Higg Facility Environmental Module (Higg FEM)
The Higg FEM provides facilities a clear picture of their environmental impact and helps them identify and prioritize opportunities for performance improvements.
What is Higg FEM?
Higg Facility Environmental Module (Higg FEM) is a facility tool developed by Higg Index to assess environmental impact of product manufacturing - from water use, to waste management, to chemical and energy use - in order to identify strengths and uncover areas for improvement.
Benefits of Higg FEM verfification?
Higg FEM measures and quantifies the sustainability impacts of a facility. It will also reduce redundancy, reduce risk by way of uncovering inefficiencies, and create a common language to communicate sustainability to stakeholders.
Higg FEM verification confirms that organizations understand and answer their facility’s self-assessment correctly. Verification ensures external stakeholders that an organization's data is reliable, as well as help it achieve a steady level of reliability and normalization.
The FEM can also provide manufacturers, retailers, and brands with the most accurate reflection of their company’s environmental footprint. Facilities may use the FEM Communications Toolkit to share verified FEM scores and performance insights with external stakeholders, including business partners, NGOs, and prospective customers in company reports, their websites, and on social media. Using the FEM Communications Toolkit is a reflection of a facility’s commitment to sustainability and sharing trusted, verified information with stakeholders.
How to get Higg FEM verified?
To achieve verification, a client must follow the below steps:
- Fully complete your Higg FEM self-assessment (answer all the required questions) before being able to start verification.
- Purchase and activate a verified Higg FEM (vFEM)
- Select your chosen verifier body. Kaixin Certification (Beijing) Co., Ltd., member of the Cotecna Group, is able to offer Higg FEM verification services.
- Kaixin Certification (Beijing) Co., Ltd. assigns your organization an approved verifier to perform on-site verification.
- Your facility receives Verified FEM status.
Request a Certification
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