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Sipindustrysector

Industry Sector

  1. Select all the applicable industry sectors from the list. Industry sector refers to the industry which the facility makes products or materials for.
  2. Packaging manufacturers that supply packaging materials should select “Other” as their facility type.

Sipindustrysectorother

Please describe your industry sector(s) marked as "Other"

  1. This question appears if you select "Other" under sipindustrysector in the Site section. You must specify your industry sector.
  2. Industry sector refers to the industry which the facility makes products or materials for.
  3. In the freeform text field, describe the “Other” industry sector.

Sipvalidoperatinglicense

Does your facility have a valid operating license, if required by law?

  1. The intent of this question is to demonstrate that you have the required legal authorization (e.g., license) to operate as a business.
    1. Answer Yes if: Your facility has a current and valid operating license or if an operating license is not required by local law.
    2. Answer No if: Your facility’s operating license is expired even if your facility is in the process of updating your operating license
    3. Note: If you answer "No" this question you will score ZERO points for the entire FEM. This is because a valid and current operating license is required to score points in the Facility Environmental Module.
  2. Suggested Uploads:
    • A copy of the valid operating license. 
    • If applicable, evidence that demonstrates an operating license is not required by local law.
  3. What is the intent of the question?
    • The intent of this question is for facilities to demonstrate that they have the required legal authorization (e.g., license) to operate as a business.

Sippermitrequired

Is a permit required?

  1. Select “Yes”, “No”, “Unknown”, or “Not Applicable” from the dropdown menu.
  2. Answer “Yes” if: A permit is required to meet this compliance requirement aspect. If you answer “Yes”, then you will be prompted to provide further details in the subsequent fields of the table row.
  3. Answer “No” if: A permit is not required to meet this compliance requirement aspect.
  4. Answer Unknown if: It is unknown if a permit is required to meet this compliance requirement aspect.
  5. Answer Not Applicable if: A permit is not applicable for this compliance requirement aspect.
  6. A permit is defined as all documents required to comply and submit to the government, including but not limited to governmental permits, authorizations, licenses, registrations, certificates, annual government reports and registration of specific chemicals use.
  7. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitstatus

If “Yes”, What is your status for this permit?

  1. This question appears if you answer “Yes” to sippermitrequired in the Site section.
  2. Select “Not Available”, “Not Available Due To Authorization In Progress”, “Available And Valid”, or “Available but Invalid” from the dropdown menu.
  3. A permit is defined as all documents required to comply and submit to the government, including but not limited to governmental permits, authorizations, licenses, registrations, certificates, annual government reports and registration of specific chemicals use.
  4. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitnotavaildetail

If "Not available" is selected, please describe or provide additional details.

  1. This question appears if you answer “Not Available” to sippermitstatus in the Site section.
  2. In the freeform text field, enter in any additional relevant observations or details.
  3. A permit is defined as all documents required to comply and submit to the government, including but not limited to governmental permits, authorizations, licenses, registrations, certificates, annual government reports and registration of specific chemicals use.
  4. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitagency

Name of the regulatory agency issuing the permit

  1. This question appears if you answer “Yes” to sippermitrequired in the Site section.
  2. In the freeform text field, enter the name of the regulatory agency issuing the permit.
  3. A permit is defined as all documents required to comply and submit to the government, including but not limited to governmental permits, authorizations, licenses, registrations, certificates, annual government reports and registration of specific chemicals use.
  4. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitexpires

Is there an expiration date?

  1. This question appears if you answer “Yes” to sippermitrequired in the Site section.
  2. Select “Yes” or “No” from the dropdown menu.
  3. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitexpiresdate

Please enter expiration date 

  1. This question appears if you answer “Yes” to sippermitexpires in the Site section.
  2. Enter the expiration date in mm/dd/yyyy format from the date picker.
  3. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitinvalidreason

If "Available but Invalid" or "Not available due to authorization in progress" is selected, please specify reason why this permit is invalid.

  1. This question appears if you answer “Available But Invalid” or “Not Available Due To Authorization” to sippermitstatus the Site section.
  2. Select between:
    1. Facility is no longer able to meet the requirement of obtaining the required permit.
    2. Facility has not submitted renewal application on time.
    3. Pending for authority to issue a new permit.
    4. Working on relevant issue before permit can be renewed.
  3. A permit is defined as all documents required to comply and submit to the government, including but not limited to governmental permits, authorizations, licenses, registrations, certificates, annual government reports and registration of specific chemicals use.
  4. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitvalidreason

If "Available and valid", Do you have any outstanding legal notice documenting the non-compliance issue?

  1. This question appears if you answer “Available And Valid” to sippermitstatus the Site section.
  2. Select “Yes” or “No” from the dropdown menu.
  3. A permit is defined as all documents required to comply and submit to the government, including but not limited to governmental permits, authorizations, licenses, registrations, certificates, annual government reports and registration of specific chemicals use.
  4. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitvaliddescribe

If “Yes”, please describe:

  1. In the freeform text field, enter in any additional relevant observations or details.
  2. A permit is defined as all documents required to comply and submit to the government, including but not limited to governmental permits, authorizations, licenses, registrations, certificates, annual government reports and registration of specific chemicals use.
  3. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitfile

Please upload a copy of your permit.

  1. Select “Choose file.” In the file manager, select the desired file to upload, followed by "Open."
  2. A permit is defined as all documents required to comply and submit to the government, including but not limited to governmental permits, authorizations, licenses, registrations, certificates, annual government reports and registration of specific chemicals use.
  3. Suggested Uploads
    1. Copies of all up-to-date environmental permits/registrations which are applicable to the facility.
    2. If applicable, supporting evidence of applications for renewal for any expired permits.
  4. Documentation Required
    1. Copies of all up-to-date environmental permits/registrations which are applicable to the facility as at the date/year when the verification takes place, as well as any applicable permits/registrations for the reporting year.
    2. If applicable, supporting evidence of applications for renewal for any expired permits.
  5. Learn more about permits here.

Sippermitcomment

Provide any additional notes.

  1. In the freeform text field, enter in any additional relevant observations or details.
  2. Learn more about permits here.

Energyseparate

Is your facility able to separately report energy consumption by each facility type?

  1. This question will only appear if you select “Finished Product Assembler” and “Finished Product Processing” as the only two facility types in the Site section.
  2. Select “Yes” or “No” from the dropdown menu.
  3. Answer “Yes” If: Your facility tracks energy consumption separately for each different facility type selected in the Site section. If you answer “Yes”, then your Energy use, Electricity use, and Water use tables will be reported by each facility type.
  4. Answer “No” If: Your facility does not track energy consumption separately for each different facility type selected in the Site section.
  5. Facility Types:
    1. Finished Product Assembler: The stage where finished goods are produced or assembled.
    2. Finished Product Processing: The stage where product printing, product painting, product dyeing, product laundering and product finishing such as embroidery & embellishments is completed.
    3. Component / Sub-Assembly Manufacturing (including Packaging): The stage where various components are manufactured.
    4. Material Production: The stage where raw and intermediate materials are transformed into their final state before assembly.
    5. Raw Material Processing: The stage where raw materials are processed into intermediate material products.
    6. Raw Material Collection & Bulk Refining: The stage where materials are collected/extracted/farmed and refined to bulk commodity state.
  6. Learn more about energy use here. 

Ensourcefacility

Select all sources of energy for your facility (exclude sources used for company owned and controlled vehicles):

  1. Select all the applicable energy sources from the list, excluding any sources that are used for company-owned and controlled vehicles (these will be entered separately).
  2. Measurement of energy use from all sources is the foundation of energy management and the overall sustainability program for a company. Measurement of all energy sources allows you to identify areas of significant energy use, detect any abnormal consumption, establish energy reduction targets, and calculate GHG emissions.
  3. Based on the selection(s) here, you may see additional questions for more details about the specific energy sources. These selections will determine what usage data is collected in the energy section.
  4. Notes and definitions:
    1. Coal – commercial mix
      1. All types of traditional coal (e.g., anthracite, bituminous, etc.)
    2. Coal Water Slurry
      1. A combustible mixture of fine coal particles suspended in water used as fuel source.
    3. Fuel Oil – Blended
      1. All types of fuel oils (e.g., furnace oil, bunker fuel, etc.)
    4. Biomass – Sustainably sourced with certification
      1. Any biomass that has supporting certification documentation from a sustainably sourced biomass program (e.g., Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), ISCC Biomass Certification, Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) Certification, Better Biomass Certification, Country Specific Certification, etc.)
    5. Biomass – Without sustainably sourced biomass certification
      1. Any biomass that is not certified through a sustainably sourced biomass program
    6. Additional information

Ensourcetracksepdomprod

Does your facility identify and track separately energy use in domestic vs. production?

  1. Answer Yes if: You track the quantity of energy used for domestic use and production use separately.
    1. If you answer Yes to this question, you will separately report details on your facility’s domestic and production energy use for each applicable energy source.
    2. If you have also selected multiple facility types, then you will separately report details for each selected facility type.
    3. If you answer No to this question, you will be asked to complete a single table to provide details on your facility’s total energy use for each applicable energy source.
    4. The following question on your facility’s energy use will be asked for each applicable energy source:
      • Does your facility use this energy source (for domestic/production use, or in this facility type)?
      • Does your facility track its energy use from this source?
      • What is the quantity of energy used by this source during this reporting year?
      • Unit of Measure
      • Which method was used to track this energy source?
      • What was the frequency of measurement?
      • Provide any additional comments. 
  2. Definitions
    1. Domestic Energy Use
      1. Energy that is consumed in non-production related areas and/or buildings such as employee washrooms, domestic only wastewater treatment plant, or office areas separated from production, canteen and kitchen, security posts, external lighting (e.g. roadway or landscape lighting), medical center, etc.
    2. Production Energy Use
      1. Energy that is directly or indirectly consumed in production related activities or production areas such as production equipment operations, onsite energy generations for production (e.g. steam or electricity), industrial wastewater treatment plant, production area lighting, heating, ventilation and cooling, etc.
      2. If industrial and domestic wastewater are treated together, energy use from the combined wastewater treatment plant should be included in production energy use.
  3. Details about reporting domestic vs production energy usage at your facility.

Ensourceelectricmetertrack

Would you like to track electricity use by the meter?

  1. This question appears if you select the applicable source of energy under ensourcefacility in the Site section.
  2. Select “Yes” or “No” from the dropdown menu.
  3. Answer “Yes” if: Your facility tracks domestic and/or production electricity separately by the meter. If you answer “Yes”, then you will be prompted to indicate how many separate meters you would like to track in subsequent questions.
  4. Answer “No” if: Your facility does not track electricity use by the meter. If you answer “No”, then you will report electricity use as a total value.
  5. Learn more about energy use here. 

Ensourcedomesticelecmetercount

How many meters would you like to track for your Domestic electricity use?

  1. This question appears if you:
    1. Answered “Yes” to Ensourcetracksepdomprod.
    2. Answered “Yes” to Ensourceelectricmetertrack.
  2. In the freeform numeric field, enter the number of separate electric meters you will report for domestic energy use. If you do not have separate meters for domestic, enter a value of 0. You may enter up to 30 separate meters.
  3. Domestic Electricity Use - Energy consumed in non-production related areas and/or buildings such as employee washrooms; domestic only wastewater treatment plants; or office areas separated from production, such as canteens and kitchens, security posts, external lighting areas (e.g. roadway or landscape lighting), medical centers, etc.
  4. Learn more about energy use here. 

Ensourceproductionelecmetercount

How many meters would you like to track for your Production electricity use?

  1. This question appears if you:
    1. Answered “Yes” to Ensourcetracksepdomprod.
    2. Answered “Yes” to Ensourceelectricmetertrack.
  2. In the freeform numeric field, enter the number of separate electric meters you will report for production energy use. If you do not have separate meters for production, enter a value of 0. You may enter up to 30 separate meters.
  3. Production Electricity Use - Energy directly or indirectly consumed in production related activities or areas such as production equipment operations; onsite energy generation for production such as steam or electricity; industrial wastewater treatment plants; or production area lighting, heating, ventilation and cooling, etc.
  4. Learn more about energy use here. 

Ensourceelecmetercount

How many meters would you like to track for your electricity use? You may enter up to 30 meters.

  1. This question appears if you:
    1. Answered “No” to Ensourcetracksepdomprod.
    2. Answered “Yes” to Ensourceelectricmetertrack.
  2. In the freeform numeric field, enter the number of separate electric meters you will report for electricity use.
  3. Learn more about energy use here. 

Enbiomasssource

What is the source of biomass? Select all that apply.

  1. This question appears if you select the applicable source of energy under ensourcefacility in the Site section.
  2. Click “Select” to choose the applicable sources of biomass.
  3. If Other or Country Specific Certification, please describe and give reference link to certification system.
  4. Please upload certificates.
  5. Biomass is biological material from living or recently living organisms.
  6. Learn more about energy use here. 

Enbiomasscert

Under what certification system is this biomass certified under?

  1. This question appears if you select the applicable source of energy under ensourcefacility in the Site section.
  2. Click “Select” to choose the certification system this biomass is certified under.
  3. Learn more about energy use here.

Enbiomassother

If “Other” or “Country Specific Certification”, please describe and give reference link to certification system

  1. This question will only appear if you select “Other” or “Country Specific Certification” under enbiomasscert in the site section.
  2. In the freeform text field, describe and enter the reference link of the certification system.
  3. Learn more about energy use here. 

Ensteammix

Does your facility know the energy source (energy mix) used to generate your purchased steam?

  1. Answer No if you do not know the energy source (energy mix) of your purchased steam. If No is selected, the standard mix will be used. Not knowing the source will not impact your FEM score, performance or level achievement. 
  2. Answer Yes if you know the specific energy sources for your purchased steam. If Yes is selected, you will be presented with additional questions about those sources.
    • Complete the following table to provide details on the energy mix of the purchased steam for the reporting year. 
    • What is the pressure of the steam received at the facility?
    • What is the temperature of the steam received at the facility (Celsius)?
    • Please upload any reference documents

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