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Fashion Network
21-05-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
GreenStitch aims to become go-to platform for fashion and retail sustainability: interview
Greenstitch was founded with a singular vision: to empower apparel and textile companies to weave sustainability into the core fabric of their business through intelligent data management. We are not a generic ESG software provider; we are specialists deeply immersed in the complexities and unique challenges of the global fashion value chain. Our mission is to help apparel and textile brands go green with an easy-to-use, AI-powered platform made just for this industry. We simplify tricky regulations, track carbon emissions, and give clear insights, all while working with tools like Worldly/ Higg. Our tech handles complex global supply chains. We're not just a tool- we're a partner, helping brands shine in sustainable fashion with fresh ideas and real results. FN: What are some recent milestones or achievements GreenStitch has accomplished in the last six to 12 months? NM: In the past year, GreenStitch has hit some big milestones. We were honored by the Ministry of Textiles at Bharat Tex, Asia's largest textile event, as the Digital Innovation of the Year. We also secured investment from top-tier investors, fueling our growth. Plus, we've expanded our product offerings to better serve the fashion and textile industry's sustainability needs. FN: Are there any new partnerships, client acquisitions, or expansion plans in the pipeline- either in India or globally? NM: We are actively working on expanding into Southeast Asia, the UK, Europe, and North America. Our focus is on onboarding stakeholders across the textile value chain- from suppliers and manufacturers to exporters and global brands. We're also building partnerships with regional textile hubs and sustainability alliances to localise our platform's value while supporting global reporting needs. These efforts are aligned with our roadmap to help manage over one billion tonnes of emissions in the coming years. FN: Have you recently launched any new product features or technology upgrades? If so, how do they enhance your platform's value for fashion and textile businesses? NM: We regularly roll out new features and tech upgrades to keep our platform cutting-edge. Recently, we launched ecodesign tools that let companies predict a product's environmental impact before production, helping them make smarter, greener choices. We've also added advanced validation models to boost accuracy and validation. FN: With sustainability regulations evolving globally, how is GreenStitch helping brands stay compliant and competitive in this changing landscape? NM: GreenStitch helps brands tackle global sustainability regulations with ease and stay competitive. Our AI-powered platform integrates with existing systems, automating carbon accounting and lifecycle assessments to meet standards like EPR, PEF, and CSRD. We provide real-time insights into Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, helping brands spot high-impact areas, cut their footprint, and choose sustainable designs and suppliers early on. With clear dashboards and digital product passports, we ensure transparent reporting, build consumer trust, and position brands as sustainability leaders. FN: How is your platform supporting brands in managing and reducing Scope 3 emissions, and how do digital product passports play into that? NM: GreenStitch makes managing Scope 3 emissions simple, even with messy, unstructured fashion data. Our platform normalises and processes data in any format in minutes, saving brands huge effort. We calculate granular Scope 3 emissions, showing which suppliers, products, or materials emit the most and offering actionable ways to reduce them. Unlike spend-based methods, our approach gives real insights for active emissions cuts. Digital product passports enhance this by transparently sharing environmental footprints with customers via QR codes and widgets, boosting trust and engagement. DPP is a part of a large EU green deal and will be a law in one year. FN: What does the next phase of growth look like for GreenStitch in terms of product roadmap, team expansion, or market outreach? NM: Our goal is to make GreenStitch the go-to platform for fashion and retail sustainability. We have a robust product roadmap in the works, with new features to enhance our platform. We're also growing our team and expanding our market outreach to connect with more brands in India and worldwide, helping them achieve their sustainability goals. FN: Do you have a message you would like to share with industry peers and stakeholders about the role of data and technology in enabling sustainability at scale? NM: Data and tech are like the heart and soul of a greener future. With AI and smart insights, we can make choices that heal our planet and improve our profits. Let's come together, use these tools, and build a sustainable world that shines for everyone.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Worldly: ‘You Have the Data, Do You Know What to Do With It?'
With hundreds of brands and tens of thousands of individual manufacturing sites around the globe, it's clear there's a need for a shared standard so brands and retailers can measure sustainability along the supply chain. The challenge, however, isn't gathering the hundreds of data points from every upstream supplier; it's knowing what to do with the information. Sustainability data insights platform Worldly, which is the exclusive host of the Higg index, set out to simultaneously scale and simplify the process. Over five years, the technology provider raised $50 million in investment capital to enhance the platform and help members of Cascale (formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition) strategically use data to take action on industry problems. More from Sourcing Journal The Business Case For Sustainability The 80%: Investing in Women Workers to Unlock Ethical and Sustainable Supply Chains ESG Outlook: Sphera's Scott Lehmann on Integrating Sustainability Into Business Strategies 'Those manufacturers might actually be collecting data from their upstream suppliers to understand what's going on in [their] supply chain, [but] what do they do with it?' said Michael Krakower, senior director, accounts, Worldly, in conversation with SJ's senior news and features editor Kate Nishimura at SJ's Sustainability Summit: Ambition versus Action. The data can be applied to three areas, said Krakower: compliance (setting a minimum code of conduct standard for all suppliers); quantitative issues (analyzing supplier water waste or GHG emissions and either dropping suppliers or working with them to improve scores); and facilities (giving individual manufacturers a tool to assess, and improve, their own performance to make them more attractive to brands). 'Once you have that complete transparency [of your supply chain], it opens up opportunities to take action against it,' said Kakower, citing examples from both large and small apparel companies. The first, an unnamed 'large, Nordic apparel retailer,' was able to reduce '22 percent of their scope 3 emissions on an absolute basis from a 2019 baseline because about 98 or 99 percent of their Tier 1 facilities all audited, and they've seen consistent scores improve.' The second example came from apparel brand United Legwear, who is using Worldly's Product Impact Calculator that 'essentially allows you to model the composition of all the products you sell on an annual basis, and then override some assumptions and emissions factors with primary data that's flowing in from your suppliers,' said Krakower. He explained how a company could model a pair of pants, for example, with a life cycle emission of 15 kilograms of carbon, then switch the materials, or even the suppliers, to see the emissions impact on that same pair of pants. 'What United Legwear is doing is piping in that primary data from the site location at a facility level to override some global average assumptions for their product footprints, which is helping them identify hot spots of specific products and product categories where they can decarbonize through a few different layers—changing materials, improving material processes, but also optimizing the individual facilities across their supply chain that they're working with,' he said. It all comes down to visibility and transparency, but also partnership and community, because at the end of the day, supply chain sustainability is no longer just about compliance—it's a business imperative for all stakeholders. Sign in to access your portfolio
