Worldly

What Worldly does

Worldly is a sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform serving consumer goods brands, retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers. The company operates as the exclusive technology platform licensee for the Higg Index — the industry-standardized sustainability assessment framework co-owned with Cascale and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition — providing the Facility Environmental Module (FEM), Facility Social & Labor Module (FSLM), Brand Retail Module (BRM), Materials Sustainability Index (MSI), and Product Module. On top of this core, Worldly has built a platform-plus-modules architecture that includes AI-powered Supplier Compliance Management, Worldly Axion (risk intelligence), Social and Labor Data tools, and the Product Impact Calculator covering 260+ product categories with emissions data on 400,000+ products.

Underlying technology combines Higg Index standardized metrics with AI-driven risk scoring, multi-tier supplier mapping (via the May 2026 Bendi Software acquisition), natural language processing for audit findings, and automated compliance workflows. The platform's network spans 45,000+ factories across 97 countries, serving 40,000+ manufacturers and suppliers alongside enterprise brand and retailer customers that include Marks & Spencer, New Look, Hydro Flask, Dunelm, Pearl iZumi, KMD Brands, and Komar.

Worldly generates revenue primarily through annual enterprise subscriptions for its sustainability platform plus professional services for implementation and training. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales for major brands and retailers with self-serve portal onboarding for the long tail of manufacturers and suppliers. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with annual contracts standard for enterprise accounts. The company is headquartered in Concord, California, was originally founded as Higg Inc. and rebranded to Worldly Holdings Inc. in May 2023, and currently operates with 101-250 employees.

Name

Worldly

Legal name

Worldly Holdings Inc.

Website

https://worldly.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Worldly is a sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for consumer goods brands, retailers, and manufacturers. Operating the exclusive Higg Index technology stack, it serves 40,000+ companies across 97 countries with standardized environmental and social assessment tools, AI-powered risk intelligence, and product impact analytics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Intelligence Software

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG/Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure Platforms (EUABAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Supply Chain (Scope 3) Emissions & Supplier Engagement Platforms (EUABAEAE), Sustainability & ESG Reporting (GRI/SASB/ISSB/CSRD) (EUAHAJAB), Supply Chain Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing (SMETA, supplier ESG) (EUAHAJAE), Enterprise Carbon Accounting & GHG Inventory Platforms (EUABAEAA), Audit-Ready Controls, Assurance & Compliance Workflow Tools (CSRD/SEC/ISSB) (EUABAEAG)

Keywords

• Sustainability intelligence platform
• Supply chain ESG data
• Product carbon footprinting
• Supplier compliance software
• Higg Index tools

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscriptions: Annual subscription-based access to Worldly's sustainability platform including Higg Index tools, data analytics, and compliance management features. Enterprise agreements typically multi-year with volume-based pricing.
2. Professional Services: Implementation support, training, and consulting services for organizations adopting Worldly's sustainability measurement framework

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Worldly operates a sustainability and supply chain intelligence SaaS platform for the consumer goods industry, providing standardized environmental and social impact measurement through the Higg Index framework, supply chain data analytics across 45,000+ factories in 97 countries, AI-powered supplier compliance management, Scope 3 product emissions calculators covering 260+ product categories, and risk intelligence tooling.

Product overview

Worldly is a sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, offering a unified platform-plus-modules architecture. The core platform provides supply chain data collection and analytics, which is extended by the Higg Index suite of assessment tools (FEM, FSLM, BRM, Product Tool Suite including MSI and Product Module) that Worldly exclusively licenses. Additional modules include Supplier Compliance Management (AI-powered audit management), Worldly Axion (risk intelligence), Social and Labor Data tools, and the Product Impact Calculator for Scope 3 emissions across 260+ categories. Following the May 2026 acquisition of Bendi Software, the platform expanded with three AI-powered tools: Pathfinder (multi-tier supplier mapping), Prism (ESG risk scoring), and VendorPilot (assessment automation). The platform integrates with The BHive for chemical compliance. The network includes over 40,000 manufacturers and suppliers and supports data from 45,000+ factories across 97 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Higg Index: The standardized measurement framework for apparel and footwear, providing environmental and social impact assessments
• Worldly Axion
• Supplier Compliance Management
• Product Impact Calculator
• The BHive

Products and services

• Supplier Compliance Management AI-powered solution for consumer goods brands that centralizes social audits, maps findings to codes of conduct, and tracks remediation to manage forced labor and social compliance risk across the supplier base.
• Supply Chain Insights Platform providing environmental and social performance data directly from the supply chain through the world's largest network of engaged suppliers, covering 45,000+ factories across 97 countries.
• Worldly Axion Risk intelligence and predictive insights tool that combines facility data with contextual risk intelligence to help brands understand exposure, prioritize investments, and maximize sustainability impact.
• Social and Labor Data Tool ensuring visibility into labor conditions, mitigating social risk, and promoting safe and fair labor conditions across the supply chain.
• Product Impact Calculator Tool enabling brands to measure product-level Scope 3 emissions using primary supplier data, covering 260+ consumer goods product categories and processing emissions for over 400,000 products.
• Higg Index The standardized measurement framework for apparel and footwear, including Facility Environmental Module (FEM), Facility Social & Labor Module (FSLM), Brand Retail Module (BRM), Materials Sustainability Index (MSI), and Product Module, under Worldly's exclusive license.
• The BHive Digital chemical management platform for brands and manufacturers, replacing fragmented compliance data with a single automated platform supporting ZDHC MRSL, GOTS, and OEKO-TEX compliance scanning.
• Pathfinder (by Bendi Software) AI-powered multi-tier supplier mapping tool enabling discovery and evaluation of suppliers beyond direct Tier 1 relationships across environmental, labor, human rights, and governance factors.
• Prism (by Bendi Software) AI-powered ESG risk scoring tool evaluating suppliers across 100+ environmental, labor, human rights, and governance indicators, with continuously updated risk scoring.
• VendorPilot (by Bendi Software) AI-powered assessment automation tool enabling automated sustainability assessments beyond Tier 1 suppliers, integrating with Worldly's existing platform for compliance workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved up to 90% supplier adoption rates
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CascalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCascale is the licensor of the Higg Index framework and a strategic partner. Worldly serves as the exclusive technology platform for Higg Index data collection, processing, and distribution. Data sharing relationship enables brands and manufacturers to submit assessments through Worldly with direct Cascale integration.
• Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAC owns the Higg Index intellectual property and standards. Worldly operates as the official technology platform partner providing software infrastructure for the Higg Index suite of tools (FEM, FSLM, BRM, MSI, Product Module).
• Apparel Impact Institute (AII)minorOthersOrganization with which Worldly shares data to support sustainability programs and initiatives. AII works on environmental impact reduction projects in the apparel industry.
• Reset CarbonminorOthersOrganization with which Worldly shares data to support carbon measurement and reduction programs. Reset Carbon focuses on supply chain carbon footprint analysis.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Persefoni: Persefoni is a carbon and climate management accounting platform serving enterprise finance and sustainability teams. It overlaps with Worldly on GHG inventory and Scope 3 workflows, though it is more horizontal and less consumer-goods-verticalized.
• Sweep: Sweep is a sustainability data and carbon management platform with strong Scope 3 and supply chain features. It targets similar enterprise sustainability buyers as Worldly and is a direct comparable in the consumer goods and manufacturing verticals.
• Watershed: Watershed is an enterprise carbon accounting platform with strong Scope 3 and supply chain emissions capabilities. It competes with Worldly for the same enterprise sustainability budget, particularly for product-level and supplier-level emissions reporting.
• EcoVadis: EcoVadis provides supply chain sustainability ratings and assessments, serving a similar brand/supplier network model in consumer goods and adjacent verticals. It is the most direct comparable to Worldly's Higg-based assessment offering, with overlapping buyer-side ESG procurement use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Workiva: Workiva is a public, broad ESG and sustainability reporting platform used by large enterprises for CSRD/SEC/ISSB disclosure. It competes with Worldly at the reporting and assurance layer, and is a likely consolidation target for enterprise sustainability spend.
• Sphera: Sphera (owned by Blackstone) offers enterprise EHS and sustainability software with deep product LCA capabilities (via former GaBi / thinkstep). It competes with Worldly in product-level environmental footprinting and supply chain transparency for industrial and consumer goods customers.
• Salesforce Net Zero Cloud: Salesforce Net Zero Cloud is an enterprise carbon accounting and sustainability solution embedded in the Salesforce CRM platform. As a horizontal incumbent with deep enterprise distribution, it threatens Worldly's positioning as a system of record for supplier engagement and ESG data.

Emerging players

• Greenly: Greenly is a carbon accounting platform with strong SMB and mid-market traction. It is more horizontal and less supply-chain-deep than Worldly, but competes for the same sustainability budget at the smaller end of Worldly's customer base.
• Normative: Normative is a carbon accounting platform with strong Scope 3 and science-based target tracking. It targets similar enterprise sustainability buyers to Worldly, with overlapping workflows on emissions measurement and reporting.
• Source Intelligence: Source Intelligence provides supply chain compliance, sustainability, and chemical management software with deep supplier disclosure workflows. It overlaps with Worldly's Supplier Compliance Management and BHive chemical compliance offerings, particularly for regulated industries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A3 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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