The SAC is a global, multi-stakeholder non-profit alliance for the fashion industry. It’s made up of over 250 leading apparel, footwear and textile brands, retailers, suppliers, service providers, trade associations, non-profits, NGOs, and academic institutions working to reduce environmental impact and promote social justice throughout the global value chain.
The Higg Index is a suite of tools that enables brands, retailers, and facilities of all sizes — at every stage in their sustainability journey — to accurately measure and score a company or product’s sustainability performance. The Higg Index delivers a holistic overview that empowers businesses to make meaningful improvements that protect the well-being of factory workers, local communities, and the environment.
The Target for Higg FEM is:
Identify strategic opportunities to implement changes that drive meaningful sustainability improvements.
Prioritize a safe and healthy work environment to improve the well-being and treatment of workers across the value chain.
Measure the impacts of products, operations, and value chain activities to identify and implement improvements that preserve the natural world.
Eliminate the need for do-it-yourself approaches, allowing companies to share data quickly and easily with value chain partners and optimize resources to reduce associated waste and costs.
Identify shared opportunities for improvement across the value chain related to protecting human rights and reducing environmental impacts
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