Anthesis and Worldly Partner to Help Consumer Goods Brands Take Action on Supply Chain Data

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The consumer goods industry is sitting on an unprecedented volume of supply chain and product data, and the companies that act on it fastest will be best positioned to manage risk, meet stakeholder expectations, and build more resilient businesses.

Worldly, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, empowers brands, retailers, and manufacturers to turn verified primary data into insight and action across complex global supply chains. Anthesis is now a formal consulting partner, bringing deep strategy and implementation expertise to help our clients get even more from Worldly’s data and insights.

Anthesis has long used the Higg Index suite of tools, stewarded and governed by global non-profit alliance Cascale and delivered through Worldly, to help consumer goods companies understand and improve the social and environmental performance of their products and supply chains. The tools provide a shared, trusted framework for measuring impact, identifying hotspots, and prioritising action across complex value chains.

Our work spans the full Higg Index ecosystem. We guide suppliers through the Higg Facility Environmental Module, support product teams using the Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI), and calculate Scope 3 emissions with the Higg Product Module. We also work with sustainability leaders to translate Higg Index data into clear, credible strategies that stand up to internal and external scrutiny.

The focus is consistent. Measurement only creates value when it informs decisions. That includes product design, sourcing, supplier engagement, and target setting.

This approach continues to evolve. Most recently, we co-developed the new silk LCA within the Higg MSI, contributing to more accurate and useful data for the industry. As expectations on product-level transparency increase, the quality and comparability of data will matter more.

Using primary data to make supply chains more resilient

Worldly is a central platform for primary supply chain and product data across the consumer goods sector. The scale and depth of that data presents a clear opportunity that deepens based on how it is interpreted and applied.

Combining Worldly’s data, analytics, and insights with Anthesis’ strategy and implementation expertise strengthens both sides of that equation. It enables organisations to move faster from data collection to decision making, and from reporting to operational change.

What this means for our clients

This partnership enables a more integrated approach to product and supply chain performance. In practice, that includes:

• Improving the accuracy and consistency of impact data
• Converting insights into clear product, sourcing, and supplier actions
• Aligning product-level data with Scope 3 reporting and target setting
• Supporting credible external disclosure and stakeholder communication

For many companies, the challenge is not access to data. It is using that data to make better commercial and operational decisions at speed.

In addition, we can support Worldly customers with wider sustainability priorities, including examples such as supply chain climate and nature risk assessments, deforestation strategies for MMCFs, EPR fee reduction roadmaps, Digital Product Passport preparedness, sustainable shopping programmes, green claims messaging, and more.

Managing risk and meeting stakeholder expectations

This partnership strengthens our ability to support clients across the full lifecycle of sustainability efforts, from data and diagnostics through to execution.

The direction of travel is clear. Expectations on product-level data, supply chain transparency, and performance accountability are increasing. Organisations that can translate measurement into action will be better placed to manage risk, meet stakeholder expectations, and build more resilient business models.

Anthesis and Worldly are working together to make that more achievable in practice and at scale.