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HIGG INDEX COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES BETA RELEASE TABLE OF CONTENTS BETA 01 Introduction 02 Higg FEM Communication Guidelines 03 Higg MSI Communication Guidelines 04 Higg PM Communication Guidelines 05 Higg Index Transparency Program 01 Introduction HIGG INDEX COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES Higg MSI Communication Guidelines The Higg Index Communications Guidelines outline how Higg Index users may communicate Higg Index performance. The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) strongly supports efforts by its members to promote the Higg Index as the leading global standard for sustainability reporting in the apparel, footwear, and textile industry. One of the SAC’s key goals is that consumers will choose products based on transparent, trusted, and verified sustainability information. By promoting your company’s involvement with the SAC and use of the Higg Index, you help to make this vision a reality by accelerating awareness of the industry’s collective efforts to use a standardized language to communicate sustainability impacts and drive lasting improvements. This manual How to share your company’s commitment to provides sustainability through its use of the Higg Index guidance on: What kinds of information can be shared publicly, through various communications and marketing channels Who you can share this information with Why some information can not be shared 4 02 Higg Facility Environmental Module Communication Guidelines BETA HIGG INDEX COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES Higg FEM Communication Guidelines Communicating Higg Facility Environmental Module Performance Publicly BETA HIGG FACILITY ENVIRONMENTAL MODULE REPORT FACILITY NAME 21 Floor, Plaza, 626 Example Road, Neighbourhood Guangdong, 500600, China Higg ID Congratulations on completing the Higg Facility Environmental Module XXXXXX FACILITY NAME 20 Points XXXXXXX (Higg FEM)! If you completed third-party on-site veri!cation of your Using the Higg Index since: YEAR Environmental Impact Areas Higg FEM assessment and posted your veri!ed module on Higg.org, FACILITY TYPE Energy Use & Greenhouse Environmental Emissions Gas Management Chemical Sewing or Final Product Assembly to Air Emissions Water Use Waste Water Waste Systems Management Printing or Dyeing Materials Supplier (including wet process) you may communicate your Higg FEM performance as outlined in this xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points 0 Points Trim Chemical Packaging INDUSTRY SECTOR Apparel 2018 - 2019 Comparison guide and in accordance with the Higg Index terms of use. Use the Footwear IMPACT AREA POINTS LEVEL Home Textiles (includes bed linens, tablecloths, towels, cloth napkins, Emissions to Air +20 Intermediate and similar products) Energy Use & Green House Gas Emissions 5 Beginner Home Furnishings Water Use +5 Advanced Hard Goods (includes bikes, tents, Waste Water +10 Advanced backpacks, luggage, electronics, Waste +5 Advanced coolers, climbing gear, watercraft, Environmental Management Systems +10 Leader materials in the Higg FEM Beta Communication Toolkit to communicate and other equipment made of metal, plastic, or wood) Chemical Management 0 Other your Higg FEM score and demonstrate your progress and leadership in environmental sustainability. Through voluntary disclosure of your Higg Performance Report FEM performance, share your sustainability e"orts with external business partners and show your commitment to value chain transparency. 2019 HIGG FACILI TY ENVI RONM ENTAL VERIFIED MODULE Beta Toolkit 20 FACILI TY Points NAME BE TA This beta Higg FEM Communications Toolkit is intended for the !rst Badge phase of communicating Higg FEM performance. The SAC team will review feedback of the beta toolkits and update the toolkits for optimal 2019 HIGG F ACILIT Y BE TA VERIFIED ENVIRONMEN TAL MODULE use in future releases. This guide outlines how to use the Higg FEM 20 FACILITY NAM E Points communications toolkit. Energy Use & Greenhouse Environmental Emissions Gas Management Chemical to Air Emissions Water Use Waste Water Waste Systems Management xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points 0 Points The Higg FEM toolkit includes: Impact Scorecard 1. Performance Report 4. Business Card 2. Badge 5. Icons 2019 HIGG FACILITY VERIFIED ENVIRONMEN TAL MODUL E 3. Impact Scorecard 20 FACILITY NAM E Points BE TA Audience & Approach Business Card The communication toolkit is intended to help you communicate about your Higg FEM performance with your external business stakeholders, including: buyers, media, non-governmental organizations, investors, and governmental organizations. It features a layered approach — when used in conjunction with one another, the materials feature increasingly detailed information. You can also feature the communication tools in your internal communications, including company presentations, newsletters, and signs. 6 HIGG INDEX COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES Higg FEM Communication Guidelines 1. Performance Report BETA HIGG FACILITY ENVIRONMENTAL MODULE REPORT FACILITY NAME 21 Floor, Plaza, 626 The Higg FEM performance report is the foundation of the Higg FEM Example Road, Neighbourhood Guangdong, 500600, China Higg ID XXXXXX FACILITY NAME Communication Toolkit. It features your facility’s Higg FEM score, and 20 Points XXXXXXX performance across environmental impact areas. If your facility posted third-party, on-site veri!ed modules in 2018 and 2019, your report will Using the Higg Index since: YEAR Environmental Impact Areas feature year over year progress. FACILITY TYPE Energy Use & Greenhouse Environmental Emissions Gas Management Chemical Sewing or Final Product Assembly to Air Emissions Water Use Waste Water Waste Systems Management Printing or Dyeing Materials Supplier (including wet process) xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points 0 Points Trim Chemical Packaging INDUSTRY SECTOR Apparel 2018 - 2019 Comparison If you choose to publicly communicate Higg FEM performance, Footwear IMPACT AREA POINTS LEVEL Home Textiles (includes bed linens, tablecloths, towels, cloth napkins, Emissions to Air +20 Intermediate this report must always be made available, for example on your and similar products) Energy Use & Green House Gas Emissions 5 Beginner Home Furnishings Water Use +5 Advanced Hard Goods (includes bikes, tents, Waste Water +10 Advanced backpacks, luggage, electronics, Waste +5 Advanced website. The report provides holistic information and ensures coolers, climbing gear, watercraft, Environmental Management Systems +10 Leader and other equipment made of metal, plastic, or wood) Chemical Management 0 Other criteria of meaningful transparency are met. It is not permitted to communicate stand-alone scores without access to your report. Suggested channels to publish the Higg FEM performance report: DO Company website Publish your report on your Corporate Social Responsibility Report company website and CSR report. Make available per request by e-mail Link to your report on social media. Example sentences to include with the Higg FEM performance report on Print your report to discuss during a website or corporate social responsibility report (CSR). business meetings with NGOs or at trade fairs. In 2018, our facility reduced its energy use by X%. Our facility improved its water management system by recycling X DON’T gallons of water in 2018. Don’t communicate unveri!ed Our facility is prioritizing reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We used information in conjunction with Higg FEM to measure our emissions in 2018. the report. Do not publicly compare your Higg FEM score with other facilities’ Higg FEM scores. Do not communicate parts of the Example: Performance toolkit without providing access to 7 HIGG INDEX COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES Higg FEM Communication Guidelines 2. Badges The toolkit includes a badge that shows your overall Higg FEM score. The badge provides an opportunity to show external parties your Higg FEM performance. External parties may also request to access the full report to learn more about your sustainability journey. The badge can be 2019 HIGG FACILI TY ENVI RONM ENTAL used online or o$ine. If the badge is featured online, the link to the full VERIFIED MODULE performance report must be included. 20 FACILI TY Points NAME BE TA Suggested channels to publish the badge: Company website Social media: eg. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, other DO channels of your choice CSR Reports Publish your badge on Linkedin, Instagram, and Facebook Presentations and slide decks and provide the link to your Marketing materials performance report (see example). Publish your badge on a banner used during a presentation or trade fair. DON’T Do not publish the badge without 2019 HIGG FACILI TY ENVI RONM ENTAL VERIFIED providing a link or access to the MODULE Example: Badge on 20 FACILI TY Points NAME BE TA 8 HIGG INDEX COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES Higg FEM Communication Guidelines 3. Impact Scorecard 2019 HIGG F ACILIT Y BE TA VERIFIED ENVIRONMEN TAL Publish the Higg FEM impact scorecard to showcase your facility’s holistic MODULE approach to environmental sustainability. The scorecard features your 20 FA CILITY NAM E Points facility’s performance across the Higg FEM impact areas and provides the Energy Use & Greenhouse Environmental Emissions Gas Management Chemical to Air Emissions Water Use Waste Water Waste Systems Management opportunity to show external parties what your total Higg FEM score is and xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points xx Points 0 Points how that score has been determined per impact area. The scorecard can be