Worldly, the leading sustainability data and analytics platform for the consumer goods industry, concluded its annual Customer Forum in Hong Kong on September 18, bringing together more than 300 sustainability leaders from across the globe for a day of conversations focused on transforming sustainability data into strategic business action. This year’s event marked several milestones, including the inaugural Worldly Impact in Action Awards, an inspiring keynote by sustainability visionary Poman Lo, and the launch of the Worldly Platform Experts Program for facility users the next day.

Honoring Sustainability Leaders: The Worldly Impact in Action Awards

The Worldly Impact in Action Awards celebrate businesses that are redefining how data-driven action advances social and environmental sustainability progress across global supply chains. This year’s winners exemplify leadership, innovation, and measurable results:

• Human & Environmental Excellence Award: MAS Holdings
  
  MAS Holdings continues to set the benchmark for integrating sustainability as core business strategy. From investments into materials of the future with HeiQ AeoniQ™ and pioneering circular material offtakes with Ambercycle, to empowering women through inclusive programs like Women Go Beyond, MAS strengthens supplier–customer partnerships with bold product, environmental, and social initiatives.

• Connected Impact Award: Target
  
  By aligning sourcing, compliance, and sustainability teams, Target has scaled the adoption of the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) and Higg Facility Social & Labor Module across 96% of Tier 1 suppliers, while reducing duplicative audits and freeing resources for more in-depth factory improvements.

• Trailblazer Supplier Award: Lenzing
  
  Lenzing continues to lead with world-class environmental governance, circular manufacturing practices, and water stewardship. Its commitment to driving Higg FEM verification across global sites far surpasses industry averages, setting a new standard for supplier excellence.

• Harmony with Nature Award: Legend Swimwear Factory
  
  Legend Swimwear Factory demonstrates that environmental stewardship can be intensely local. By developing a leading-edge water system to protect surrounding orchid ecosystems, Legend Swimwear integrates nature protection into its decades-long operations.

Inspiring Leadership: Poman Lo’s Keynote

The forum was highlighted by a keynote from globally recognized leader in sustainable business and sustainable development Poman Lo, the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited. Poman expressed her vision for aligning business growth with planetary stewardship, reinforcing to attendees the importance of corporate values and leadership in advancing meaningful change.

“We are at a critical juncture in the history of human kind,” Poman said. “We can choose to awaken to the fact that we are sharing this one and only earth. And hopefully we can choose to initiate a mindset shift and redefine success, so that we don’t only look at risk and return in our business decisions, but actually incorporate impact into the equation. To do that we have to measure impact, which is why we need Worldly to quantify everything so that collectively we can track progress and see which initiatives are helping drive sustainable growth and which are the lessons we need to learn.”

Empowering Facility Users: The Worldly Platform Experts Program

To further accelerate sustainability progress, the day after the forum, Worldly launched the Worldly Platform Experts Program, a new training initiative designed to help facility users maximize the power of the Worldly platform and Higg Index assessments, which are developed in collaboration with Cascale, the global non-profit alliance.

The program featured a half-day of in-person sessions, in which the first cohort began their journey to becoming Worldly Platform Experts. Participants received hands-on training in the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM), gaining the expertise to differentiate themselves from competitors and strengthen their sustainability credentials.

“Beyond skill-building, the Worldly Platform Experts Program connects suppliers with the dedicated support, resources, and peer community they need to thrive,” said Jay Gaines, Chief Marketing and Content Officer, Worldly. “This unique network fosters collaboration, shared learning, and meaningful relationships that empower members to accelerate their sustainability journey.”

Leading the Consumer Goods Industry Forward

With its data-driven platform, Worldly continues to equip global brands, retailers, and suppliers with the insights and tools needed to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable and responsible future.

“At our annual customer event, we honored the Worldly Impact in Action Award winners, heard from visionary leaders like Poman Lo, and introduced innovations like Worldly Axion and the Worldly Platform Experts Program,” said Scott Raskin, CEO of Worldly. “Each milestone reflects the work we’re doing to help customers accelerate progress and deliver greater impact across the industry. Rich data is unlocking the insights needed to build more resilient, responsible, and sustainable supply chains — and this is only the beginning.”

About Worldly

Worldly is the leading sustainability data and analytics platform for the consumer goods industry, empowering brands, retailers, and suppliers to turn primary data into strategic business action. Trusted by a network of over 40,000 global customers across apparel, footwear, home furnishings, outdoor sporting goods, and more, Worldly provides deep visibility into environmental and social impact—from carbon and water to chemicals and labor—at the product, facility, and value chain level.

Built on industry-leading standards including Cascale’s Higg Index tools, exclusively available on Worldly, and connected with partners like Material Exchange, Outdoor Industry Association, the European Outdoor Group and Bluesign, Worldly transforms raw data into actionable intelligence that helps companies reduce risk, boost operational efficiency, meet evolving compliance and regulatory requirements, and accelerate measurable impact. With the largest global network of engaged manufacturers and the most comprehensive library of materials and product impact data, Worldly enables businesses to lead with transparency, resilience, and accountability.

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