History
2007
CLEAN BY DESIGN
Clean by Design was created to focus on energy and water efficiency in mills through 10 Best Practices.
2012
SUSTAINABLE APPAREL COALITION
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition was founded to collaboratively transform the apparel industry through standardized measurement.
2017
APPAREL IMPACT INSTITUTE
The Apparel Impact Institute was founded by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, and Target Corporation to strategically drive sustainability improvements.
2019
INTEGRATION
Aii integrated with Clean by Design to scale our Mill/Impact Program
and deliver high-level thought leadership and
impact in the industry.
Letter from our President
Welcome to the Apparel Impact Institute website! Thank you for visiting. As you navigate through our site, we hope your experience is informative and valuable. We aim to be the industry-leading resource
for all apparel brands that want to scale measurable impact.
We are living in an exciting time for the apparel industry. I am inspired by the increased commitment to sustainability and sense of urgency around the need to reduce negative impacts and accelerate positive ones. However, we are at that critical point for our planet where we need to translate this momentum into real action immediately. Every player across the apparel & footwear industry’s value chain, large and small, has the collective power to do just that.
When we launched Aii at the end of 2017, we set out to serve as a solutions-oriented industry partner that would aggregate brands, manufacturers and industry stakeholders to select, fund and scale high-impact projects that dramatically and measurably improve the sustainability outcomes of the apparel and footwear industry.
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