{"id":217,"date":"2016-11-30T13:41:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/semba\/?p=217"},"modified":"2016-11-30T13:42:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:42:01","slug":"from-the-web-revising-the-higg-materials-sustainability-index-higg-msi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2016\/11\/30\/from-the-web-revising-the-higg-materials-sustainability-index-higg-msi\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Web: Revising the Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element fontsize-20\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>The <strong>Sustainable Apparel Coalition<\/strong> is the apparel, footwear and home textile industry\u2019s foremost alliance for <em>sustainable production<\/em>. Its main focus is on building the <strong>Higg Index<\/strong>, a standardized supply chain measurement tool for all industry participants to understand the environmental and social and labor impacts of making and selling their products and services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-218 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/semba\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-30-at-12.38.23-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-30-at-12-38-23-pm\" width=\"619\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-30-at-12.38.23-PM.png 619w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-30-at-12.38.23-PM-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-30-at-12.38.23-PM-500x234.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, the\u00a0<strong>Sustainable Apparel Coalition<\/strong>\u00a0(SAC) has launched a new version of its\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/apparelcoalition.org\/higg-materials-sustainability-index-msi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Higg Materials Sustainability Index<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Higg MSI), a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainablebrands.com\/news_and_views\/new_metrics\/eric_mieras\/how_life_cycle-driven_business_model_can_accelerate_sustainab\">cradle-to-gate<\/a>\u00a0scoring tool that measures and communicates the environmental performance of thousands of materials used in creating apparel, footwear and home textile products.<\/p>\n<p>The original version of the Higg MSI was developed by\u00a0<strong>Nike<\/strong>\u00a0and later adopted by the SAC in 2012 and incorporated into the SAC\u2019s Higg Index.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainablebrands.com\/news_and_views\/products_design\/talia_rudee\/sacs_updated_higg_tool_provides_industry_baseline_impacts\">more<\/a> &gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sustainable Apparel Coalition is the apparel, footwear and home textile industry\u2019s foremost alliance for sustainable production. Its main focus is on building the Higg Index, a standardized supply chain measurement tool for all industry participants to understand the environmental and social and labor impacts of making and selling their products and services. 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