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

World Resources Institute

Climate Action / Action Plan

3 October 2023

3 minutes

The initiative seeks to empower manufacturers to take substantive actions in reducing emissions to combat climate change, improving operational efficiency and growth, and further advancing sustainability throughout the industry.

SAC Launches Climate Initiative Aimed at Reducing Emissions, Excludes Scope 3 Measurements

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has launched a Manufacturer Climate Action Program (MCAP) to help the textile industry reduce GHG emissions by 2030.

Staff Writer

Climate Action / SAC Guide

7 March 2023

3 minutes

Excavation work at a coal mine in Germany. Industry needs to move away from coal, among other things, if it wants to decarbonise itself.

SAC Launches Guide on Developing Action Plans to Deliver Individual Targets

In a step to help the global textiles and apparel industry ramp up its efforts on facilitating collective action across the industry to deliver the 45% reduction needed by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has launched a Decarbonization Guide for its members.

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