Higg FEM updates
Updated data check with new outlier detection - Live on 20 February, 2025
When a facility is 98% done with their Higg FEM 2024, Worldly will automatically run a data check to look for potential outliers in quantitative responses. If the data check flags an outlier, the facility will see a notification, and has the option to correct the outlier, or make a note of why they believe the outlier data is correct. A data point is not necessarily incorrect if it is flagged as an outlier, but there is a higher probability that it is incorrect.
Worldly and Cascale worked together to define the data ranges for outliers, using Higg FEM 2023 data to train new outlier detection models.
Worldly will detect additional outliers in:
- The individual energy and water sources, ex. Reported coal usage or reported rainwater usage
- Total energy and water use, broken out by facility type since we expect different facility types to have different usage
- Total energy and water use normalized by production volume, again broken out by facility type. This normalized value is the reported energy or water use per unit produced.
See Outlier Detection in Worldly for more details.
Custom emissions factors removed from GHG Calculations
With the introduction of Higg Facility Environmental Module 2023 (Higg FEM 4.0), questions were introduced that allowed facilities submitting data and verifiers reviewing data to optionally specify the emissions factors for purchased renewables, purchased electricity, district heating, and chilled water. In Q4 2024, as the Higg FEM 2023 cadence concluded, Cascale determined that, in some cases, the custom emission factors data provided was incorrect.
Now, in order to maintain data quality for Higg FEM 2024, Cascale and Worldly have decided to remove the custom emissions factors data from GHG calculations, while also revising both platform guidance and the text of questions related to custom emissions factors data.
Revising the guidance will provide clarity on how facilities should input their responses, ultimately improving the accuracy of data submissions.
Import your monthly FDM data into the FEM 2024
You can now import the monthly FDM data you submitted during 2024 into your FEM 2024. With a single click, the new import feature aggregates and imports your 12 months of data into a yearly total in your FEM.
At the top of the FEM Site Info & Permit, Energy, Water, Waste, Wastewater, and Air Emissions sections, there will be a new import section. If you have completed 12 months of FDM data in 2024, you will have the option to import your data. If you have less than 12 months, you will be prompted to add your final months of data before you can import into the FEM. You can import 12 months of self submitted data, validated data, or even a combination of both. You can even import your attachments added to your FDM submissions.
Did you only submit data for some, but not all sections of FDM in 2024? You can still import data into your FEM! On your FEM you’ll see the import options for the data that you provided in FDM. For example if you only submitted, Site Info, Production Volume, Energy, and Water you’ll still see import options on your FEM’s Site Info & Permit, Energy, and Water sections.
See Import FDM data into Higg FEM 2024 for more details.
This new import feature will be available for future FEMs. If you are just starting to submit monthly FDM data in 2025, you will be able to import this data directly into your FEM 2025. This will help you keep your data organized and ready for your FEM at the end of the year.
Enhancements
Clearer indication for required questions within assessment (FEM, FSLM, BRM, FDM) tables. We are improving the assessments with consistent designs for required questions/inputs.
Bug Fixes
- Question-level tags in the assessments will be displaying properly.