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2020 Higg FEM Webinar(For Higg Users)
Q&A Attendees are all muted during the presentation.
Please type your questions into the Q&A box at the bottom of the screen.
SummaryMembers are free to exchange or discuss publicly available information. However, Members should avoid any discussions or joint efforts regarding confidential competitive information such as non-public cost or price information, non-public volume information, strategic plans or other information that is not “reasonably necessary” to achieve SAC’s goals.
Antitrust Guidelines
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Detailed Guidelines
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Agenda
01. 2020 Higg FEM Cadence timeline
02. 2020 Higg FEM Content Change overview
03. 2020 Higg FEM Platform enhancement overview
04. Introduction to Facility Preview
05. Platform demo
06. Support for Higg users
07. Q&A
2020 Higg FEM cycleSep 2020
Purchase
Assessment
Posting
Verification
Higg FEM & Higg vFEM ends on Oct 31, 2021
2020 Higg FEM Launched
April 30, 2021Deadline for self-assessment with content locked for benchmarking
2020 Higg vFEM finalized and posted ends on December 31, 2021
* Unlimited posting / unposting One-time posting
Apr 2021Jan 2021Nov 2020 Dec 2021
Allow additional new facilities to complete and post
Note:*Once a facility begins to verify a module, the module cannot be unposted.*Unlimited posting/unposting DOES NOT apply to 2020 Higg vFEM at any time – verified modules can only be posted once.
Oct 2021
v. 2020-10-13
2020 Higg FEM What is new?
2020 Higg FEM changes
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~50 Specific Content
~24%How-to-Higg FEM Guide
● Question Intent● Technical Guidance ● Quant Metric Guidance● Verification Guidance● Reference link
● New unscored primary questions● New unscored secondary
questions● Required documentation upload● Revised questions● Revised answer options● Splitting questions
~100Platform feature
● Facility Preview● OAR ID● CSV export file● Adoption tool
enhancement
2020 Higg FEM Content change
Site Info & Permit
● Added new industry sector (i.e. Electronics, Toys, Hardgoods)● Introduced Product Categories, where applicable● Refined the list of Facility Processes and Facility Type● Align languages with Higg MSI / Product Module● Refined list of Materials Type● Added SAM (Standard Allowed Minutes) as an unit to Annual
Volume Units● Updated Question on Onsite Water treatment (previously
known as Pre-treatment for freshwater)● Allow multiple permit upload
EMS
● No Specific content change
Energy
● Revamped Unit of Measure for a few energy sources (e.g. Electricity, Purchased Steam, etc)
● Simplified overall Energy source (Q1)● Added new Energy source (i.e. Solar Thermal, Purchased
Renewables) (Q1)● Split questions for Energy reduction and GHG emissions (Q4
+ NEW)● Updated Energy table and GHG table (Q4 + NEW)● Updated table (Q6)● Added new question on SBTi in Level 3 (Q8)
Water
● Update table to include improvement percentage change (Q6)
Wastewater ● Added diagram to help facility understand industry wastewater
vs. domestic wastewater● Clarification on Zero-liquid discharge (ZLD)● Updated table to include additional questions on wastewater
discharge point (Q1)● Added new unscored question on prevent wastewater from
mixing with stormwater in the storm drain systems (No Q number)
● Added two new unscored secondary question on backup plan (Q3)
● Added new unscored question on facility confirming no leaking or bypassing of wastewater (No Q number)
● Added new secondary question to capture training element on hazardous sludge (Q4)
● Added new secondary question to capture training element on non-hazardous sludge (Q5)
Wastewater
● Rephrase Septic question to fit the correct intent (Q6)● Added new secondary question to capture training element
on managing septic waste (Q6)● Allow multi-select on reporting wastewater standard (Q7)● Update table to include “Frequency of Sampling” (Q7)● Added new table on ZDHC Table 2A-N data (Q7)● Fix scoring guidance - 50% or more = full point ; No Partial
point on this question (Q9)
Air Emissions
● Added a new question on “Does your facility monitor air emissions?” (Applicability)
● Revise questions to report all air emission from operations and production processes (Q1 and Q2)
● Remove the reporting on quantity of air emissions (Q1 and Q2)
● Update table to include additional questions on air pollutant and emission test reports (Q1 and Q2)
● Added secondary question on overall tracking refrigerant use and emissions (Q3)
● Rephrase question to fit better with intent (Q4 and Q5)
Waste ● Added an overall non-hazardous waste stream tracking question
(Q1)● Added an overall hazardous waste stream tracking question
(Q2)● Rephrase question to include element on hazardous waste
storage container (Q4)● Added 7 new requirements on managing hazardous waste
storage area and storage container (Q4)● Rephrase question to include element on non-hazardous waste
storage container (Q5)● Added 3 new requirements on managing hazardous waste
storage area and storage container (Q5)● Added question to capture more information regarding employee
training (i.e. number of employees trained and frequency of training) (Q7)
● Update table to include improvement percentage change (Q13)
Chemicals ● Added “reactants and additives” in type of chemicals to add
more relevance clarity to the chemical manufacturing (Q1)● Added question to capture more information regarding
employee training (i.e. number of employees trained and frequency of training) (Q3)
● Added question to capture more information regarding employee training (i.e. number of employees trained and frequency of training) (Q4)
● Added question to capture more information on specific training topics and employee training (i.e. number of employees trained and frequency of training) (Q10)
● Rephrase question to add clarity to the intent (Q11, Q12)● Added new secondary question on RSL failure resolution
process (Q11)● Allow facility’s Parent / Corporate Group management of RSL
and MRSL as an option for documentation review during verification (Q11, Q12)
Chemicals
● Corrected percentage to be able to answer Yes or Partial Yes between various applicability (50% as threshold for Chemicals in Production Processes vs. 10% as threshold for Chemicals in Facility toolings and/or operation) (Q16)
● For those questions that required large number of document, add clarity that facility do not need to upload all document, but some, and the rest must be available for review during verification
Summary of Update
https://howtohigg.org/fem-landing/summary-of-updates-to-how-to-higg-guide-v14/
2020 How-to-Higg FEM Guide
https://howtohigg.org/fem-landing/facility-site-information-permits-2020/
2020 How-to-Higg FEM Guide
Quantitative Metrics Guidance● Added guidance for answering quantitative
metrics based questions within the How To Higg Guide.
● Helps users to complete questions which require input of quantitative metrics within the Higg FEM, such as questions with absolute resource consumption, waste generation, baselines, targets and improvements.
● This guidance adapts principles of reporting and data quality from the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting & Reporting Standard.
Where will you find it?Site Info & Permits, Energy, Water, Waste Water, Waste, Air Emissions sections
How to utilise this guidance?● Higg users should refer to this
guidance before inputting quantitative metrics
● Verifiers should refer to this guidance while verifying respective questions
2020 Higg FEM Translation
2020 Higg FEM Translation
How-to-Higg FEM Guide Higg.org
Bengali | English | Chinese (Simplified) | Italian
Japanese | Portuguese | Spanish
Turkish | Vietnamese
(Available now)(Available by phrases)
2020 Higg FEM Translation Change Request
howtohigg.org/request
2020 Higg FEM Platform Guide
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update Highlights
● Module purchasing options
● 100% of completion rate for all
scored questions to post the
module.
● Change “Reopen to ASI” to
“Reopen/Unpost Assessment”
● Beemer notification
● Facility Preview in FEM 2020
● Facility Preview cadence in the
Adoption tool
● Allow multiple file uploads in
the Site Info & Permits section
● CSV export files
● FEM 2020 cadence in the
Adoption tool
● Data roll forward
● OAR ID integration
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
Module Purchasing Option
Module Type Original Price Current Discount Notes
Higg FEM + vFEM 2020 Bundle with Communication Toolkit
$445.99 18% off (until Nov 30, 2020)
The FEM toolkit may only be used by facilities that complete on-site verification by a third party.
FEM 2020 + FSLM bundle $396 25% off (until Nov 30, 2020)
FSLM + vFSLM $396 20% off (until Nov 30, 2020)
Single FEM 2020 or vFEM 2020 $198 15% off (until Nov 30, 2020)
vFEM 2020 purchasing option will be on the FEM dashboard after you have a FEM 2020
Single FSLM or vFSLM $198 15% off (until Nov 3o, 2020)
vFSLM purchasing option will be on the FSLM dashboard after you have a FSLM
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
Posting rule change
Before FEM 2020 Cadence
As long as the completion rate is over 95%, the module can be posted.
All required questions must be answered before posting the assessment. If the module completion rate is less than 100%, it won’t be allowed to post.
*all required questions have been marked in dark blue in the FEM 2020.
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
Module unposting
Before FEM 2020 Cadence
On the FEM dashboard, it is called as “Reopening to ASI”
On the FEM dashboard, it is called as “Reopening/Unposting Assessment”
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
Multiple files uploading in FEM 2020 Site Info & Permit section
Before FEM 2020 Cadence
Facilities only can upload one file for Facility Environment Permit question.
Facilities can upload multiple files for Facility Environment Permit question.
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
CSV export file
Before FEM 2020 Cadence
CSV V1: Single CSV1 (2017/2018/2019) and bulk CSV1 (2017-2019)CSV V2: Single CSV2 (2017/2018/2019) and bulk CSV2 (2017-2019)
CSV V1: CSV V1 will be retired from Higg.org platform on January 1, 2021.Single CSV1 for 2017/2018/2019 but not available for FEM 2020Bulk CSV1 (FEM 2017-2019)
CSV V2: FEM 2017-2019 (Bulk CSV V2) FEM 2020 (single CSV V2)
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
Beemer Notification
In-platform notification center to announce platform release notifications and other important notifications to Higg users
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
FEM 2020 cadence in the Higg adoption tool
FEM 2020 default cadence will be available in the Higg adoption tool from November 20, 2020.
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
OAR Integration
In partnership with the Open Apparel Registry (OAR), Higg Co is integrating facility name and address data via API across the Higg and OAR platforms, streamlining facility data records for the apparel industry. The benefits of having this integration:
● Saves users’ time● Collates disparate facility data into one central location● Mitigates the risk of inaccurate data sharing
OAR Website: https://openapparel.org/
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
What is OAR ID?
The Open Apparel Registry (OAR) is an open source map and database of global apparel facilities,
their affiliations and unique OAR IDs assigned to each facility.
The Higg platform now allows each Higg Facility account to be associated with the corresponding unique facility in the OAR. Use the OAR ID to:
❏ Update and standardize facility names and addresses against the database❏ Understand affiliations of current and prospect facilities to identify opportunities for collaboration❏ Find potential new suppliers, listed with their credentials and affiliations❏ Leverage the OAR ID as a unique and shared ID across software systems and databases
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
What this data integration means for facility users:
● If a facility is in the apparel, footwear, accessories, or textile categories, they can update their Higg profile to integrate with the OAR.
● If a facility is new to the OAR, they can use the Higg platform to create an OAR ID through their account profile and add their facility to the OAR open data platform.
● Easily maintain their OAR and Higg profile records on one platform and trust that the data they share with business partners is current and accurate.
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
What this data integration means for non-facility users:
● Use facility OAR IDs to find Higg assessments.● Contribute the facility list to the OAR if you have.● Encourage the facilities to claim their profiles and add additional data points, including parent company,
worker numbers and percentage of female workers.
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2020 Higg FEM Platform Update
Once the OAR ID is linked in a facility’s account, the OAR ID can be used/found on Higg.org platform at these places below:
● Facility FEM and FSLM dashboards● FEM and FSLM module pages● Share or Request a Module: account searching● Facility’s account profile ● FEM and FSLM CSV files● Adoption tool (cadence list table, CSV export and account searching) ● Analytics tool (CSV export)● API
2020 Higg FEM Facility Preview
Introduction to Facility Preview
● Facility Preview is a way for manufacturers, brands, retailers, sourcing agents to quickly evaluate the environmental performance of their manufacturing facilities at a foundational level.
● A tool for onboarding new facilities, providing an entry point to the Higg Facility Tools
● Designed to scale to adjacent industries
● Streamlines the collection of sustainability data, and increases data accountability in the industry.
● Available on the Higg Platform
Benefits of Facility Preview
Facilities
● Reduce duplication of assessments
● Increase resource efficiency ● Quickly evaluate & share with
value chain partners foundational environmental performance
Brands, Retailers, Sourcing Agents
● Replace proprietary assessment tool
● Increase resource efficiency● Quick onboarding of Facilities to
supply chain ● Identify opportunities and hotspots
in their extended value chain.
Facility Preview (Use cases)
01 (for companies that has an existing assessment tool) replace proprietary tool to assess manufacturing facilities on their foundational environmental sustainability performance
02 (for companies that are beginning to assess value chain) use this tool without developing a separate tool to assess manufacturing facilities on their foundational environmental sustainability performance
03 (for companies that are beginning to assess extended value chain) use this tool without developing a separate tool to assess manufacturing facilities on their foundational environmental sustainability performance
04 (for companies planning to roll out Higg FEM to other industries, but feel the current version of Higg FEM does not fully apply) use this tool to assess manufacturing facilities on their foundational environmental sustainability performance using the Higg.org platform
Facility Preview Content ❖ Mirror all questions as in 2020 Higg FEM
❖ Mirror 4 questions (Level 1) + 1 question (Level 2) as in 2020 Higg FEM.
❏ Include 1 new unique question.❖ Mirror Level 1 question as in 2020 Higg FEM❏ Include 1 new unique secondary question.
❖ Mirror Level 1 question as in 2020 Higg FEM❏ Include 1 new unique secondary question.
❖ Mirror 8 questions (Level 1) + 1 question (Level 2) as in 2020 Higg FEM.
❖ Mirror 4 questions (Level 1) as in 2020 Higg FEM.
❖ Mirror 6 questions (Level 1) + 1 question (Level 3) as in 2020 Higg FEM.
❏ Include 2 new unique secondary questions❏ Added new unique requirement on 1 question (Level 1)
❖ Mirror 13 questions (Level 1) as in 2020 Higg FEM.
Facility Preview Specific Content
EMS Primary question: Does your facility have documented procedures that enable workers to report environmental emergencies/violations and protects them from retaliation?
Secondary Question: Does your facility have a robust process in place to ensure data accuracy and integrity?➢ Apply to Energy Q1, Water Q1, Waste Q1, Waste Q2
Waste Q6:“reword question to include additional requirement”: Does your facility forbid all irresponsible waste disposal actions including open burning, open dumping, burying and storage tank leaks?
Key takeaway for Facility Preview
01 It is a new feature that complements Higg FEM
02 It is a quick look at a facility’s foundational environmental performance prior to completing a full assessment
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What it is:
01It does not provide a comprehensive view of value
chain performance. So it does not replace the Higg FEM assessment
02SAC does not offer verification for individual Facility Preview section submission before posting the full 2020 Higg FEM
03 Does not offer scoring
04 Not accessible for benchmarking feature
What it is not:
04For 2020 Higg FEM cadence, companies must subscribe to the Advanced Adoption Services tier to unlock the feature and have access to the support needed to manage it
Not all facilities will have accessibility to this feature in 2020 Higg FEM cadence.
Implementing Facility Preview in 2020 Higg FEM cadence
Self-Assessment
● Only module in NS and ASI status can be allocated.
Special scenarios:❏ Module in ASC status - contact the
manufacturing facility to unpost module, status change to ASI, feature can be allocated.
❏ Module in VRP, VRC, VRF - feature cannot be allocated.
Verification
● Questions in Facility Preview will be verified in addition to the Higg FEM
Reminder:❏ SAC does not offer verification for
individual Facility Preview section submission before posting the full 2020 Higg FEM
Facility Preview Adoption Tool Workflow
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Data BlocksHow to Access Facility Preview
Advanced Service TierFor the 2020 cadence, companies must be subscribed to the Advanced Service Plan, to utilize the Adoption Tool’s Custom Cadence feature and to receive the support needed to manage it.
Opt-inFacility Preview is optional at the Advanced Service level, so companies will also need to opt-in to participate. Higg Co will then enable the Facility Preview cadence feature in the Adoption Tool, which is used to directly invite facilities to participate in Facility Preview.
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Data BlocksHow to Invite Facilities
Adoption Tool Workflow● Create a new custom cadence● Select FEM 2020● Two new sub-options appear:
○ Enable Facility Preview○ Enable Facility Preview Submission
● Select options and create cadence.*● Add nominated facilities to this
Preview-enabled cadence● Added facilities will then see Facility Preview
*Facility Preview cadence settings cannot be changed once created.
Enable Facility Preview must be selected to Enable Preview Submission
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Data BlocksAccess Facility Preview Data
Adoption Dashboard - Cadence Overview Table
● New Column: Facility Preview● Values: Yes, No
● No special Facility Preview module status.
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Data BlocksAccess Facility Preview Data
Adoption Tool Cadence Details - Accounts Table
● New Column: Facility Preview Submitted● Values: Yes, No
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Data BlocksAccess Facility Preview Data
FEM - Modules Table
● New Columns: Facility Preview; Facility Preview Submitted● Values: Yes, No
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Data BlocksFacilities in Multiple Cadences
Cadence overlap is a possibility.
● Facilities will likely be added to multiple adoption cadences for both FEM2020 and Facility Preview, for different company accounts.
● Facilities may share Facility Preview assessments with multiple customers.
● If a facility has been added to at least one Cadence that is Facility Preview Enabled, then all accounts that receive a share from the facility will see Facility Preview data provided by the facility.
Facility Preview Platform Guide For Facilities
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Facility Workflow
Purchase the Higg FEM2020
Notified by customers
Step 1
The facility will receive the
notification from their
customers about the FEM
2020 cadence requirements
including Facility Preview
requirements
Step 2
The facility will purchase the
FEM 2020 in their Higg
account
Complete the module
Step 3
Option 1: complete the FEM 2020 only
Option 2: complete and submit the facility
preview only
Option 3: complete the facility preview +
FEM 2020
Option 4: complete and submit the facility
preview + FEM 2020
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Facility Preview Platform Guide for Facilities
Option 1: facilities need to complete and post the FEM 2020 only
Won’t see Facility Preview section in their FEM 2020
Complete 100% to post the module to ASC status
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Facility Preview Platform Guide for Facilities Option 2 & 4: facilities need to complete and submit the Facility Preview only or complete
the Facility Preview with submission + complete the FEM 2020
Receive a message to submit the Facility Preview on the top
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Facility Preview Platform Guide for Facilities Option 2 & 4: facilities need to complete and submit the Facility Preview only or complete
the Facility Preview with submission + complete the FEM 2020
The submission button will be shown once the completion rate of Facility Preview is 100%. Then facilities will submit it.
The submission is not going to make the FEM 2020 status become ASC. The status will still remain as ASI.
FEM 2020 sections questions are open to facilities. The facilities can go ahead to complete the full FEM 2020 if they are required to do it.
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Facility Preview Platform Guide for Facilities
Option 2 & 4: facilities need to complete and submit the Facility Preview or complete the Facility Preview with submission + complete FEM 2020
Receive a message after submitting the Facility Preview
The answers completed in Facility Preview section will be pre-answered accordingly with the corresponding duplicate answer in the other part of the assessment
The status will become ASC after the full FEM 2020 is completed and posted.
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Facility Preview Platform Guide for Facilities
Option 3: facilities need to complete Facility Preview + FEM 2020 without submitting the Facility Preview
The facility will complete both Facility Preview and FEM 2020 and post the FEM 2020 to make the module status become ASC.
The answers completed in Facility Preview section will be pre-answered accordingly with the corresponding duplicate answer in the other part of the assessment
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Facility Preview Other Features
1. Module sharing ● Sharing will work identically to the current FEM
workflow.● Facilities must share their assessment with other
accounts in order for those accounts to receive either submitted Facility Preview section data only or the Posted full FEM 2020 with Facility Preview data.
2. Translation ● Chinese will come soon and other languages as well
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Facility Preview Other Features
3. Facility Preview data export
● Offline excel for Facility Preview is available for participating facilities to download and import the data.
● Facilities will be able to download the excel file or FEM 2020 (CSV V2) to review their Facility Preview data only or FEM 2020 data + Facility Preview data.
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Facility Preview Other Features
4. Data Roll forward
● Facilities that have Posted FEM 2019 and will be completing FEM 2020 with Facility Preview can roll their data forward when they first access their FEM 2020.
● Corresponding RefIDs will roll forward like the other FEM 2020 assessments. In some cases where the RefIDs are duplicated the Facility Preview section will included roll forwarded data.
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Guidance and Support
Getting Started Step-by-step Instructions
FAQ
Platform update guidance support: https://howtohigg.org/fem-landing/
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Guidance and Support
Submit a ticket to Higg Index support team through howtohigg.org/request if you have any questions or issues
Platform Demo● OAR ID
2020 Higg FEM Communication Toolkit
Higg FEM Communication Toolkit
Total score achieved by facility
Indication of progress – facility’s score compared to 100
● Empower manufacturers to show
sustainability leadership
● Enable manufacturers to
voluntarily communicate Higg
FEM performance
● Increase value chain
transparency
● Stimulate storytelling around Higg
FEM
● Increase awareness of Higg FEM
Higg FEM Communication
Toolkit (2020 Higg FEM)
• The Higg FEM Communication Toolkit (Beta version) is
still available for free of charge for 2018 Higg vFEM and
2019 Higg vFEM
• Higg FEM Communication Toolkit is eligible for posted
2018 Higg vFEM and/or 2019 Higg vFEM, with
third-party onsite verification
• The Higg FEM Communication Toolkit will be available
for eligiable module for 2020 Higg vFEM, at USD49.99
Support on 2020 Higg FEM
SAC Approved Trainers
SAC Approved Training Providers bring in a wealth of experience and expertise
Learners can get a chance to ask questions and get their technical queries understood in local language
Find and contact trainershowtohigg.org/trainers
SAC Approved Trainers
https://www.sumerra.com/programs/sac/sac-fem-training-program/sac-fem-trainer-body-list/
Register now! (https://www.tickettailor.com/events/sacevents )
APAC Nov 25 & 26○ With Mandarin, Bengali, Vietnamese, Japanese simultaneous interpretation
AMER Dec 1 & Dec 2 ○ With Spanish and Portuguese simultaneous interpretation
● Looking Towards 2021 and Beyond - Equip better for upcoming cadence by looking into 2020 Higg FEM, Higg FSLM, verification and various deep-dive topics
● Last Manufacturer Forums of 2020
Next Step
Next step
❏ Start reviewing 2020 Higg FEM Content, platform, guidance
❏ Purchasing module if you haven’t, while promotion price still lasts
❏ Get your tickets to SAC Manufacturer Forum, to learn about the best practices and have a dialogue with SAC.
❏ Contact Sally and Stefanie if you are interested on using Facility Preview feature in 2020 Higg FEM cadence (sally.smaili@higg.com ; stefanie.kato@higg.com )
❏ Post your 2019 Higg FEM and/or 2019 Higg vFEM before Dec 31, 2020, if you haven’t yet, as the full cadence will end on that day.
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