Fashion Business

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) is devoted to reducing the environmental harm caused by the apparel, footwear, and textile industries. SAC developed the Higg Index, a suite of tools that enables brands, retailers, and facilities to measure their company or product’s social or environmental sustainability performance.

Researchers from NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business developed a framework of eight key sustainability strategies that apparel companies are focusing on to drive impact in their business models.

CSRHub creates consensus sustainability ratings for companies based on existing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) data sources. Overall ratings are free but more detailed information must be purchased.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) measures the generation and recycling of textile material.

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