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We have reached the second to last station of the Higg FEM Verification Trail. This time, we continued with section 7: Waste. You can now re-watch it on our YouTube Channel and also download the presentation from our website! About the Webinar Waste is any material or substance that is discarded from a factory site.  ItRead more

Over the past two decades, compliance-focused Social & Labor assessments have played an essential role in improving social and labor conditions in the global apparel and footwear supply chains. However, this has also led to a proliferation of different standards, codes and protocols. Due to this, the Social & Labor Convergence Program (hereafter SLCP) seeksRead more

The Higg FEM Verification Trail is getting closer to the finish line. This time we pursued our journey with Section 6: Air Emissions. You can now re-watch it on our YouTube Channel and also download the presentation from our website! About the Webinar Next to visible smog, industrial processes and operations also emit other invisibleRead more

We took the opportunity and continued on the Higg FEM Verification Trail with Section 5: Wastewater. In case you were unable to join the webinar, you can now re-watch it on our YouTube Channel and also download the presentation from our website!Read more

On the 13th and 14th of November, the fabric fair ‘PERFORMANCE DAYS‘ took its second round in Munich this year. The fair offers insights into textiles, yarns, finishes and accessories from the fields of functional sportswear, athleisure, safety and durability. Read more

At the end of last year we invited you to join our free webinar “How to Improve Your SAC Higg FEM Score”. Now that we are in the middle of this year’s self-assessment and verification / reporting cycle, we decided to hold another webinar recently. In this webinar, we not only discussed what impacts yourRead more

Earlier this year we announced that we had achieved SAC verifier and trainer status for the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM). Since then a lot has happened! Over the past few months, we have conducted verifications as both general and chemical specialist verifier. We have visited facilities of all types (garment, mills, dyehouses – toRead more

We have been working hard to improve our service portfolio for you. And as we all know, hard work pays off – so we are happy to announce that we have successfully completed all tests to become official SAC Higg FEM general verifier chemicals specialist verifier trainer!Read more

You might have read or heard quite a bit about the SAC’s Higg Index lately and perhaps you are still wondering how this topic concerns you or your company. As Leadership & Sustainability is a member and approved trainer of the SAC, we would like to give you some advanced information on the SAC’s HiggRead more

The use, processing and disposal of chemicals in production processes not only poses significant EH&S risks but is also highly regulated in national and international legislation. Textile processes (and many other, too) are highly complex, where significant amounts of chemicals are used in many different steps. Neglecting chemicals management leads to serious consequences, not onlyRead more