Do two units in one compound need one Higg Facility Environmental Module (Higg FEM) or two?
One Higg FEM per legal business entity, with exceptions. Two units on the same premises under different licences share one form only if one company fully owns and runs both. Units at different addresses need one form each, even under one company licence.
The rules in the verification protocol
- One Higg FEM is required for each legal business entity, as set out in its business licence or operating permit.
- Same premises, different licences: one FEM is allowed if all the facilities are fully owned and operated by a single legal entity. If they are not, each needs its own.
- A supplier with a separate licence on your premises can be included in your form if it supplies 100% of its materials or services to your facility. If it also supplies others, it must not be included and needs its own FEM.
- Two physical locations, meaning different legal addresses, need one FEM per location, whatever the ownership. The protocol says this holds even when both operate under one parent licence.
How the verification is run
Where several facilities that need separate forms share premises, the verification can be combined, on the same or consecutive days, if suitable. The verifier must still apply every required activity at each facility. Questions on scope go to Cascale's verification address given in the protocol.
Five cases
- Weaving unit and processing unit, same compound, two licences, one company owns both: one FEM
- Same two units but the processing unit belongs to a partner firm: two FEMs
- A thread dyer inside the compound that sells all its output to you: can be included in your FEM
- The same dyer also sells to other mills: it needs its own FEM
- A stitching unit across town, one company licence: separate FEM for that address
The cases are an example. The rules are the protocol's.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads fuel invoices and electricity bills into monthly records, so the totals for each unit can start from that unit's own bills. The self-serve product does not decide how many forms you need; confirm that with Cascale.
Sources: Cascale, Higg FEM Verification Protocol, version 1.7 (September 2026)
Last reviewed 2026-11-07. From the verification protocol version 1.7, section 3.2. Protocol wording on scope is for the verification; confirm form allocation with Cascale.