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Cotton Council International

joins Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Cotton Council International (CCI) announces that it In its relationship with the SAC, CCI will contribute
has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) both data and resources to support the Higg Index,
and will use the group’s sustainability measurement which measures sustainability performance and
suite of tools, the Higg Index, to drive environmental drives supply chain transparency and decision-mak-
and social responsibility throughout its supply chain. ing to improve efficiency and sustainability impact.
The Higg Index is an indicator-based suite of tools
With its membership in the SAC, CCI joins more than that enables suppliers, manufacturers, brands, and
250 global brands, retailers, and manufacturers, as retailers to evaluate materials, products, facilities,
well as government, non-profit environmental organi- and processes based on environmental perfor-
zations, and academic institutions, which are collec- mance, social labor practices, and product design
tively committed to improving supply chain sustaina- choices.
bility in the apparel, footwear, and textile industry.
“We welcome the addition of CCI to the Sustainable
The U.S. cotton industry is committed to continual Apparel Coalition and look forward to its participation
improvement in sustainability and continues to build in this industry-wide effort in sustainability,” SAC
upon the strong environmental gains already Executive Director Amina Razvi said. “Having CCI as
achieved over the past 35 years. part of the Coalition widens the scope of our impact
within the industry and accelerates the change we’re
“We are pleased to be joining the SAC, confident that making towards responsible industry actions.”
together we can scale positive impact on product
sustainability over time,” said Steph Thiers-Ratcliffe, Cotton Council International (CCI) is a non-profit
CCI Director of European Brands and Retailers. “With trade association that promotes U.S. cotton fiber.
shared ambition in providing robust environmental Companies or organizations that are not currently
data to the sector, we will collaborate to enable members of the SAC and are interested in accessing
greater supply chain transparency and informed the Higg suite of tools, may inquire at
decision making.” https://apparelcoalition.org/join-us/. .

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