How to apply for Higg FEM verification? Why should enterprises conduct Higg FEM verification?

Higg Certified Factory Environment Module (Higg FEM) is a sustainability assessment tool that standardizes how factories measure and evaluate their environmental performance each year. It is used to check and evaluate the annual performance standards of the factory in terms of environment, mainly for measuring and quantifying the impact of the sustainable development of the factory, reducing repeated measurement and review, promoting business value by reducing risks and uncovering efficiency, creating a common meaning, and promoting stakeholders to communicate sustainable development.

How to apply for Higg Index FEM verification?

Self assessment (SAQ) is the first step to participate in Higg Index FEM project. You can use the self-assessment tool of the website after visiting the registration and payment, and download the SAQ results after completion. If the customer needs, the third party approved by SAC will arrange on-site verification, and the verification results will be released on the platform after completion. Your environmental performance can be assessed by yourself or by others (including potential customers). In order to ensure that the factory can successfully complete the verification, we can find Arnold (Qingdao) Inspection and Testing Certification Co., Ltd. to serve you. Our company is a professional certification body with independent corporate qualification approved by the National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA), which helps the enterprise successfully pass the HIGG certification.

Higg verification result will be evaluated as?

The factory should be honest and clear when completing the assessment. HIGG FEM is not a conformity and non conformity assessment, but a tool to identify and identify opportunities for improvement.

1. The first level results show that the factory is fully tracking the sustainable development performance and has a good understanding of the factory's environmental impact;

2. The second level performance indicates that the factory is establishing a baseline, formulating goals, formulating an action plan, and starting to reduce the impact on the environment;

3. The third level of achievement shows that the factory has demonstrated sustainable development leadership in continuous emission reduction and/or demonstration of real industry best practices (such as the use of renewable energy and/or closed cycle water recycling).

It is recommended that the factory first meet the requirements of Level 1, that is, understand the requirements of Higg Index and comply with laws and regulations; Level 2&3 (Level 2 and 3) focuses on improving the demonstration of leadership in projects and factories.

What are the benefits of Higg FEM validation?

1. Manufacturers can apply this module at any level of the value chain of clothing, footwear and textile industries. Higg covers all areas with the same business license. Even if the factory has multiple sub factories and different production lines, it can reduce the need for additional on-site inspections, thus saving management time and costs;

2. Higg has created opportunities for open dialogue among value chain partners, so enterprises at all levels of the value chain can work together better;

3. Reliable and credible Higg Index data can provide manufacturers with better and more comparable industry benchmarking enterprise management information, so that they can evaluate their existing performance level and find better improvement opportunities.