Global non-profit alliance Cascale has come up with the Higg FEM Verifier Field Guide, a valuable new resource designed to enhance the quality and reliability of Higg FEM verification.
- This guide, effective September 2024, complements the existing resources, ensuring verifier bodies and verifiers have the tools needed to report accurate data.
- The Field Guide addresses needs related to time ordinance and opening and closing meetings, and is envisaged to provide guidance on varying factories, legislations, and practices within the diverse global manufacturing landscape.
- The Verifier Field Guide provides additional clarification and guidance on the requirements for completing Higg FEM Verifications and will serve as the industry’s go-to resource for a smooth verification process.
- The Higg FEM includes questions that provide data from the Higg FEM reporting year, information on the current operating conditions at a facility, and a combination of both. This requires Verifiers to evaluate factory practices based on different periods of time for the verification of specific questions.
- This time ordinance guidance provides verifiers with guidance on defining the time-based verification scope of Higg FEM questions.
HOW TO: The Verifier Field Guide is intended to be used together with the Verification Protocol, and the Higg FEM Guidance (How to Higg) to ensure verifier bodies and verifiers have the necessary tools to produce reliable Higg FEM Verification results.
- Currently, the guidance covers the following aspects of the Verification process: 1. Higg FEM Question Verification Scope - Time Ordinance 2. Opening and Closing Meetings – Resources
- The HiggFEM is available exclusively at Worldly, the most comprehensive sustainability data and insights platform.
