Fashion by Informa's sustainability assessment program, powered by Hey Social Good (HSG)
The Sustainability Assessment Program was established in 2021 to elevate, celebrate, and evaluate sustainable and socially conscious practices among exhibiting companies at MAGIC, PROJECT, COTERIE, and SOURCING fashion trade events. The program implements a robust evaluation system and is used as a benchmark for both exhibitors and buyers as to level of sustainable efforts companies are making in their sustainability journey.
As part of the vetting process, Hey Social Good (HSG), a third party organization, cross check each company’s positive impacts with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, including social responsibility, responsible production, ethical practices, and environmental practices—all of which speak to COTERIE's commitment to sustainability across the fashion industry.
WHO IS HEY SOCIAL GOOD?
Hey Social Good is a social impact tech company that reviews and verifies the environmental, social, and governance practices of private and public businesses. The platform awards medal rankings from bronze to platinum to sustainable, ethical, and socially conscious businesses, facilities and organizations, working to make a positive impact on people and the planet. Hey Social Good conducts social good assessment and verification on brands, companies, non-profit organizations and supply chain operators, including manufacturers and suppliers.
The Hey Social Good SGA team is composed of established data scientists, research scientists and domain knowledge data analysts. The SGA team is headed by Dr. Cindy J Lin, who previously worked at the US Environmental Protection Agency on standards development, research science, and environmental policy to restore polluted natural resources.
The SGA team has a combined 50+ years of scientific research experience with multiple PhDs and masters degrees. The specialty areas of expertise include: environmental science, data science, sustainability innovations, green infrastructure, ecosystem and environmental health, water quality, air pollution, environmental engineering, toxicology, public and social health, ecology, biophysics, and health sciences. Lastly, the SGA team is composed of scientists and analysts who are multilingual, and can review information and data in Chinese, Spanish and Tamil (Indian language).
Sustainability Essentials
Any organization, business, or company working on their sustainability journey and if multiple following practices are in process or adopted:
- The sustainable footprint of a product and packaging by considering compostability, recyclability, reusability, etc.
Source goods and products sustainably and responsibly by seeking renewable resources, providing fair labor practices, and more.
Reduce and/or offset energy use, carbon emissions and water impacts during a company’s manufacturing, production and operations processes.
Eliminate, reduce, or offset energy or gas used for distribution and/or transportation practices.
Sustainably manage waste generated by manufacturing, production, and office operations.
Ranking as part of the program considers the above practices as a minimum. In addition, a company must transparently demonstrate its sustainable practices to meet our minimum sustainability criteria.
Level Rankings
Based on each brand's give-back and sustainability activities, practices, and efforts, Hey Social Good (HSG) uses a ranking of Level 1-3 and Level 1-3 "Advanced".
We created the ranking system to highlight the sustainable and social good strategies represented in our industry. With level ranks, we recognize and encourage all efforts and accomplishments every step of the way. Below, we describe the general principles of each level ranking.
Level 1
A company is creating its sustainability cycle by maintaining a sustainable product and implementing sustainable practices along the life cycle chain.
Level 2
A company strengthening its sustainability cycle by going beyond the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals of Sustainable Product & Life Cycle Management.
Level 3
A company established a full circle sustainable pathway along every step of the design to supply to the product life cycle chain, including circularity, consistently and in-depth. Sustainability is an integral part of its DNA, and they work hard to quantify and track its positive impacts over time and inspire others to reduce and improve their environmental footprint.
Level 1 advanced
The company’s basic practices have undergone additional verification with submitted evidence and documentation that was reviewed and confirmed.
Level 2 advanced
The company’s intermediate practices have undergone additional verification with submitted evidence and documentation that was reviewed and confirmed.
Level 3 advanced
The company’s advanced practices have undergone additional verification with submitted evidence and documentation that was reviewed and confirmed.
SUSTAINABLE EXHIBITORS
Check out our ranked exhibitors from this year's COTERIE event.
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