Higg FEM 3.0 score Self Assessment Question And What to Do

Question	What to Do
EMS 1.1_Are one or more employees at your facility responsible for coordinating your facility’s environmental management activities?	Select all employees at your facility  responsible for coordinating environmental management activities.
EMS 1.2_Does your facility have a company environmental management strategy that guides long-term decision-making on environmental management?	Your environmental management strategy  should include plans for achievement that detail: what will be done, what resources will be required, who will be responsible, when it will be completed, and how results will be evaluated. If you have an environmental strategy that aligns with requirements in ISO 14001, you may answer Yes to this question.
EMS 1.3_Has your facility identified the significant environmental impacts associated with current operations within the factory premises?	Need Environmental impact analysis/Assessment  and aspect evaluation;
EMS 1.4_Does your site have a program or system in place to review and monitor environmental permit status and renewal (where appropriate) and ensure compliance?	List of required permits needed for facility to operate
EMS 1.5_Does your facility maintain a documented system to identify, monitor and periodically verify all laws, regulations, standards, codes and other legislative and regulatory requirements for your significant environmental impacts?	A documented list of identify, monitor and periodically  verify all laws, regulations, standards, codes and  other legislative and regulatory requirements for  facilities significant environmental impacts
EMS 1.6_Does your facility have a process and schedule to maintain all equipment?	Create Document of your process to maintain all equipment on your facility site who are connected  with significant impact.
EMS 2.1_Does your facility review the environmental management strategy with your facility’s managers each calendar year?	Internal communication plan showing yearly training  schedule with Training materials
EMS 2.2_Do employees at your facility responsible for environmental management have the technical competence required to do their job?	Show qualifications (including certifications) for individuals responsible for environmental management.
EMS 3.1_Does your facility promote awareness of the environmental strategy to employees?	Plan for promoting awareness of the environmental  strategy to workers.
EMS 3.2_Does your facility monitor, evaluate, and/or engage with your subcontractors on their environmental performance using the Higg Index?	Make a List of all subcontractors that your facility conducts business with and identify which ones have been engaged using Higg and also collect with Proof of Higg Index engagement: e.g., show Higg.org Module share, Module results or such as an emailed export of results.
EMS 3.3_Does your facility engage in environmental improvement in your local context?	Show Evidence of environmental improvement in your  local context
EMS 3.4_Does your facility monitor, evaluate, and/or engage with your upstream suppliers using the Higg Index?	Make a List of all upstream suppliers that your facility  conducts business with and identify which ones have been engaged using Higg and also collect with Proof of Higg Index engagement: e.g., show Higg.org Module  share, Module results or such as an emailed export of results.
Energy 1.1_Select all sources of energy for your facility	Completely tracking all sources of energy that your facility uses.
Energy 2.1_Has your facility set baselines for energy use?	Full years energy consumption data
Energy 2.2_Does your facility know what facility processes or operations use the most energy?	Energy use ranking
Energy 2.3_Has your facility set targets for improving energy use or GHG emissions? select all sources of energy for which your facility has set an energy or GHG reduction target.	Set target on energy use.
Energy 2.4_Does your facility have an implementation plan to improve energy use and/or GHG Emissions?	Make an Implementation plan to reduce energy use or GHG emission.
Energy 2.5_Has your facility improved energy consumption compared with its baseline?	Keep relative utility bills.
Waste 1.1_Which non-hazardous waste streams does your site produce? Select all that apply:	Select all that apply
Waste 1.2_Which hazardous waste streams does your site produce? Select all that apply:	Select all that apply
Waste 1.3 Does your facility segregate all waste streams into non-hazardous and hazardous waste, and store them separately?	Upload the Photos of segregated storage sites
Waste 1.4_Does your facility have well-marked, designated hazardous waste storage areas?	Upload the Photos of well-marked storage sites
Waste 1.5_Does your facility have well-marked, designated non-hazardous waste storage areas?	Upload the Photos of well-marked storage sites
Waste 1.6_Does your facility forbid open burning and dumping on-site?	If open burning/dumping  is not forbidden, please  describe the technology used and how you control  air emissions
Waste 1.7_Does your site provide training to all employees whose work involves hazardous waste handling (such as maintenance and custodial staff)?	Upload the List of trained individuals, training materials (including calendar), certifications
Waste 2.1_Has your facility set a baseline for solid waste?	Select yes
Waste 2.2_Did you set a baseline for waste disposal methods for your facility’s overall waste?	set a baseline for solid waste
Waste 2.3_Does your facility set formal targets to reduce waste quantity?	Select yes
Waste 2.4_Did you set a target for improving waste disposal methods for your facility’s overall waste?	set a formal targets from based on waste inventory
Waste 2.5_Does your facility have an implementation plan to reduce waste quantity or improve type of treatment?	Create an  implementation plan
Waste 2.6_Has your facility reduced waste quantity or improve type of treatment, compared with the established baseline?	Make an Waste reduction plan
Waste 2.7 Has your facility improved waste disposal methods for overall waste in 2017, compared with the baseline?	Describe the strategies
Waste 3.1 Does your facility validate the final disposal and treatment of all hazardous wastes?	Facilities should screen, validate and check contractors every three years and how do it.
Waste 3.2 Has your factory diverted at least 90 percent of all discarded materials from landfills, incinerators and the environment?	NO
Waste 3.3 Does your facility upcycle some of its waste or insert its waste into a circular economy system?	No
WasteWater  1.1 Does your facility track its industrial wastewater volume?	Annual wastewater production monitoring record (quality and quantity)
WasteWater  1.2 Does your facility track its domestic wastewater volume?	Annual wastewater production monitoring record
WasteWater  1.3 Does your facility track its combined (industrial and domestic) wastewater volume?	Annual wastewater production monitoring record
WasteWater  1.4 Please indicate which wastewater guideline(s) you are reporting against	ZDHC
WasteWater  1.5 Do you have the name and contact information of the offsite wastewater treatment plant?	Signed contract with the offsite wastewater treatment  plant
WasteWater  1.6 Does your facility have a back-up plan if there is an emergency situation related to wastewater?	Make a ETP back-up plan
WasteWater  1.7 Is hazardous sludge (chemical / industrial) disposed of properly?	Sludge analysis or test results & permits or manifests for proper disposal or land application.
WasteWater  1.8 sludgedisposal_Is non-hazardous sludge (domestic only) disposed of properly?	N/A
WasteWater  1.9 Does your facility treat septic wastewater before it is discharged?	Documentation that your facility treats septic  wastewater before it is discharged
Water  1.1  Select all water sources used by your facility	Utility bills or water meter readings
Water  2.1  Has your facility set baselines for water use?	select all water sources for which your facility has set a baseline
Water  2.2 Does your facility know what facility processes or operations use the most water?	ranking of processes or services that consume the  most water
Water  2.3 Has your facility set targets for reducing water use?	Documentation describing the targets in place to  reduce the water withdrawal
Water  2.4 Does your facility have an implementation plan to improve water use?	Water use reduction plan showing specific actions  designed to achieve targeted reductions in water  consumption.
Water  2.5  Has your facility reduced water withdrawal, compared with your baseline?	Evidence of normalized or absolute reduction of  annual water use for at least one primary water  sources (e.g., mains, surface water, groundwater, recycled water etc.)
Water  3.1  Has your facility implemented a water balance or another analysis to evaluate the traceability of water intake vs. usage (i.e. which processes) and output (i.e. to wastewater treatment plant)?	Make a methodology for analyzing the water balance
Air 1.1 Select all sources of air emissions relevant to your facility’s operations that are not regulated by a permit, or for which your facility is not in compliance with its permit	Permit Paper
Air 1.2 Select all sources of air emissions that result from production processes	Air emissions Source identify
Air 1.3 Did your facility add additional refrigerants to any existing equipment in 2017?	Y/N
Air 1.4 Does your facility have control devices or abatement processes for on-site emissions to air? If yes, select all sources of emissions that have abatement processes.	abatement processes details
Air 1.5 Does your facility have control devices or abatement processes for indoor air quality issues from production processes? If yes, select all sources of air quality issues that have abatement processes.	abatement processes details
Air 2.1 Has your facility gone beyond permit requirements to achieve a higher level of air performance in Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Sulfur Oxides (SOx), and Particulate Matter (PM)?
Air 3.1 Do you have a process for implementing modernized equipment to reduce or eliminate air emissions and indoor air quality issues at your facility?	Implementation details
Chem 1.1_Does your facility keep an inventory of chemicals used and the suppliers of each chemical product?	Chemical inventory & List of purchased chemicals and  corresponding purchase records for the past full year.
Chem 1.2_Does your facility make Safety Data Sheets (SDS) available to employees for all chemicals used?	Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for all chemical
Chem 1.3_Does your facility train all employees who use chemicals on chemical hazards, risk, proper handling, and what to do in case of emergency or spill?	Training Records
Chem 1.4_Does your facility have a chemical spill and emergency response plan that is practiced periodically?	Chemical spill and emergency response plan
Chem 1.5_Does your facility have appropriate and operable protective and safety equipment, as recommended by the Global Harmonization System compliant (or equivalent) Safety Data Sheet, in all areas where chemicals are stored and used?	Show SDS(GHS compliant) in chemical used area
Chem 1.6_Does your facility have chemical hazard signage and safe handling equipment in the areas of the facility where chemicals are used?	Keep hazard signage and PPE Schedule for internal  checks/audit for chemical safety that
Chem 1.7_Does your facility select and purchase chemicals based on their hazards and MRSL / RSL requirements?	MRSL / RSL,
Chem 1.8_Does your facility have an environmental and occupational health and safety program specific to chemicals management?	EHS Training
Chem 1.9_Does your facility have well marked, designated chemical storage and temporary storage areas?	Keep Storage areas Layout plan
Chem 1.10_Does your facility train employees responsible for the chemical management system on Restricted Substance Lists (RSLs) and Manufacturing Restricted Substance Lists (MRSLs)?	Training on RSL/ MRSL
Chem 1.11_Does your facility have a documented process to systematically identify, monitor and verify compliance with all product Restricted Substance Lists (RSLs)?	Purchased materials list with Letter of Compliance to  RSL for all chemicals and Chemical inventory – verify all chemicals are covered and checked for RSL compliance at least on annual basis
Chem 1.12_Does your facility have a documented process to systematically monitor, update and demonstrate compliance with Manufacturing Restricted Substance Lists (MRSLs)?	Chemical review policy and process flow, List of  non-conforming chemicals, Phase out plan for non-   conforming chemicals, MRSLs applicable to the facility e.g. own MRSL, customers’ MRSL, or ZDHC MRSL, Positive lists from chemical suppliers, Email communication regarding MRSL compliance, Letter of compliance to MRSL with chemical name, date of issuance, and test reports,
Chem 1.13_Can all of your production chemicals be traced from the manufacturing process back to chemical inventory?	Recipe cards, chemical formulation sheets, and process instructions, Chemical mixing process log, lab records.
Chem 2.1_Does your facility have an implementation plan to improve your chemicals management program?	Documented plan for achieving full completion of Level 1 requirements.
Chem 2.2_Does your facility have an implementation plan to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals beyond chemicals specified by regulations and/or Restricted Substance Lists / Manufacturing Restricted Substance Lists?	A hazardous chemical(s) list with an action plan with  assigned responsibilities and a timeframe for action
Chem 2.3_Does your facility source already-approved or preferred chemicals from a positives list beyond chemicals specified by regulations and/or Restricted Substance Lists / Manufacturing Restricted Substance Lists?	Demonstrate access to a positive list and Purchasing support documents
Chem 3.1_Does your facility collaborate with brands and/or chemical suppliers to select chemicals for alternatives assessment?	Minutes from collaborative meeting between facility, customers, and chemical suppliers regarding alternatives.
Chem 3.2_Does your facility contribute a chemical analysis against human and environmental hazard criteria (e.g., persistent, bio-accumulative, and toxic) to this alternatives process?	Hazardous Chemicals assessment report and Evidence the facility has evaluated the alternatives against hazard criteria. 19.
Chem 3.3_Does your facility contribute an analysis of lifecycle impacts to this alternatives process	Third party assessments.
Chem 3.4_Can your manufacturing process chemicals be traced from product lot number back to chemical lot number?	Product batch card including batch number, dates and production quantity; Recipe cards, formulation sheets, process instructions (where applicable), containing all traceable information i.e. chemical name, lot number, and quantity;
Chem 3.5_Does your facility have a documented Quality Assurance (QA) Program that includes performance of chemicals?	Chemical supplier analytical test report;
Chem 3.6_Do your contractors/subcontractors source already-approved or preferred chemicals from a positives list to replace chemicals not already included in RSL/MRSL?	Higg verification report from suppliers / subcontractors  showing that they meet the criteria.
Chem 3.7_Does your facility have documented business goals, processes and actions showing commitment (e.g., equipment, process, choice of substitute chemicals) to new sustainable chemistry innovation?	Description or examples of current chemistry R&D  projects/investments