HIGG FEM verification with CGLOBAL - Customs clearance for international export of textile, garment and footwear products

What is the HIGG FEM?

Higg FEM is one of five modules of the Higg Index toolkits developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). This is an assessment tool to help textile, apparel and footwear businesses standardize how to measure and evaluate their environmental performances.

Higg FEM supports enterprises in continuous improvement of their environmental performance in line with SAC’s sustainability orientation for textile, apparel and footwear sectors year by year. However, it can also be applicable to many other industries.

HIGG FEM can be applied to assess environmental performance of:

– Enterprises producing fashion products, footwears, bags, toys, accessories…

– Enterprises producing packaging for the fashion and consumer goods industry

– Chemical manufacturing enterprises in the fashion industry

– Printing and material production enterprises

– Other facilities who want to evaluate their environmental performance

HIGG FEM assesses 7 key areas of a business’s performance:

Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Energy Use and Greenhouse Gases Emissions (Energy & GHG)

Water Use

Wastewater

Emissions to Air

Waste Management

Chemical management

HIGG FEM is designed to:

– Measure and quantify the environmental impacts of a facility

– Reduce redundancy in measuring and reporting sustainability performance

– Enhance business value through reducing risk and uncovering inefficiencies

– Create a common means and language to communicate environmental performance to stakeholders.

How to report and verify HIGG FEM self-assessment reports

The HIGG FEM module consists of an electronic checklist which assesses the enterprise’s environmental compliance. The enterprise is obliged to answer these questions and then post the results to the HIGG system which is now known as worldly.io. To do so, they have to:

– Register an account for their facilities on worldly.io

– Purchase the HIGG FEM Modules.

– Conduct answering the question and post the result to the Worldly.

– Register for third-party verification bodies if verification is required.

Benefits of HIGG FEM verification

– Standardize and improve communication with key stakeholders including customers and suppliers.

– Identify areas of improvement and priorities across the supply chain

– Develop a clear roadmap for improved performance year-on-year.

CGLOBAL directly verify the HIGG FEM self-assessment reports

After posting their self-assessment results, facilities can contact with verification body (like CGLOBAL) and make a request for verification

Verification process HIGG FEM at Cglobal is as follows:

Step 1: Receive customer registration information, application form and give quotation

Step 2: Sign the verification agreement and assign verifier for the project

Step 3: Make a verification plan and send a document checklist to the customer

Step 4: Conduct on-site verification at the enterprise’s premises

Step 5: Post the verification results on the Worldly system

Step 6: Support enterprises to make the verification result publicity and share with their business partners

CGLOBAL guarantees the output results being posted on Worldly. The facilities can get the certification of completed verification and share the results to their business partners.

Why choose CGLOBAL for HIGG FEM verification?

– CGLOBAL is a certification and inspection body with headquarters in the United States (California and South Carolina) with branches in many countries, e.g., Germany (Europe); Singapore, China, Vietnam (Asia) in and therefore has an understanding and compliance with the legal requirements of many of the major importing countries around the world.

– CGLOBAL is a verifier body for the Higg FEM module of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) through the license granted to the branch of CGLOBAL Group in Vietnam i.e.,, TQC CGLOBAL CENTER FOR TESTING AND CERTIFICATION.

Look up more license information here: https://www.sumerra.com/…/sac…/sac-verifier-body-list/

Contact Details

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GLOBAL INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION NETWORK (CGLOBAL) PTE. LTD.

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Adress: 470 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD #05-12, BUGIS CUBE, SINGAPORE (188735)

+65 3163 41091

Email: asean.sing@cglobal-sg.com

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HIGG FEM verification with CGLOBAL – Customs clearance for international export of textile, garment and footwear products