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HIGG Index Certificate

What does HIGG mean?

The Higg Index is an apparel and footwear industry self-assessment standard to rate environmental and social sustainability throughout the supply chain.

Who uses HIGG?

Across topics such as water use, carbon emissions, and labor conditions, consumer goods brands, retailers, manufacturers, governments, NGOs, and consumers.

What is HIGG FEM?

The Higg Facility Environmental Module (Higg FEM) is a sustainability assessment tool that standardizes how facilities measure and evaluate their environmental performance, year over year.

The Higg FEM informs brands, retailers, and manufacturers about the environmental sustainability performance of their facilities, so they can make improvements that reduce negative sustainability impacts.

What is verification?

Verification ensures that you accurately completed all parts of the Higg FEM – giving your self-assessment the credibility and accuracy required to share it publicly. Verification of the FEM self-assessment is conducted by a third- or second-party SAC-approved verifier

The Higg FEM assesses:

See the overall process for establishments completing FEM below. This tool requires a large amount of data and information. Depending on an establishment's familiarity with FEM and general knowledge of sustainability, it may take 3-6 weeks for an establishment to complete the assessment, or longer if this is the first time.

How do you benefit?

The Higg FEM provides greater value and insight to your organization because it:

  • Relieves audit fatigue
  • Standardizes how facilities measure and evaluate environmental performance
  • Offers questions according to facility needs, leading to better, actionable data and more insight into your supply chain
  • Enables rapid learning through the identification of sustainability hot spots, the existing level of performance, and improvement opportunities
  • Calculates scores with increased accuracy and allows for easy sharing with multiple business partners
  • Catalyzes sustainability education and collaboration.

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