Higg FEM 2025: Get to know the Energy and Greenhouse Gas section webinar video (1hr 34m)

So hello, and welcome to today's Higg FEM twenty twenty five get to know the energy and greenhouse gas section webinar. It's a bit of a mouthful. My name is Leah Jaggars, and I'm the senior education manager here at Worldly. And today, we're going to do a little bit of a deep dive into the energy and greenhouse gas section. Before we get started, here are some logistics for this session. All attendees are muted for the duration of the webinar. However, there will be time for questions at the end of the presentation. So please submit your questions into the Q and A box as you think of them so that they are captured. Any questions that I cannot get to during the session will be answered in a follow-up email as long as they are submitted through the Q and A box. This session is being recorded, and I will share the recording with everyone along with the presentation and those helpful links I mentioned earlier via email. We have all simultaneous or we have simultaneous interpretation available in Chinese and Vietnamese today, so please select your preferred language through the interpretation icon. There are also machine generated closed captions in multiple languages available through the CC icon. Here is the agenda for today. First, we will review a quick introduction and overview of the Higg FEM. Then we'll review the energy and greenhouse gas section generally. We'll also go over some key concepts and definitions that are important to understand while filling out the questions in the section. Next, we will review all questions in the energy and greenhouse gas section. And finally, we'll have a brief demonstration and have time for questions and answers. And with that, let's go ahead and get into it. So before we get into the details of the Higg FEM and the energy section in particular, it's helpful to understand who Cascale and Worldly are and their relationship to the Higg Index, which includes the Higg FEM assessment. Cascale is the global nonprofit alliance for the consumer goods industry who owns and develops the Higg Index, which is exclusively available on the Worldly platform, the industry's leading sustainability data insights platform. The Higg Index is a set of tools that assess the social and environmental performance across various aspects, such as water use, carbon emissions, and labor conditions. There is a network of over forty thousand Higg index users today, which include brands, retailers, manufacturers, governments, and nongovernmental organizations or NGOs. Together, Cascale and Worldly provide regular updates to the Higg Index to ensure that they evolve to meet your needs. In short, Cascale develops the underpinning logic and questions of the Higg FEM, and Worldly is the software platform that supports data collection and analysis for the assessment. Now, let's review the FEM overall briefly before we dive into the energy and greenhouse gas section. The Higg FEM is a transformative tool developed by our partners at Cascale used to assess the environmental impact of product manufacturing at facilities. The FEM paints a clear picture of a facility's environmental impacts. It not only uncovers hotspots for improvement, but also reduces redundancy, mitigates risk, and creates a common language to communicate sustainability to stakeholders. The Higg FEM is an assessment or questionnaire that covers the following topics, environmental management systems, energy use and greenhouse gas, which we're going to talk about today, water use, wastewater, air emissions, waste, and chemical management. Cascale provides detailed guidance on each section and questions in the assessment where you can learn more. Each of these sections understands, helps you understand, sorry, how your facility impacts your environment and also provides ideas for improvement or participate or different programs that you can implement or participate in to improve your performance and engagement with sustainable practices. I'm sharing a link to the updated PDF how to Higg guide in multiple languages. This is also already linked in the resources, but just in case you're looking at the chat that's in the chat now where you can read more about each section as well as guidance for each question and more. So that is linked in the chat and the resources. The Higg FEM is a combination of qualitative and quantitative data for a comprehensive overview of your environmental performance. Qualitative data is the environmental management system section along with the chemical management sections, as well as questions in other sections that are qualitative in nature. Quantitative data includes numerical values for energy, water, waste, wastewater, and air emissions, as well as baselines and targets that you might have. Within each section of the FEM, there are applicability questions. And then there are three levels of questions. Applicability questions are questions that you answer before the main section questions so that the assessment configures the questions only to those that are relevant to your facility. For example, if you do not have any owned or controlled vehicles, you won't be asked about their fuel usage. After you answer applicability questions, you move into level one questions. Level one contains questions around awareness and basic systems. Level two contains questions around baselines, targets, and improvements. Level three contains questions around leading aspirational practices. If you do not achieve level one, you are not required to answer level two and three, but you may optionally open those levels if you wish to answer additional questions voluntarily or as a requirement of a business partner. Now that we've learned more about what the FEM contains and the general components of the assessment, here is an overview of the Higg FEM process. First, you will review the assessment questions and gather data from various sources. This is something that you can get started on now, especially if this is your first time completing the assessment. Also during this time, you can identify any gaps in data or processes that you can mitigate and optionally arrange additional training. And I'm linking in the chat now a link to the FEM trainer bodies list. This is also in the resources. These are different training bodies that have been, approved by Cascale and can provide more training, particularly in language support, as well as on-site support. The next step would be to complete the self assessment in the Worldly platform. If you have previously completed an FEM, you can roll forward previous responses to questions that don't really change, like your site information. If you use Facility Data Manager, you can also import twelve months of quantitative data into your FEM to save time. Either way, you can review your data for accuracy and update anything that you import if you identify any errors. Once you've completed the assessment, you will post it in the platform. Please note, posting is not available until January as you need the full twelve months of data from twenty twenty five. The next step would be if you are getting your assessment verified to arrange verification with an approved verification body. And I'm sharing a link in the chat now to the verification body list as well. Then you can share your assessment or verified assessment with your business partners on the platform. Check with your business partners for their requirements and deadlines. And finally, use Insights Hub to understand where your facility is doing well and where you can improve. Then during the year, you can use this information and analysis to plan changes and improvements to repeat the cycle. So now that we reviewed what the Higg FEM includes, let's get into the energy and greenhouse gas section. The energy and greenhouse gas section is divided into three levels. Level one has eight questions and focuses on the basics. This is going to be questions around energy sources, tracking energy use, and vehicles at the facility. Level two deepens rigor and has ten questions and asks you about baselines and targets, scope one and two emissions, and improvement plans. Level three highlights advanced actions and has four questions and asks about scope three emissions, science based targets, and fossil fuel phase out plans. All questions may have additional sub questions associated with them. We will get more into what the levels contain further on in the session. The energy and greenhouse gas section is one of the most important sections, important parts of the FEM because energy use is a major driver of environmental impact globally and within nearly every factory setting. No matter what type of facility you operate, energy is being used, And the most of that energy results in greenhouse gas emissions. This section helps you understand not only how much energy your facility uses, but also what types of energy you're using, how efficiently you're using it, and the emissions associated with it. That means your answers have directly determined or your answers here directly to determine your facility's scope one and scope two greenhouse gas emissions, which many brands now track and use to build their own emissions inventories. Improving in this section doesn't just help with sustainability. There are real operational benefits. Energy efficiency often leads to cost savings, operational efficiency, and improved planning for future upgrades. So as we go through these questions, keep in mind, the goal is not only to answer the FEM accurately, but to build a clearer picture of where your facility can save energy, reduce costs, and strengthen its long term environmental performance. The energy and greenhouse gas section of the Higg FEM encourages you to identify the types of energy used at your facility, understand what uses the most energy, track and report energy consumption, calculate scope one, two, and three greenhouse gas emissions, reduce energy use and GHG emissions through better manufacturing practices and energy management, and implement leading practices to reduce energy use and emissions, such as phasing out the use of coal and fossil fuels. Now that we reviewed what the section includes, let's discuss some key concepts and definitions that will help you understand the questions being asked in the assessment. Before we get into all of the questions, it's important to align on what we mean when we talk about energy sources. This includes purchased energy, for example, from your local utility, which is often the biggest source of energy use. It also includes on-site generation, like solar panels or steam produced on-site, fuel sources, such as diesel, petrol, liquid petroleum gas, natural gas, coal, or biomass, steam or chilled water purchased from a centralized utility. One of the most common issues found during verification is simply missing a source. For example, natural gas used in a cafeteria, diesel used in generators, coal only used during peak seasons, or steam purchased from an industrial park. Missing these creates a chain reaction of inaccuracies that affect multiple questions. That's why this concept is directly tied to the top missed question, which is the very first question, end source facility. So what energy sources do you have at your facility? So when you complete the FEM, think holistically. Any energy that your facility pays for or consumes should be included. Later questions will ask for quantities and documentation for each source that you select here. If you are unsure, checking with your procurement team, accounts payable, utilities, operations, administrative, or maintenance teams to confirm all sources. If your facility is a part of a larger manufacturing organization, some of the information may also be managed at the corporate level. This foundational step will save you time later and ensure stronger outcomes. A core concept in the energy section is separating energy use for production activities from energy used for domestic or support areas. Many facilities struggle with this because meters aren't always separated. So what counts as domestic energy? This usually includes offices, administration areas, dormitories, canteens or kitchens, security posts, warehousing, or non production storage. Production energy, on the other hand, is everything related to manufacturing. These are going to be machines or equipment, dying or washing processes or rooms, cutting or sewing lines, compressors, boilers, HVAC supporting production spaces, and so on. So why is this important? Because domestic areas can use a significant amount of energy, and blending the two hides opportunities for improvement. Business partners may also look for separation because it aligns with standard reporting methods. If you do not separate or if you do not have separate meters, allocation is acceptable. You may allocate based on floor area, operating hours, self stack sorry, staff occupancy, etcetera. But what matters most is that you document the method. Many top verification errors for this question come from forgetting to separate energy, estimating but not documenting how, misclassifying areas, etcetera. So as you work through the FEM, keep in mind that transparency and documentation matter more than having a perfect metering system. Now, let's briefly review greenhouse gas emissions and scopes. The Higg FEM calculates scope one and two greenhouse gas emissions based on the energy use values entered in the energy section, as well as the refrigerant use listed in the air section. Energy use values input into the FEM are converted to a common unit of megajoules and greenhouse gas emissions are represented as CO2e are calculated using the one hundred year global warming potential factors for each greenhouse gas in IPCC sixth assessment report, including non carbon greenhouse gases. You can find more information on the sixth assessment report and other resources on the IPCC website, which I'm sharing in the chat now. You can also learn more about the greenhouse gas protocol generally and the different scopes in our e-learning courses that I'm linking here as well in the chat. Emission factors are used to convert your energy data into greenhouse gas emissions. In the FEM, location based emission factors are used by default when market based emission factors are not provided by the user or required to be input into the assessment. Location based and market based emission factors are defined as follows. Location based emission factors use the average emission factor for the energy or emission source, such as regional or national emission factors. Market based emission factors consider contractual arrangements under which the organizations procure power from specific sources. These emission factors are typically specified in energy attribute certificates, also known as EACs, contracts such as power purchase agreements, also known as PPA, to purchase electricity from a specified generating facility or provided as a supplier specific emission factor. Please note that if you plan on entering market based emission factors, you will need documentation to support the emission factor used. Additional details on the FEM methodology, emission factors, and energy calculations can be found on the FEM twenty twenty five resource page on HowtoHigg, and I'm sharing a link to this as well in the chat. So I just mentioned PPAs and EACs in the last slide. So I want to make sure I further define those for you along with other market based instruments. A power purchase agreement or PPA is a contract between a renewable energy producer and the facility for the direct purchase of electricity. An example of this would be a contract between your facility and a local solar farm to purchase electricity from them for a defined period of time. Energy attribute certificates or EACs are a general term for a variety of market based instruments that represent how energy is generated and ownership of the attributes of the energy. The name and specific requirements for EACs are defined by the program from which they are issued. EACs can be issued as a part of government initiatives or third party providers. Some examples of EACs include renewable energy certificates, or RECs, guarantees of origin or GOs, or international RECs or IRECs, etcetera. A larger list of programs is available in the guidance. And finally, carbon offsets are market based instruments that are designed to lower the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, mainly carbon dioxide. Offsets provide credits that can be purchased and applied to reduce an organization's carbon footprint by accounting for CO2 emission reductions that occur elsewhere. Carbon offsets fund specific projects that either lower carbon dioxide emissions or sequester carbon dioxide, meaning they take some carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it. Common examples of projects include reforestation, construction of renewable energy infrastructure, carbon storing agricultural practices, and waste and landfill management. More information on different carbon offset programs can be found in the guidance as well. You can also learn more about these different options and how they work in the help article that I'm sharing in the chat now. Now, let's go over all of the questions in the energy and greenhouse gas section, starting with level one. Level one is worth twenty five percent of the total section points. Throughout this portion of this session, I will also highlight the top questions marked inaccurate during verification in last year's cadence. These will be marked with a yellow warning icon, and I'll also point them out as we go. The first question is, select all sources of energy from your facility excluding vehicles. This is the foundational question in the entire energy and greenhouse gas section. Its purpose is to identify every energy source your facility uses because many of the remaining questions depend on getting this one right. This question excludes sources used for owned and controlled vehicles as that is covered in a later question. You should think broadly when selecting sources. This includes purchased electricity, on-site electricity generation like solar, and all fuels such as diesel, LPG, coal, natural gas, petrol, kerosene, or biomass. It also includes steam or chilled water purchased from a central utility provider. One of the biggest verification issues we see is facilities forgetting to select sources they actually use. For example, many facilities miss diesel used for generators, LPG used in the cafeteria, or coal used only during peak season. Missing a source causes numerous inaccuracies downstream because the system expects tracking, quantities, documentation, and emission factors for each source selected here. Another common mistake is inputting incorrect emission factors. Remember, you do not need to enter custom emission factors unless you have specific documentation that validates it. Documentation for this question includes utility bills, fuel purchase invoices, generator logs, steam supply contracts, or renewable generation reports. If you cannot confidently answer yes right now, start by making a full list of all energy consuming equipment and reviewing twelve months of utility and fuel purchase records. Cross check with departments like maintenance, procurement, and production. Because this is the most frequently missed question in the energy and greenhouse gas section, verifying accuracy here will save significant time during both reporting and verification. Alright. To help break up the session and to reinforce our knowledge, I and to reinforce what we've learned so far, let's take a quick moment for a quick knowledge check. So you should see a question on the screen. Which of the following should be selected as an energy source if it is used anywhere on-site? Your first option is natural gas for cafeteria cooking, diesel for generators, coal used seasonally, and electricity purchased from the local utility or all of the above. Think most folks got that in, so I'm gonna go ahead and end. So most folks got that correct. So the correct answer is all of the above. So no matter what type of energy source it is, if it's used on-site, it should be counted as an energy source. So no worries if you got that incorrect, but just know, you know, if all of those are options, you'll want to capture all of them even if they're only used sometimes. So great. All right. So I'm going to go ahead and stop sharing that. Thank you, everybody, who participated. And let's keep going. All right. So question two asks whether the facility owns or controls any vehicles. This includes forklifts, vans, delivery trucks, and even small utility scooters. If your facility manages the fuel for the vehicle, it is considered owner controlled. This matters because if you answer yes, the assessment will ask you to report the fuel consumption for each vehicle or each fuel type. This is one of the most commonly missed areas in verification because many facilities answer no even though they use forklifts or other on-site vehicles daily. If you are not sure whether your facility uses vehicles, check with your logistics or maintenance team. A simple fleet inventory listing each vehicle, its fuel type, and usage will help you answer this question accurately and support the follow-up questions. Documentation such as fuel purchase logs or maintenance reports will be important later if you answer yes. The next question focuses on whether your facility uses energy attribute certificates, or EACs, such as renewable energy certificates, to claim the environmental attributes of renewable energy. If you purchase EACs, you'll be asked to upload documentation showing the specific certificate details, quantity, year, and energy project. A common accuracy issue for this question is that the certificate doesn't match the reporting year or the volume purchased doesn't align with the reported amount. Another issue is purchasing certificates but not having proof of ownership or a contract. If your facility has not used EACs yet, that's perfectly fine. You can answer no. But if you are considering them, be sure to track certificate volumes and retirement records to support your claims in future years. The next question is around carbon offsets. Carbon offsets are a voluntary purchase and can support emissions reductions outside your facility boundaries. This question asks whether you purchased any offsets that correspond to the emissions reported in your scope one or two footprint. If you answer yes, you will need to provide documentation such as offset certificates, proof of retirement, and evidence that the offsets come from a recognized program like gold standard or verified carbon standard. A key point here is that offsets must be retired on your behalf. You cannot claim offsets that were merely purchased unless retirement has occurred. If your facility hasn't purchased offsets, that's completely acceptable. Most facilities focus first on reducing energy use before investing in offsets. If you are considering offsets in the future, be sure to keep retirement records and ensure the offsets match the reporting period. If you would like to learn more about different programs, you can check out the links that I'm sharing in the chat now. And I did see a question when I was talking about the EACs around GECs. I'm not quite sure that acronym off the top of my head, but I assume that's a part type of program. That may acceptable. I'll show you where you can find the full list of different types that you can report. Usually, when you're filling that section out, there's an other section as well. So as long as it's, you know, a verifiable program, that's usually acceptable. But we'll go over that question a little bit more during the demo so I can show you where to find more information. Alright. The next question confirms whether your facility tracks any portion of overall energy use regardless of method. The intent is to demonstrate basic visibility into total energy consumption. Acceptable documentation includes meter readings, utility bills, internal logs, or monthly energy summaries. If you cannot answer yes, start by selecting at least one energy source to begin tracking consistently. Electricity is usually the simplest. Establish a basic procedure for collecting utility bills and recording monthly usage. Common pitfalls include informal tracking that is not documented, inconsistent tracking periods, or missing source coverage. Even minimal tracking counts, but it must be documented. The next question asks whether energy tracking is complete for every energy source that you selected in question one. The intent is transparency and completeness across all fuels and electricity types. Documentation may include fuel purchase invoices, delivery logs, sub-meter data, generator fuel logs, or monthly consolidated energy reports. If you cannot answer yes, begin by expanding tracking beyond electricity to include major fuels such as diesel, LPG, and natural gas. Start with the sources that contribute the most consumption and build from there. A common pitfall is selecting an energy source in question one, but having no tracking methods or records to support it. Tracking must be documented, consistent, and cover each selected source. You can also collect your energy data and track it using facility data manager, which is what this image is from. The next question verifies whether the facility separates production energy from domestic energy, such as offices, dormitories, or canteens. The intent is to help facilities understand where energy is used and identify efficiency opportunities. Documentation may include separate meters, allocation calculations, floor area based split models, or operating hours allocations. If you cannot answer yes, create a simple allocation method using floor area, occupancy, or operating hours. Document your method clearly so that it is repeatable and verifiable. Common pitfalls include reporting only total energy without a split, allocating but not documenting the methodology, or misclassifying domestic spaces. The next question asks whether the facility fully tracks fuel used by owned or controlled vehicles. The intent is to ensure complete scope one reporting for vehicle emissions. Documentation may include fuel purchase logs, fleet management records, forklift fuel logs, or meter readings on fuel pumps. If you cannot answer yes, begin by identifying all facility controlled vehicles and establishing a simple log for tracking monthly fuel use. Common pitfalls, especially amongst the top missed questions, include incomplete tracking for forklifts, inconsistent fuel logs, particularly for diesel and petrol, and missing invoices. Make sure the tracking methods match the actual fuel use. Alright. So those were all of the questions in level one. So now let's go over level two. If you achieve level one, you will automatically move to level two and three. Or if you did not achieve level one, you may optionally answer questions in level two or three if you would like for your own tracking or if requested by a business partner that you share your data with. Please note that if you voluntarily answer additional questions in level two and three without achieving level one, these questions will not contribute to your self assessed score. Now, let us review the questions in level two. Level two is worth fifty percent of the total section points. All right. So level two question ten. This question checks whether your facility has established a baseline year for at least one energy source. The intent is to support future tracking and performance comparisons. Documentation includes a written baseline statement, the baseline year, data used to calculate it, and any normalizing factors such as production volume. If you cannot answer yes, choose a recent full year, often the previous calendar year, and calculate electricity or major fuel consumption as your baseline. Keep records showing how the baseline was determined. Common pitfalls include undocumented baselines, incomplete data, or using partial year information. Another good tip is if you have completed FEM in the past for a full calendar year, that can be a good place to start for your baseline, or you can use facility data manager and enter your back data to see, you know, however far back that you can go so that you can establish baseline. The next question identifies which energy sources you've established baselines for. The intent is to encourage complete baseline coverage over time. Documentation should show baseline year and consumption for each selected source, including electricity and major fuels. If you cannot answer yes for multiple sources, start by adding baselines for your primary source, typically electricity and the largest fuel type. Expand over time as data quality improves. Common pitfalls include selecting sources without having supporting baseline documents or inconsistent baseline years across sources. The next question asks whether you have assessed which processes, such as boilers, dying, sowing lines, HVACs, or compressors, consume the most energy. The intent is to help prioritize efficiency improvements. Documentation may include an energy map, audit report, process by process analysis, or engineering estimates. If you cannot answer yes, begin by reviewing major equipment or high energy processes and estimating their contribution. Even a simple breakdown based on equipment rating or operating hours is acceptable. Common pitfalls include informal knowledge that is not documented or analyses that do not align with actual facility operations. The next question looks for formal targets to reduce energy consumption. The intent is future improvement planning. Documentation may include energy reduction goals, intensity targets, and action plans, or management approved objectives. If you cannot answer a yes, start by identifying one or two achievable targets. For example, reducing electricity intensity by ten percent over three years. Ensure the target is written down and dated. Common pitfalls include vague commitments without measurable targets or missing documentation to show formal approval. The next question evaluates whether your facility has formal greenhouse gas reduction targets for its scope one and scope two emissions. The intent is to align energy management with climate goals. Documentation includes written targets, greenhouse gas baseline calculations, and a time frame for achieving reductions. If you cannot answer yes, start with a simple measurable greenhouse gas intensity or absolute reduction goals. Ensure they relate clearly to your energy and fuel consumption. Common pitfalls includes targets that reference energy reduction, but not emissions, or targets that are not traceable to a baseline. The next question asks whether your facility has a documented plan that outlines how it will reach its energy or GHG targets. The intent is to link planning with measurable action. Documentation may include action plans, timelines, assigned responsibilities, budgets, or energy audit recommendations. If you cannot answer yes, start by creating a simple plan that lists actions, responsible teams, and a timeline. Examples include installing efficient equipment or improving maintenance schedules. Common pitfalls here include high level goals without actionable steps or plans that lack assigned responsibilities. The next question checks whether a qualified energy audit has been performed within the last five years. The intent is to ensure expert recommendations guide energy improvements. Documentation includes the audit report, auditor credentials, energy findings, and recommendations. If you cannot answer yes, consider scheduling an audit or performing an internal walk through to identify major saving opportunities. An internal audit can be a starting point while planning for a full external assessment. Common pitfalls include audits older than five years, incomplete reports, or lack of evidence that the audit covered the entire facility. The next question checks whether your facility has a documented plan to eliminate the use of coal. The intent is to encourage transition away from the most carbon intensive fuel. Documentation may include a written phase out plan, timeline, feasibility study, or equipment replacement strategy. If you cannot answer yes, begin by identifying the processes that use coal and documenting options for switching fuels, such as natural gas, biomass, or electricity. Even a simple initial roadmap is acceptable. Common pitfalls include informal commitments without supporting documentation or phase out plans without clear timelines. All right. The next question evaluates whether your facility achieved measurable energy reduction compared to its baseline year. The intent is to show actual performance improvement rather than only intent. Documentation may include year over year consumption data, normalized intensity metrics, or charts showing progress versus the baseline. If you cannot answer yes, start by calculating your baseline intensity and comparing it to your current year. Look for reductions from energy efficiency upgrades or operational improvements. A common pitfall is comparing total consumption without normalizing for production volume, which can end up misrepresenting improvements. The next question checks checks for verified reductions in the total scope one and two emissions. The intent is to align performance tracking with greenhouse gas targets and baselines. Documentation includes annual greenhouse gas calculations, comparison tables, normalized values, and evidence of reductions from fuel switching, energy savings, or renewable energy use. If you cannot answer yes, begin by calculating emissions from your energy data using appropriate emission factors. Identify where reductions can be achieved. For example, generator optimization or replacing coal or diesel. Common pitfalls include using different methodologies for baselines and reporting years or failing to document emission factor sources. Alright. We are in the homestretch, everybody. So now let's go over all of the questions in the energy section level three. This level is also worth twenty five percent of the total section points. So level three question twenty asks whether you calculated scope three emissions that are material to your facility, such as purchased goods, waste, or employee commuting. The intent is to demonstrate broader value chain awareness. Documentation may include scope three calculation files, category selection explanations, or emission factors used. If you cannot answer yes, start by identifying which scope three categories apply and gather basic activity data, such as waste volumes or purchased raw materials. Even partial calculation is a helpful first step. Common pitfalls include incomplete category coverage or missing documentation for emission factors. The next question checks whether your facility or parent company has an approved science based target aligned with global climate goals. The intent is to recognize leadership level climate commitments. Documentation includes SBTI approval letters, public listings, or internal corporate commitments aligned with SBTI criteria. If you cannot answer yes, begin by reviewing SBTI guidance and determining whether target setting is done at the facility or corporate level. Most suppliers start with internal greenhouse gas targets and evaluate SBTI readiness later. Common pitfalls include citing internal reduction goals as SBTI aligned without formal SBTI approval. The next question asks whether you have a documented plan to transition away from other fossil fuels besides coal, such as diesel, LPG, or natural gas. The intent is to encourage long term decarbonization. Documentation may include transition plans, fuel switch feasibility studies, or timelines for equipment upgrades. If you cannot answer yes, start by identifying which processes rely on fossil fuels and researching alternative technologies, such as heat pumps, biomass boilers, or electrification. A common pitfall is having informal intentions, but no documented plan to support them. All right. And the final question recognizes facilities that have already replaced fossil fuels with renewable options, whether fully or partially. The intent is to highlight demonstrated decarbonization success. Documentation may include commissioning reports, installation records, fuel switch documentation, or energy generation data from renewable systems. If you cannot answer yes, identify opportunities, such as replacing diesel boilers with biomass or LPG dryers with electric versions, and note these opportunities for future improvements. Common pitfalls include claiming replacement without documentation or incomplete transition where fossil backup is still primary. Alright. That is a ton of information, so thank you for sticking with me. So what can you get started on now? So the first thing that you can get started on now, if you haven't already, is to set up your account on app dot worldly dot I o. That's a p p dot worldly dot I o. You can purchase a subscription. I do wanna mention, though, if you purchased a two year subscription last year, you do not need to take this step. So it depends on your particular circumstances. You can open a new assessment, and you can read the guidance, take an e-learning course, or register for another webinar. We are doing webinars like this on every single section. So check out the training calendar that I'll share in a in a little bit. If you also completed FEM twenty twenty four or are using FDM, you can also roll over your qualitative data a data from FEM twenty twenty four, and then import twelve months of quantitative data from FDM. You can also review this data for completeness and accuracy during this time. And finally, you can collect your data. So you can review the guidance and identify with who or where data is stored. Identify any gaps and processes that you have now so that you may implement them before the end of the reporting period. And finally, review Insights Hub for gaps in environmental baselines and decarbonization. Alright. With that, let's do a brief demonstration, and I'll answer any questions that you guys have. So I am popping over to our staging environment. I like to mention that this is a staging environment because what you'll see on screen isn't probably realistic data. It's just data that I've put in there for demonstration purposes, but it should look pretty much the same as what you're seeing when you log in. Once you log in, a quick note, if you do have access to multiple accounts, you can select the different accounts up here in the top right hand corner. You can also access the subscriptions page from here to see what your current subscription is. So my current subscription is valid through December tenth of next year, so I don't need to worry about purchasing another subscription. If, however, your screen looks another a little bit more like this where you can select these options and you have the option to select, you'll want to either purchase standard with Higg FEM or complete, which includes FEM and FSLM. Facility data manager is included in all of our options, and you do get a slight discount of fifteen percent if you purchase two years. Once you make your selection and go through payment, then you will have FEM available to you. You can translate the platform into multiple languages. So up here where the world icon is, you can select your preferred language. And if you need additional help, all of our help resources are linked up here in the question mark. The help center is going to be written resources, short videos. It also has webinar recordings, walk throughs, GIFs, step by step, instructions. The learning center is where we have all of our e=learning courses. So that's going to look like this where you can view the catalog, you can view any courses that you're currently in the middle of, etcetera. There's also some resources linked there. And then finally, you can chat with our support team or submit a support request. Alright. So let's go ahead and go into my FEM. I do have a twenty twenty four FEM here. If you haven't yet opened your new FEM, you can go to that and then go to the overview page, and there'll be a blue banner at the top. But I'm going to go ahead and click into this one. Oh, and I should have said the blue banner, you'll be able to open it from there. If you just purchased to just clicking on the FEM section, we'll bring you into the section to answer a couple questions and then get started. So a couple things. Because I have entered a twenty twenty four in the past, I am able to see my past questions responses below. So that will give you reference. For some information like site info and permits, that will actually import that information except for the permit section. Also below that, you can see the section that you're in and then kind of the timeline parameter as well as if it counts during verification or if it gets looked at during verification, I should say. You can also upload documentation to any question using this little upload icon right here. I'm not gonna go through the site information section, but just know that you can click over into any section that you would like by clicking on the side. You can also filter by answered or unanswered using the check boxes at the top or search for specific topics. For example, maybe you just wanna stick with verification questions to start. I like to start with things unfiltered just so I can see the full assessment and then answer questions and see if it's opening new questions for me. So within the energy section, I won't go through each question since we literally already did that. But for these questions, you can view guidance right below. It will have a shortened version here. You can also click a link that will be linked here. And we have a new assistant called the Worldly Assistant. This is linked within the FEM at the bottom of each question as well as over here on the right hand side. So this is where you can ask questions. It is an AI assistant that is trained on all of our documentation. It's trained on the long form PDF guidance that Cascale puts together, ZDHC guidance, etcetera. So it's a really helpful tool. And let's see. So I'm going to post a question that was asked. So someone asked if we have electric bicycles, how to record energy use? So it will think and it will search through the different guidance that we have. And here, it will kind of sort through and give you a response. I do wanna say, you know, as always, with any AI tool, it can make mistakes. So if you're not confident that that is accurate or if you have any concerns, always, always, always go back to the full length guidance because it's very, very detailed. But this is a helpful way to ask, like, specific questions. So in this case, electric bicycles are treated as company owned or controlled vehicles, track electricity use for all company vehicles, and then it has, like, information about that. And so it says record in the energy vehicle table, etcetera. It does warn you, though, that if you're charging electricity is already included in your overall facility electricity consumption, you should only report it in the vehicle section if you have subtracted it from your facility total overall to avoid double counting. So if you don't have your separate bicycle station or what have you metered where you can confidently report, like, that is the amount, then it's probably counted in your overall electricity. And so then you would not need to double count it in the vehicle section. So it just kind of depends on your particular setup. But as you can see, you can ask questions like that very easily to this assistant, and it will give you that information and kind of narrow down the guidance into specific sections that are helpful for you. And it will also link you to the specific guidance that it got that information from so that you can click into that to learn more. You can also prompt it to deep think if you have a rather complex question that you would like to ask it. And you can also ask it questions in your language of preference. So let me just pull up a quick thing to translate. Okay. So let's say that I asked this question in Chinese, and it will respond to me then in Chinese as well. As always, you know, automatic translation, use that for, you know, your owner information. But this is a really helpful tool so that as you're filling out the assessment, as you're answering these questions, if you're getting hung up on anything, you can ask questions to this section and get some more information. So hopefully, that helps kind of show how that can be helpful. And then you always have the link off to the full guidance below that as well. Another thing I do want to emphasize is we got get a lot of questions about emission factors. So most of the time, unless you have a very specific contractual arrangement, you do not need to enter custom emission factors. So that's why they're phrased in this way. Like, do you know the emission factor because your supplier is communicating that to you? So on and so forth. So alright. Let us get to our questions. So there's a question. Do the EAC and carbon offset programs validate in China, or is China in another system? So it just depends. So I'm going to go to our HowtoHigg guidance so that I can show you how easy it is to kind of learn more about the different questions. So if you go to HowtoHigg and then you go to Higg index tools, Higg FEM, the Higg FEM twenty twenty five resources will have, like, the downloadable guides, which you can also search. But you can also come to the twenty twenty four because not much really changed between the sections. And then you can kind of skip down to the questions, and then they're all listed here. And so it does have a lot more detail than what I gave you during, you know, the original presentation just since we're kinda crunched for time. And I do see green electricity certificate. So I think it was Ivy who asked earlier about that. So, yes, that does you know, that is something that counts. So I'm sharing the links to all of these in the chat now, but just know that this is in the guidance. So these are all these different options that you might have available to you in China as well. If they have their own government scheme, which might be the case, that might also be an option as well. So it just kind of depends. But, hopefully, that series of links is helpful for that question. So thank you, Sabrina, for asking. Alright. And we already answered the question about electric bicycles. So, you know, you would count that as vehicle unless it is not able to be separated from your total overall purchase electricity. So just be aware of double counting there. There's a question. Can you please share the direct links of different emission factors? So that is going to be up here in FEM. And in the twenty twenty five resources section, which I shared earlier, there's a segment here that goes over the energy comparability, the energy source changes, and then the different calculations. So I recommend checking out this page. This has a lot more reference material for you that you can kind of see all of the different regional factors, for example, that are used by default. So, hopefully, that helps, and you can also see, like, how the how it compares year over year. And I do know we are a little bit over time. I do wanna be respectful of everybody's time. So if my interpreters do have to hop hop off, I understand that. I'm gonna try to get through a couple more questions and and as many as we can. So alright. The next question is if a facility already purchased an REC a hundred percent, it means we should choose purchased renewables. Not necessarily. It really depends on the circumstances. Within the actual assessment, the way that the questions are asked should help you kind of guide. So it'll be like, did you purchase RECs? What is the information for that, etcetera? If you have purchased renewables, though, that should also be tracked as a energy source. So it just kind of depends. RECs, though, are not necessarily that you actually use purchase renewables at your facility. It could mean that you just purchased the attributes for that renewable energy without actually having used it on-site. So I highly recommend checking out the additional guidance for those specific questions because it does a much deeper dive than I can do, you know, during this time. There's also that EAC, PPA, carbon offset guidance that I shared earlier, and there's a lot of information in this section. So highly recommend checking this out. There's also detailed scenario guidance for reporting energy use along with purchase electricity, purchase renewables, on-site renewables, and EACs. So this is a very common question, so don't feel bad. It's it can be very confusing. But to the person who asked about this, how to report that, I highly recommend reading through these scenarios because they describe a few different scenarios that are really, really helpful for understanding how you would actually report this so that things aren't getting, you know, double counted. So, hopefully, that helps answer the question. Alright. There's a question. We conducted a carbon footprint verification using the ISO fourteen thousand sixty four standard. Can we use this data? I believe so. Yes. I don't know off the top of my head, like, for sure how that corresponds, but I believe that that does count. One thing that you can do to to verify that and I believe this was probably around, like, the highest using things or, like, if you did an audit. So definitely just check out whichever question that was in regards to. Check out the longer form guidance, and that will give you a lot more information and acceptable sources. But generally, the ISO standards are pretty embedded with throughout the FEM guidance. So I feel pretty confident saying that, but I highly recommend just reviewing the guidance to be absolutely certain. The next question is, does the energy used by the clothing and fabric clothing, fabric, and accessories warehouse count as household energy consumption? If there is no production activities occurring there and that warehouse is a part of your facility and part of your business boundaries, generally, I would say yes. So I would double check that if they have, like, a different operating name or are technically a different business or are, like, a rented warehouse space that you don't own or operate, that might be a little different. So I recommend double checking that, but generally speaking, that would be the case. The next question is, is there any minimum consumption on replacing fossil into renewable energy? For example, if a factory installing a small quantity for solar panel for outdoor lighting, can it be considered? Yeah. If you are offsetting any fossil fuel using things, basically, with a renewable energy source, you are still offsetting. So even if it's a tiny move, you know, that still counts. So as long as you're documenting it, able to quantify it in some fashion, and are able to kind of show that, then I would say that that that would be considered. So hopefully that helps. I already kind of pointed folks to this. So there's another question about whether energy EACs are also considered as renewable energy. So, again, highly recommend just double checking those scenario descriptions because that's really helpful. So There is also a question around rooftop solar projects. Do they need to submit a copy of EAC in the platform? Do we need to report the reduction since our project was commissioned last November twenty second or twenty sixth? So for rooftop solar, generally speaking, when you're filling out the assessment, if you are using that rooftop solar power on-site, there is an option here of a different couple things. So solar photovoltaic, there's also thermal or wind. So if you have these things on-site, you can track those as energy sources and then track how much energy that you're using. And then there's additional questions when you do track that that then said, did you maintain ownership of your energy attributes? So it's kinda spider webs out a few other questions when you select that. But if you do have on-site solar that was used as an energy source, then you can track that like that. And then there'll be kind of additional questions. So this one's around, like, having a PPA. And then purchased renewables, selected, so it's asking that, etcetera, etcetera. So you'll kind of read through that. And then, you know, let's see. So for the ownership, does your facility have the associated ownership of these renewables from purchased renewables? And then it also asks more about, like, on-site. So there's a bunch of questions in there that are kind of related. But, again, read through that scenario section because it does cover that specific scenario in more detail. Alright. Oh, yeah. So there's a question. Can you introduce us more to just the assessment process? For example, assessment initiative, assessment completion, etcetera. Yeah. So that generally, you can find a lot of information both on HowtoHigg in general as well as on our help site. So if you go to the assessments section, there's a facility environmental module section. There's a few different videos. There's also the question by question guidance. But there's also this just like getting started guide. So this is really helpful, kind of shows you what that'll look like each step of the way. Generally speaking, you initiate your assessment. You start filling it out. Once you're done, you post it. Once you post it, that's when you can verify. And then verification depends on requirements of your business partners, but that's you know, after you post it, that's when you can do that. If you're not getting it verified, you can share an unverified assessment or what's known as a self assessment. And then if you do go for through verification, there'll be some things that you're doing outside of the platform, like speaking with your verifying body, arranging them to come do the audit, etcetera. And then they'll come do that, and then they'll post their findings within the platform. You'll have time to review that. There's also time that you can then contest their findings and kind of have a discussion and go back and forth. And then once all of that is done, then verification would be complete. And then you would then share your verified information with your business partners. So that's kind of the general process, but I highly recommend checking out this kind of getting started. This will kind of go over that whole thing, all of these different assessment statuses as well. So if you are looking at an older assessment, maybe you are new to your company, but you've done this before for the or the company has done it before, so you can kinda see these different statuses and what they mean. So, hopefully, that's helpful. Let me actually send the link to this in the chat, and I'll send this in the follow-up email as well. Alright. And I see a question. Will the AI function in the FEM assessment be usable for factories in China? Yes. So it should be usable in China. It's not relying on, like, Gemini, like, Google products or anything like that. And it is built into the actual platform. So it's within our platform. It should be accessible. If you have any problem accessing it, though, please do reach out to support. We have not yet heard any access issues from Chinese suppliers, but if you do run into any problems, please do let us know because it should be accessible to you. Sorry. I got a few that are trans or that are in a different language. So someone asked to see number six, so we can actually take a look in here for the question six. So five six. So does your facility track energy use for each energy source your facility utilizes? Also, if you're looking for the slides, those are linked in the resources section. So let me pull up that window really quickly so I can reshare those slides. So if you did wanna take a look at those slides, they are available here. K. So that should be popped up. So if you wanna look at that specific guidance for that question, you can see that there. So great. There's a question around wastewater treatment, which means so I'm not sure that this is the right session for a question around wastewater treatment. Domestic and production are defined slightly differently in the guidance for those two. So if that's kind of what you're asking around, I I recommend both potentially attending the wastewater session, also reading the wastewater guidance that will give you more details on that. Alright. There's a question. Can you update the summary page on the website so that scope two emissions offset by RECs or EACs are shown as zero, the same as in the Excel report. I'm not sure what that's asking. So if if you can give more details on that, I I might be able to answer that question better. The next question is after verification, is the percentage of points displayed for level one, or does it include level two and three, which are not within the verified area? So I can get you some additional information on scoring in general. I'm I won't say I have that, like, fully able to rattle off off the top of my head, but I do know that verification is still level one this year. Scoring, I do believe it's level one and then, like, your self assessed level two and three, I believe. So it's kind of like a mixed score. So you can read more about scoring and how that applies there. And then there's also more information in verification. So it does have, like, information about how that goes. There's the verification information. There's this is actually a publication about, like, why they're sticking with just level one this year. So let me actually share that with everybody if you wanna read that and what they're kind of thinking of for the future of level two and level three. So if you wanna learn more about that, definitely recommend checking out that document. There's a kind of a comment. So just noticed you mentioned a carbon offset was used for market based offset. Might I confirm they are typically applied to neutralize residual emissions after calculating total emissions? Yeah. So, typically, both, like, EACs when you're not the consumer of the of the renewable and carbon offsets are usually kind of categorized in this, like, additional section and not necessarily in, like, your overall total emissions. So you'll have your overall total emissions because that's, you know, truly what was used or produced. And then you can kind of use carbon offsets and EACs carve out some of that, but it's best practice to have kind of all of your emissions generally before kind of calculating that. But I will not say that I'm, like, a carbon accountant in extraordinaire or anything like that. So definitely check out, like, guidance from the greenhouse gas protocol, accounting standard, and things like that for that type of reporting. Alright. The next question is what if we have electric power, but it comes from a coal power plant? So that's pretty common. You would still report that as purchased electricity, and there are so let me go back up here. So you would still select that as purchased electricity. If you know it's coming from coal, I don't think you select that coal slurry mix. Usually, that's, like, if if it's used on-site. Depending on your local area, for example, like a lot of I think in India and Bangladesh, a lot of power plants are coal, so you kinda have no choice in in what where your energy comes from. You would still report that as purchased electricity because that's kind of there. And then it does have some questions. So if you do know, like, you're doing a PPA or something like that and you have some different emission factors that you can use, then you can choose that. But yeah. But there is additional guidance, like longer form guidance on the different energy sources in our favorite spot in the question by question guidance. So, again, in that long form guidance, it kind of has everything listed here, and, you know, it has, like, these listed as as options. So it just kind of depends on if if you're using it on-site or if you're just purchasing it from, you know, your local local place local utility, I should say. There was a request for IREC supplier list in Bangladesh. So I recommend going to the EAC section, like, the question that asks that, and it has a bunch of those different links. So you can check out the I r e c website here, and then I believe it actually has, like, a search on this site that you can then, like, search for countries, I believe, I wanna say. So check out that. And then there's also some different programs as well. So if IRECs aren't available, there might be some others that are. So definitely check that out. The next question is, how is this related to the FERN program, facility emission reduction network to reduce greenhouse gas or decarbonization? So I believe the FERN program is something that's Cascale run. I don't have a lot of details on that, but I believe the effort is kind of to contribute to this. So if you are gathering data for that program, you might be able to kind of use that also when you're answering questions in the FEM. So I'm sorry. Don't have as much details on FERN. I I'll I'll follow-up with Cascale and try to get more information on that and share that with you in a follow-up email. So thank you for your question. The next question is my facility has purchased one hundred percent renewable energy certificates in question l one. Question one, select all energy sources excluding vehicles. Must select the answer purchase electricity or purchase renewable. We still confuse to report energy use for purchase electricity, purchase renewables on sites. So let's just go back up here. So it sounds like you have RECs. And so you purchased the RECs, and you have the attributes is is what it sounds like. So if you have a PPA, I would look at this scenario one. If you have EACs that are also purchased and retired from an external party, that's kind of scenario two. I'm just trying to find the right scenario. So uses and also purchases and retires EACs. So in this case, you would report purchase electricity and then report forty megawatts under the EAC question. So this facility should not report any quantity under purchased renewables. So I would review scenario two and scenario three and just see which one kind of corresponds the most to your particular circumstance. And you might have posted this question earlier, and I already kind of pointed this out. So I apologize if I'm repeating myself. But but hopefully, helps. These are very detailed, and there's a few different versions of it. So definitely check that out. The other thing is that you can always, always, always write in to us and ask a question. So when you're in the in platform, you can chat with our support team by clicking chat support. You can also search our database as well and, like, look at help articles within here as well, but you can chat with our support team. If they're not available at your particular time of day, we don't have twenty four seven, but we do have pretty good coverage. But if they're not available, you can always also submit a support request and ask a question. If our support team can't answer it, they escalate it to the Cascale facility tools team. So, hopefully, that helps. And then, also, don't forget you have the Worldly assistant as an option. So that can be something that can be really, really helpful for, like, hey. This is my situation. How would I go about answering this question? Alright. So the next question is, do we need to meet the one hundred percent score to be able to pass in self assessment? So that's actually a really great question. FEM isn't really like a pass fail type of thing. I like to kind of think of it as let's gather data for the year so that we know where we have gaps and where we can improve. Generally speaking, level one captures kind of, like, the basic foundational expectations. So that's twenty five percent. So if you get above twenty five percent in any particular score, you can go, okay. Great. I've got my foundational stuff done. Level two has fifty percent of the score because it's driving the most kind of good habits and change and has the most impact, like setting targets, having improvement plans, things like that. So don't think of it as I must get a hundred percent or else I failed. That's not frankly, that's probably not realistic for most people and for, like, really any facility to get, like, absolutely stellar across the board. Everything's perfect and all of that. So that's very rare. So, no, you don't need a hundred percent score to pass. It's really an instrument that you use for ongoing improvement. Hopefully, that helps, but there's also a lot of that good information within the guidance as well that kind of explains, like, hey. If you can't do this, here are some ideas for you and and what you can do to improve. The next question is is Higg FEM assessment suitable for a parts factory? Yeah. So the Higg FEM is generally applicable to most facilities. We try to generalize all of the different, like, types of facilities that might might come across it or need to do it. So I would say you might be, like, a component manufacturing facility. So if you make, like, you know, zipper snaps, things like that, or if you make parts for, like, hardware parts for furniture or something of that nature, that might be a good option to select. But if you're not sure, you can always read the guidance and kind of read more about the different types and and then select your most appropriate one. But generally speaking, all of these different sections are generally applicable to most manufacturing facilities. Alright. Let's see. And I pointed you to where the emission factors live already, so hopefully, you saw that. And let's see. Oh, and there was just, like, a follow-up about the score. So previous score is forty three percent. So that's fine. That just means, hey. Like, you you've gotten level one. You're about halfway through level two, it sounds like. So then you can just identify what are the things that I wasn't able to answer yes to last year and, like, those main questions, and then try to, you know, build out processes and procedures and things that will get you to be able to answer yes. There's a question about do we have other trainings for other sections like water or waste? And the answer to that is absolutely. So let me share this. This will also be in the follow-up email, but this is where you can see all upcoming planned sessions. I'm also just, like, adding regularly. So there's a an email that goes out every other week about the different sessions that we have upcoming. So starting in January, you'll also see our q and a's with Cascale. So we've got chemical, wastewater, air emissions, and waste in the future, and I think this got mislabeled. So just ignore that one. But, yeah. So those are coming up. And if you missed the, EMS section training, that is also, listed in our help center. So sorry. There's just, like, little window blocks it, so I have to keep pulling it down. But if you go to the help center and then how to get started and then training and elearning, all of our webinar recordings are here. So we've got, like, the get ready for the assessment as well as the EMS section training if you missed that one. I'll also be uploading those there as well. So if, you know, you're not able to attend one live and didn't register, you can check back here to to find those as well. And let me share that link as well. I'm just sending all the links to you. Alright. There's a question. Can you tell us about FDM? So yes. Absolutely. So FDM is a monthly data collection tool. It's not like a an assessment in the same way as FEM. That's kind of like looking at a year back. It's more of like an active tool that you can use to gather data moving forward. You can also track back data, so if you want to populate data in the past. And what it's designed to do is to make it easier to collect your quantitative data for these different topics. So this is just an example, but it's showing, you know, my purchase electricity over time. And then once you have twelve months of data gathered, you can import that into your FEM. So that'll save you time in the long run because you can roll over your site information from both tools so that you don't have to, like, fill that out every time. And then then month over month, it's just, okay. We have this much electricity, this much water use, this much waste, etcetera. And then all that quantitative data can be rolled up, which can be really, really helpful and save you a ton of time. So that's FDM in a nutshell, but there's also a good section here in our help content that goes over all of that in more detail. It also has, like, the question by question guidance and some different quick start guides along with short videos that kind of walk through how to use it, also rolling forward information and and things like that. You can also use facility data manager to set targets and track baselines and targets. So that's a really helpful way to get started on that. And it's already available to you as part of your subscription. So it's something that's kind of in addition to FEM, something that's helpful to to track that. Alright. Okay. I see a few different kind of repeats and then deeper dives into RECs. So for REC specific questions, I recommend checking out the scenarios and then reaching out to support if if you're not quite able to answer the question. The other thing is that you might also just go into the FEM because you can still edit anything, you know, before you post it and just see how the questions, like, show up for you. Because sometimes seeing I answer question one, okay, the next question is a new question that asks this. Then you can go, oh, okay. And it it kind of breaks down the questions in a way that makes it a little bit easier to answer. So I I would recommend doing that as well. That might be helpful for some of those specific questions. And there is a question about if you purchased RECs for one year, do you report it on FEM or FDM? If we report FDM module, how do we report them on a monthly basis? So if you report an FDM generally speaking, when you report an FDM, it's more about consumption. In the site info and setup information, it does ask you about that information just if you do that, but I don't think it asks you for specific numbers necessarily for that. We can take a look. But but yeah. So there is some site information that it asks you to set up just so that it understands, you know, what what all to ask you about energy. Let's see. So when you set up your site information, even if you say, you know, that you do purchase EACs. I actually don't know. I'll have to get back to you on that one. I don't think it actually matters. Like, if you say this is just asking if you have a PPA, so it doesn't actually ask you about EACs in this section. So I think you don't have to worry about that part. Oh, no. I lied. I just didn't scroll far back, ma'am. So you answer yes. I just wanna see because I'm not sure. Okay. So this is if you were retired any during the reporting period. So if you did retire, you know, segments of it over time, great. But if you're really like, we purchased and retired just for a year, a calendar year, I wouldn't necessarily worry about putting that in your FDM unless you want to. You also when you import any data from FDM, you can always edit your FEM. It's not like it's locked in. So if you're like, oh, I imported that, but I need to report this EAC for the calendar year, you can still input that information even if you didn't have that originally in this FDM section. So that's what I would say. Unless you're, like, retiring it on, like, that monthly basis or something like that, I would just report that for sure in your FEM. Alright. And then a couple more questions. So there's a question more about FDM. Can be filled in monthly or quarterly. Can it be changed later after each submission? If it can be changed, will it also be synchronized to FEM? So yeah. So, yes, you can edit. You can edit previous submissions as long as they are not validated. So similar to verification, if it's verification has been finalized, assuming that's accurate, then you won't be able to modify it. But as long as it's not in that status, then you can still unpost your FDM, update it, and then repost. And then if you are importing into FEM, it will notice if you make a change to an FDM submission that you've already imported, and it'll just say, hey. There's a change. Do you want me to import the most recent values? So there's all that information there. And I see there's a follow-up question about what does it look like when you roll over. So for FDM, when if you've done an FDM in the past and you're rolling your site data into your FDM, it will just look like this. It will just prompt you, and then you can roll forward your information. So that's pretty straightforward. And then you can always modify. So if you need to make any changes or anything changes like that, that's also there. And then for importing your data into FEM, we have that in here. So there's a ten minute video, and then there's also just, like, step by step instructions here. This says twenty twenty four, but it'll be the same activity, like, way of doing it. So let me just share this with you in the chat. So check that out. It'll go over all of the steps and has, like, GIFs and shows what that looks like. But yeah. But if you did need to edit something or if you changed it, it will reprompt you. Like, hey. Do you wanna reimport this? And then there's a second question on this question. If FDM data is filled in starting from twenty six years ago, can the data from the previous twenty five years be supplemented? Yeah. I I'm not sure you can go far that far back. Let's see if it'll let you. I don't know what the limit actually is off the top of my head. That's a good question. But you can enter past data. So that's good to know. So let's see. Oh, you can go to twenty twenty. So looks like it's a little limited. You can go to twenty twenty. If you would like to be able to enter past data even farther, though, definitely let us know. I'm happy to pass that on to the product team to to potentially do in the future. Alright. And I shared that link, agenda, to the import. So, hopefully, you saw that and that helps. And then there's a question. We have rooftop solar panel in our factory. Can we report the solar energy data by our internal meter data, or do we need to get any official doc from the local government? Official is always better if you have it. But generally speaking, like, solar panels have, like, output, like, options. Like, you know, obviously, there'd be, like, a impossible number that you wouldn't be able to achieve. But, yeah, I don't think it doesn't have to be, like, a an official government report. If you have it, great. Or if you have, like, that report from, for example, maybe the installer and they, like, periodically maintain it or something like that, that might also be sufficient. So I would check out the question and just read over the different types of guidance. Just remember, anything that I talked about today as far as examples of documentation is not exhaustive. So there's more information in the full guidance. And I'm actually seeing information here that might have answered a previous question about coal, but I think this is specifically around steam. So never mind. But, yeah, hopefully, that answers your question. Alright. So we are way over time. I wasn't able to get to all of the questions. So I will follow-up via email with the q and a report along with the recording. So if I didn't quite get to your question, I do apologize. I everybody so you know, has so many questions, and I want to get to them all, but sometimes it's hard. So, yeah, look out for my email if I didn't get to it. If you need any additional assistance, always feel free to reach out to us, and we do have those additional sessions in the future. After I end this webinar, there'll be a quick survey, on screen just kind of asking how this went. So feel free to leave comments. Always helpful just to know what we can do better, and what we can improve. So thank you all so so much for your time and attention and your engagement. I hope this was helpful, and, hopefully, I'll see you in some future sessions. And if I missed your question, do look out for the q and a report because I will send that, via email. So, thank you all so so much, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day. Alright. Thank you. Love all the hearts. Thanks, guys. Have a good one.