Cascale Names Ying McGuire as New CEO
Cascale, a non-profit organization that champions sustainability in the fashion and consumer goods industries, has selected Ying McGuire as its new CEO. Her appointment, effective June 1, 2026, is seen as a strategic move to accelerate the organization's sustainability initiatives and drive industry-wide transformation.
- Ying McGuire previously served as CEO of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, where she increased corporate membership by 48% and doubled revenue in two years. - Her background includes extensive corporate supply chain experience, with over a decade at Dell Technologies where she was the global leader of indirect procurement, and a decade as a Vice President at Technology Integration Group. - McGuire will take over from Harsh Saini, who has been serving as interim CEO. The previous permanent CEO, Colin Browne, stepped down in July 2025 after leading the organization through a period of strategic realignment. - Cascale was known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition until a rebranding in February 2024. The change followed a 2022 decision to pause its consumer-facing scorecards after facing accusations of greenwashing from Norwegian regulators. - A primary goal McGuire will oversee is Cascale's decarbonization program, which requires member organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by the year 2030. - Before its rebranding, the coalition was co-founded by Patagonia and Walmart in 2009 to create a standardized way to measure sustainability, which led to the development of the Higg Index tools. - McGuire has also served in government advisory roles, including an appointment to the United States Investment Advisory Council by the Secretary of Commerce in 2016.
