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TAL Apparel is a proud member of
the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, a nonprofit coalition of consumer industry
stakeholders from across the value chain coming together to align on sustainability
performance tools and objectives. The SAC and its members developed the
Higg Index, a suite of tools to measure the sustainability performance of
brands, manufacturers, and the products they make.
Since 2013
TAL Apparel has used the Higg Facility Environment Module (FEM) to measure
and benchmark our environmental sustainability performance across our
factories against industry best practices, enhance our environmental
management tools and procedures. The Higg FEM assesses factory performance
across seven impact categories from management practices, setting targets,
and measuring achievements. You can learn more about the Higg FEM here: Higg Facility Tools - Sustainable Apparel
Coalition
Each year TAL’s
factories assess themselves against the Higg Facility Environment Module
(FEM). In 2020, we set ourselves a target of achieving an average score of
80 across our factories by end of 2022. After finalizing our 2022 Higg FEM
verified scores, we are proud to announce that we achieved our target. Out
of 100 points, our factories achieved an average of 80.
The
upcoming years will see an update to the Higg Index FEM from 3.0 to 4.0.
The updated version of the Higg FEM will push the industry to new
sustainability best practices. While we expect our score to drop as we
update our practices and performance to meet even higher standards, our
long-term goal by end of 2025 would be to reach an average of 80 of 100
points across our factories. This is only an estimate for now because the
updated scoring for Higg 4.0 is not yet finalized.
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