Sustainability Commitment
Keeping the change in progress
Insights from our 2020–2025 Plan for Change directly shaped the next phase of our journey. Plan for Change 2030 is aligned with global priorities — net zero, circularity, and nature-positive action — building on proven foundations while sharpening our focus on measurable impact.
Materiality & focus
Focusing where we can drive the greatest impact
MAS focuses on 15 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Focus areas are derived by evaluating internal and external factors and are governed via the Sustainability Advisory Council.
How we evaluate focus areas
- Stakeholder expectations
- Business risks & opportunities
- Scale of environmental & social impact across the value chain
- Regulatory developments
- Customer expectations & industry trends
- Operational performance vs commitments
SDG alignment
Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Plan for Change most directly advances these eight goals across products, people and the planet.
SDG 5 · Gender Equality
Women Go Beyond, FutureFemme and 26% women in management.
Plan for Change 2030
The next phase of ambition
Products
Create future-fit apparel
- Scaling sustainable products to 75% of revenue
- Advancing textile-to-textile circularity
- Expanding next-generation and regenerative materials
Lives
Build resilient lives
- Strengthening wellbeing and fair-care practices
- Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion
- Deepening community impact, climate adaptation and education
Planet
Regenerate our world
- Reducing emissions across Scopes 1, 2 and influencing Scope 3
- Strengthening value enhancement of non-hazardous waste
- Advancing responsible chemistry, water stewardship and biodiversity
Commitments
Anchored in globally recognised frameworks
UN Global Compact
2003
Communication on Progress against the Ten Principles
Business for Peace (B4P)
2013
Founding participant
Women's Empowerment Principles
2011
Embedded across Women Go Beyond
Science Based Targets initiative
2020
Validated absolute emissions-reduction targets
ZDHC Foundation
2017
99% conformity to the ZDHC MRSL
Cascale
Member
Global apparel value-chain alliance
Better Work Programme
Member
Internationally recognised labour standards
Global Compact Network Sri Lanka
Active
Board, Steering Committee & Working Groups
Memberships & coalitions
Active in the alliances shaping our industry
Global Compact Network Sri Lanka
Board, Steering Committee & Working Groups (D&I, Business & Human Rights, Climate Action)
Cascale
Founding member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (now Cascale)
ZDHC Foundation
One of 320+ signatories to the Roadmap to Zero Programme
Joint Apparel Association Forum Sri Lanka (JAAFSL)
National apparel industry body
Fashion Product Collective (FPC)
Producers as co-creators of sustainability
Advocacy & thought leadership
Driving the conversation on global platforms
Global platforms
- Opening keynote at the 2025 Cascale Full Member Meeting
- Global Fashion Agenda — carbon transition panel
- Raisina Dialogue 2025 (India)
- 2025 ZDHC Annual Event
Inclusion & workforce
- UNFPA Memorandum of Understanding
- UNGC Gender & Diversity platforms and Pride panel
- Multi-Stakeholder Childcare Consortium (World Bank, ILO)
- Asia Foundation panel on unpaid care work
Thought leadership
- 'Threads of Equity' editorial
- 'Beyond the Labels' podcast
- ITC GTEX circularity training
- Target Gender Equality Accelerator (UNGC)
National policy
- Ceylon Chamber Steering Committee on Climate Action
- Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL)
- JAAF Sustainability Council
- Verité Research forum
Certifications & transparency
Independently verified, openly disclosed
Certifications & accreditations
- ISO 14001
- ISO 14064
- ISO 45001
- bluesign®
- Higg FEM & FSLM
- ZDHC Supplier to Zero
- WRAP
- SMETA
- Fairtrade
- GRS & RCS
- OEKO-TEX® Standard 100
- GOTS
- ILO Better Work
- CDP
Transparency & assessment tools
- LCP Gateway & Converged Assessment Framework (CAF)
- SMETA
- CDP
- ZDHC Gateway
- BHive chemical tracking
- Higg FEM, MSI & Product Module
Certification coverage across facilities
| Standard | Facilities |
|---|---|
| bluesign® | 45 |
| Higg FEM | 41 |
| ISO 14064 | 41 |
| ISO 14001 | 34 |
| Higg vFEM (verified) | 34 |
| Higg FSLM | 31 |
| OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 | 29 |
| GOTS | 24 |
| ISO 45001 | 21 |
| WRAP | 21 |
Higg Index performance
A decade of verified facility improvement
MAS is a founding member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (now Cascale) and reports facility performance through the Higg Index.
Average Higg FEM score over time
| Year | FEM score |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 71 |
| 2020 | 78 |
| 2021 | 78 |
| 2022 | 79 |
| 2023 | 85 |
| 2025 | 89 |
CDP scores