Who We Are!

We  currently  represent  over  40%  of  the  global  market  share  of  the  apparel  &  footwear  
industries.  

                                         Government                                                Brands                  

Service    
                                             Retailers  
Providers  

SAC  Members  
Trade    
Manufacturers  
Associa6ons  

Academic    
Non-­‐profits  
Ins6tu6ons    

For  an  updated  member  list,  please  visit  www.apparelcoali@on.org/current-­‐members   2  

 
Brands & Retailers!
Brands & Retailers!
Manufacturers!
Manufacturers!
Non-Profit, Government & Academia!
Industry Affiliates!
 SAC’s Call to Action!
Vision  
An  apparel,  footwear  and  home  tex@les  industry  that  produces  no  unnecessary  
environmental  harm  and  has  a  posi@ve  impact  on  the  people  and  communi@es  
associated  with  its  ac@vi@es.  
Mission  
The  Sustainable  Apparel  Coali@on  was  founded  by  a  group  of  sustainability  leaders  from  
global  apparel  and  footwear  companies  who  recognize  that  addressing  our  industry’s  
current  social  and  environmental  challenges  are  both  a  business  impera@ve  and  an  
opportunity.  Through  mul@-­‐stakeholder  engagement,  the  Coali@on  seeks  to  lead  the  
industry  toward  a  shared  vision  of  sustainability  built  upon  a  common  approach  for  
measuring  and  evalua@ng  apparel  and  footwear  product  sustainability  performance  that  
will  spotlight  priori@es  for  ac@on  and  opportuni@es  for  technological  innova@on.  
 
Focus  
The  development  and  use  of  the  Higg  Index:  a  suite  of  tools  designed  to  measure  the  
sustainability  impacts  of  apparel,  footwear  and  home  tex@les  products.  
 SAC Key Milestones!

2010  

2011  
•  Exploratory  
mee@ng  held   2012  
with  ini@al  12   •  Members  
members   approve  the   2013  
leading  to  an   pilot  version  of   •  SAC  publicly  
agreement  to   the  Higg  Index   releases  the   2014  
develop  a   1.0   Higg  Index  in   •  SAC  releases  
sustainability   •  SAC   July.  It  is  quickly   Higg  Index  2.0    in  
Index  for  the   incorporates  as   downloaded   November  to   •  Membership  
industry   a  501c6        over  1000  @mes   members  and   expands  to  
•  SAC  is  officially   organiza@on   •  SAC  is  honored   unveils  the  web   include  home  
established  in   and  hires  its   as  a  C.K.  Prahlad   tool  pla]orm   tex@les  so_  
April   first  Execu@ve   award  recipient   •  SAC  is  awarded   goods  
•  Work  begins  on   Director   for  leadership  in   the  EU  Product   •  SAC  opens  
Index  prototype   sustainability     Environmental   European  office  
•  Membership   Footprin@ng   in  Amsterdam  
doubles  from   pilot  for  non-­‐ •  SAC  grows  to    
2011   leather  shoes   more  than  150  
•  SAC  grows  to     members  
more  than  100  
members  

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 Confirmed Priorities for 2015!

Facility Module
Product Tool Work Verification Work Updates and Public-Facing Work
Convergence

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 Benefits of Using the Higg 2.0!

Iden@fica@on  of  
Educa@on,  
sustainability   Communica@on   Roadmap  for  
learning,  
opportuni@es  &   &  collabora@on     improvement  
benchmarking  
risks      

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 Higg Suite of Tools!
•  Environment  
•  Social/Labor  
Facility  

•  Environment:  Apparel/Tex@les  
Brand   •  Environment:  Footwear    
•  Social/Labor    
Holis6c  
Measurement  

Product   •  Design  &  Dev  Module  (2015)  

•  Footprint  (~2017)  

Retailer   •  Environment  (2015)  

•  Social/Labor  (2015)  
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 Higg Product Tools: Purpose and Timing!
Design  &  Development  Module  (2015)   Footprint  Tool  (2017)  
•  For Sustainability experts
•  For Designers/Developers! and public communication!
•  Assess concept early in product creation (“proto 1”)! •  Assess finished product!
•  Internal-facing, not for external communication! •  Harmonized with PEF and
Metrics PCRs!
•  Focus on action – relevant solutions that guarantee impact reduction each
time! •  Focus on full impact
calculation (ACCURACY)!
•  Focus on education – prepare companies to evaluate and address critical
impact areas to be evaluated for public-communication in Footprinting!
   

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 Higg Core Functionality!

Connect  and   Compare  your  

Complete  and     Share  Modules   Performance  to  
Post  Higg  Index   with  Supply  Chain   your  Peers  
Modules   Partners  and  SAC   through  the  Web  
Members   Tool  Benchmark  

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 Higg Demo Screenshot!

*Note:  The  Higg  Index  Web  Tool  is  currently  a  benefit  provided  to  Sustainable  Apparel  Coali6on  (SAC)  members  and  
non-­‐member  manufacturers  only.     16  
 Higg User Connections - January 2014!
Retailer / Brand
Facility / Vendor
Affiliate / NGO
Higg User Connections - Aug 2014 (pre-Adoption Pilot)!
Retailer / Brand
Facility / Vendor
Affiliate / NGO
 Higg User Connections - October 2014 (post-Pilot)!
Retailer / Brand
Facility / Vendor
Affiliate / NGO
 Global Network of Efficiency!

These  Accounts  have  

These  Brands  /  Retailers  are  making  massive   taken  an  important  first  
strides  in  understanding  the  sustainability  of   step  of  registering  and  
their  value  chain   using  the  Higg  web  tool    

These  Facili6es  are  benefigng  from  

sharing  their  data  with  mul@ple  
connec@ons.  They  see  how  their  
customers  are  performing.  Ideally,  
NGOs,  academics,  etc  are   they  are  reducing  the  amount  of  
using  the  web  tool  to  share   work  to  complete  mul@ple  
and  access  data  with   assessments.  
companies  who  are  ready  
 Benchmarking: Brand Environment Module!
2nd  &  3rd  Quar@les   Maximum   Average   Minimum  
100   93   95   93   93  
88  
90  
80   80  
80  

70   64   64  
Module  Score  

60  
53  
48  
50   44   45   45  

40  
29  
30  
20  
20   16  
13   13  
10   5   7  
0   0   0  
0  

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 Benchmarking: Facility Environment Module!
100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100  
100  
2nd  &  3rd  Quar@les  
Maximum  
90   Average  
Minimum  
80   Median  

70   67  
Module  Score  

60   63  
52  
49   50   50  
50   45  
47   47   37   39  
40  
40  
30   33  
30  
27   27  
20  

10   4  
0   0   0   0   0   0   0  
0  
Total  Score   EMS   Energy  &  GHG   Water  Use   Wastewater   Emissions  to   Waste   Chemicals  
Effluent   Air   Management  
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 Business Value of Higg Index!

1   •  Focus  your  sustainability  strategy  

2   •  Iden@fy  opportuni@es  to  cut  waste  and  cost,  and  drive  innova@on  

3   •  Avoid  the  @me  and  cost  of  “do-­‐it-­‐yourself”  approaches  

4   •  Reduce  data  sharing  @me,  cost  and  complexity  

5   •  Drive  improvement  through  industry  benchmarking  

6   •  Op@mize  sourcing  

7   •  Reduce  the  @me  and  costs  of  mul@ple  assessments  

8   •  Support  stakeholder  communica@ons  

9   •  Get  out  in  front  of  regula@on  

10   •  Be  a  beoer  company  –  demonstrate  impact  

 SAC Core Tenets!

Active
Leadership!

Transparency ! Collaboration!

Continuous Equal
Improvement! Partnership!
 Value of SAC Membership!

Create  Industry   •  Through  widespread  adop@on  of  the  Higg  Index,    the  SAC  is  quickly  building  momentum  
Alignment   towards  the  Index  becoming  the  de  facto  measurement  standard  for  the  industry    

•  Members  have  access  to  a  vast  network  of  knowledge  and  subject  maoer  
Share  Exper6se   exper@se  by  par@cipa@ng  in  the  SAC  
•  Industry  knowledge  and  best  prac@ces  are  shared  amongst  members  

 
Improve   •  Members  receive  support  from  SAC  staff    in  developing  plans  for  implemen@ng  the  
Sustainability   Higg  Index  within  a  company’s  supply  chain  
Performance   •  SAC  offers  ongoing  training  opportuni@es  to  members  
 
•  Through  mul@-­‐stakeholder  collabora@on,  members  are  able  to  tackle  
Collaborate   sustainability  challenges  that  no  one  company  could  solve  alone  
with  Peers     •  Members  ac@vely  contribute  and  shape  the  development  of  future  versions  of  
the  Higg  Index  

Inform   •  Members  have  a    significant  head  start  on  others  in  the  industry  through  early  
Sustainability   adop@on  and  use  of  the  tool  
Leadership   •  SAC  leadership  is  driving  sustainability  best  prac@ces  for  the  whole  industry  
 Value of SAC Membership Continued!

Full   •  Invita@on  to  SAC’s  Full  Member  Mee@ng  (mee@ng  loca@ons  rotate  between  the  U.S.,  
Membership   Europe  and  Asia)  
Mee6ngs   •  Invita@on  to  regional  mee@ngs  

 
•  Engagement  on  bi-­‐monthly  Full  Membership  Calls  designed  to  share  updates  on  
Ongoing  
Higg  Index  developments  and  other  key  issues  for  the  apparel  and  footwear  
Communica6on   industry  

•  Par@cipa@on  in  SAC  task  forces  and  other  collabora@on  projects  that  drive  sustainability  
Task  Forces  
impact  

Higg  Online  &   •  Access  to  higg.org  and  Central  Desktop,  SAC's  online  collabora@on  pla]orm  
Central   where  you  can  find  work  spaces  for  each  of  the  task  forces,  reports  and  recent  
Desktop   presenta@ons,  discussion  forums,  informa@on  about  upcoming  mee@ngs  and  a  
full  membership  directory  

Logos  &  
•  Placement  of  logo  on  SAC  website  and  other  SAC  membership  materials  
Materials  
 Membership Dues!
Member  Type   Annual  Dues  Amount    
Corporate  Members  (Brands,  Retailers,  Manufacturers)  
Revenues1  exceeding  $10  billion   $50,000  
Revenues  $1  billion  to  $10  billion   $40,000  
Revenues  $500  million  to  $1  billion   $30,000  
Revenues  $100  million  to  $500  million   $20,000  
Revenues    $20  million  to  $100  million     $10,000  
Revenues  less  than  $20  million   $5,000  
Affiliates  (Service  providers)  
Revenues  exceeding  $10  billion   $50,000  
Revenues  $1  billion  to  $10  billion   $40,000  
Revenues  $500  million  to  $1  billion   $30,000  
Revenues  $100  million  to  $500  million   $20,000  
Revenues  less  than  $100  million     $10,0002  
NGOs  and  Academics   $1,000  
Government  Agencies  &  Organiza@ons   $0  
1.  Total  revenues  from  most  recently  completed  calendar  or  fiscal  year.  
2.  Dues  excep@ons  under  $10,000  will  be  granted  at  the  discre@on  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  
 SAC Contacts for More Information!
Jason  Kibbey  
CEO  
jason@apparelcoali@on.org  
+1.415.413.7488  
 
Bap6ste  Carriere-­‐Pradal  
Vice  President,  Europe    
bap@ste@apparelcoali@on.org  
+  31  6  15  07  08  05  
 
Scoe  Miller,  LEED  AP  
Director,  Business  Development  (Ex-­‐Europe)    
scoo@apparelcoali@on.org  
+1.415.580.2701  
 
General  Informa6on  
info@apparelcoali@on.org  
www.apparelcoali@on.org