rise

The just announced dashboard of a multi-stakeholder initiative on critical issues in the fashion industry has revealed that the wage gap has increased by 3.5% over last year and there’s an increase of greenhouse gas emissions by 0.87%

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Workers Rights / Supply Chain Audits

15 December 2022

2 minutes

When suppliers and customers agree about the improvements needed, violations that harm workers can be remedied more.

Workers Benefit When Brands and Retailers Prioritize Audit Harmonisation

Suppliers participating in the Better Buying Purchasing Practices Index 2022, and answering questions in the ‘Win-Win Sustainable Partnership’ category (which measures brands’ and retailers’ contributions to reducing industry-wide audit duplication) were asked if their buyer accepted standardized audits rather than buyer-specific audits or assessments.