Cascale has wrapped Season 3 of its “Source of Good” podcast, a nine-episode season that featured industry leaders working to advance decent work and climate action across the consumer goods supply chain.
With a thematic focus on the people and practices behind sustainability, the season explored what it takes to protect workers’ rights, strengthen human rights due diligence, improve purchasing practices, and build resilient, fair supply chains. Each episode offered a holistic lens on how collaborative actions directly support efforts to combat climate change.
Season 3 also explored how industry-aligned tools and shared frameworks can help translate commitments into action — supporting common expectations, more consistent supplier engagement, and progress that can be measured over time. The season referenced Cascale’s Higg Index tools, exclusively available on Worldly, and Better Buying surveys, which Cascale acquired in 2025, as examples of how standardized data, benchmarking, and supplier feedback can help organizations align efforts across the value chain.
This season brought together experts spanning human rights, responsible purchasing, transparency, investment, circularity, and supplier engagement — featuring conversations with leaders from the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), Retraced, UNIQLO, Fair Wear, Good Fashion Fund, REI Co-op, ERALDA, and more.
Episodes included:
- There’s No Sustainability without Workers’ Rights feat. John Morrison, CEO, Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)
- Transparency Never Goes Out of Style with Retraced feat. Lukas Puender, Co-Founder, Retraced
- Better Buying: From Research to Reform with Dr. Marsha Dickson and Under Armour
- How UNIQLO Built Decent Work Into Its DNA feat. Eshan Chan, Supply Chain Sustainability Manager, Fast Retailing
- Due Diligence in Practice with Fair Wear and Mammut feat. Annabel Meurs, Executive Director, Fair Wear
- Invest Where It Matters with Good Fashion Fund and Pratibha Syntex feat. Jayanth Kashyap, Investment Lead, Good Fashion Fund
- Built to Last—and Love with REI and Ambercycle feat. Greg Gausewitz, Senior Manager of Sustainability, REI Co-op
- Meeting Suppliers Where They Are with ERALDA and Eileen Fisher feat. David Forsgate, Chief Representative Officer, ERALDA,
- Sustainability Needs a Different Angle feat. Anne-Laure Descours, Board member at Gildan and former Chief Sourcing Officer, Puma
“Source of Good” is a co-production of award-winning producer Hueman Group Media and Cascale, a global nonprofit alliance empowering collaboration to drive equitable and restorative business practices in the consumer goods industry. The podcast is hosted by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, Cascale’s communications director and a former journalist.
Since its debut in September 2024, “Source of Good” has released nearly 30 episodes featuring industry experts and leaders working across climate action, transparency, circularity, and decent work. Guests to date have included author and Cascale co-founder Rick Ridgeway, as well as leaders from organizations such as Recover, Brooks Running, Lenzing, Sappi, Dunelm, Nobody’s Child, the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii), PrimaLoft, Tapestry, ITL, Ren Energy, Hirdaramani, Elevate Textiles, Avery Dennison, Cotton Incorporated, Hanesbrands, and many more.
Cascale’s “Source of Good” will return for Season 4 in spring 2026, with more conversations on collective action across the consumer goods supply chain to combat climate change and support decent work for all. Episodes are available on multiple platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, and more. Listen and subscribe.
