Fashion Revolution measures uptick in supply chain transparency through Open Supply Hub

Fashion Revolution’s annual Fashion Transparency Index (FTI) reviews and ranks 250 of the world’s largest fashion brands and retailers according to what information they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts, in their operations and supply chain. Two areas they track are whether or not brands publish their Tier 1 (or beyond) supplier lists, and whether that data is published in a machine-readable format. While the latter may sound obscure and technical, it’s an integral piece of supply chain disclosure. When data is shared in a machine-readable format, rather than locked away in a PDF or a table embedded in a website, organizations can work practically and efficiently with that data, rather than losing precious time to reformat it.

When the Index first launched in 2017, just 32% of the 100 brands included in the Index were disclosing their Tier 1 supplier lists. By 2023, this figure had jumped to 52% (out of what had grown to 250 brands). Fashion Revolution sees Open Supply Hub as one of the driving forces behind brands’ increase in disclosure. So much so, that whether or not a brand shares its data on OS Hub is now a metric in the FTI Rubric.