Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and Higg Co have released an updated version of the Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI). The index is a leading tool to assess the environmental impact of materials in the apparel, footwear and textile industry. The Higg MSI now offers a new database and updated score.

Through this platform, various factories can calculate the environmental impact of millions of possible material manufacturing variations. It empowers brands, retailers and manufacturers to compare material life-cycle assessment data and make more sustainable design and material choices.

The new Higg MSI also includes migration from a standalone website to the Higg.org platform, alongside other Higg tools, addition of a packaging library, comparisons and customization, addition of a trims and components library, comparisons and customization, ability to customize transportation distances and modes between processing steps, ability to assign chemistry certifications at the process level and new background LCA database (GaBi).