Previous METs

BRM

BRM 2022 Core MET (Q1-Q2 2022)

Scope: Develop the major BRM update, including structural changes and coordinate section changes 

Start date: January 2022

End date: May 2022

Status: Closed

Attendance: 22 members

Member

Organization

Type

Berta Martinez

Inditex

Brand & Retailer

Adriana Fernandez

Inditex

Brand & Retailer

Aitana Gonzalez

Inditex

Brand & Retailer

Natalia Capelan

Inditex

Brand & Retailer

Caroline Holmes

Walmart

Holding Group

Cecilia Tiblad

H&M

Brand & Retailer

Andreas Brehme

H&M

Brand & Retailer

Olle Blidholm

H&M

Brand & Retailer

Alessia Scroccaro

Benetton Group S.R.L.

Brand & Retailer

Jia Liu

TÜV Rheinland Group

Service Provider/Verifier

Jennifer Swain

GAP, Inc

Brand & Retailer

Tatiana Kurancheva

Zalando SE

Third party Retailer

Guru Larson

Columbia Sportswear

Brand & Retailer

Mary Bean 

Columbia Sportswear

Brand & Retailer

Chrissy Mecklenborg

Columbia Sportswear

Brand & Retailer

Rejaul Hassan

VF Corporation

Holding Group

Ashley Bink

VF Corporation

Holding Group

Magnus Dorsh

About You GmbH & Co. KG

Third party Retailer

Devon Scott

Nike,Inc

Brand & Retailer

Nina Fabrega

Mango Punto FA S.L

Brand & Retailer

Julia Traveria

Mango Punto FA S.L

Brand & Retailer

 

BRM 2022 Climate MET

Scope: Develop the major BRM update,focus on developing the climate change section of the assessment

Start date: July 12, 2022 

End date: December 9, 2022

Status: Closed

Meeting frequency: 3-5 meetings, adapted on a per need basis

Attendance: 14 members

Member

Organization

Type

Sarah Gabel

DBI

Merve Kulbakan

Delta Galil Industries Ltd.

Holding Group

Rishali Chaplot

Komar Brands

Holding Group

Jim French

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Brand/Retailer

Shre Ranjan

Gildan

Manufacturer

Cerian Atwell

Marks and Spencer

Brand/Retailer

Magnus Dorsch

About You

Brand/Retailer

Pesavento

Replay

Brand/Retailer

Debasis Manna

Walmart

Brand/Retailer

Jennifer Swain

Gap Inc.

Brand/Retailer

Mirah Alix

Gap Inc.

Brand/Retailer

ALGI INTERNATIONAL INC

Service Provider

Anouschka Jansen

QIMA Ltd

Service Provider

Bobby Renz

Ralph Lauren Corporation

Brand/Retailer

BRM 2022 Scoring MET

Scope: Develop the major BRM update, focus on developing scoring methodology

Start date: June 28, 2022 

End date: December 20, 2022

Status: Closed

Meeting frequency: 3-5 meetings, adapted on a per need basis 

Attendance: 8 members

Member

Organization

Type

Magnus Dorsch

About You

3rd party retailer

Karin Ekberg

Leadership & Sustainability

Service Provider

Henrik Sand

Bestseller

Brand

Andres Guarnizo

Disney

Retailer

Shre Ranjan

Gildan

Manufacturer

Rich

Charming Trim & Packaging, Inc.

Manufacturer

Colin Gaunt

Gap Inc.

Brand

Katherine Danby

Camper

Brand

BRM 2022 Purchasing Practices MET

Scope: Develop the major BRM update, focus on developing responsible purchasing practices questions in the assessment

Start date: September 1, 2022

End date: December 19, 2022

Status: Closed

Meeting frequency: 3-5 meetings, adapted on a per need basis 

Attendance: 8 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Katie Cotterill

Craghoppers / Regatta

Brand

Adam Sarama

Billerud Korsnas

Manufacturer

Johan Genneby

H&M

Holding Group

Alice Marmion

Rapha Racing

Brand

Andres Guarnizo

Disney

Retailer

Inmaculada Olmos

About You

Third party retailer

P. Pesavento

Replay

Brand

Marie Bean

Columbia Sportswear Co.

Brand

 

BRM 2022 Chemicals MET

Scope: Develop the major BRM update, focus on developing the chemicals questions in the assessment in alignment with ZDHC Brand To Zero Program

Start date: September 21, 2022
End date: December 23, 2022

Status: Closed

Meeting frequency: 3-5 meetings, adapted on a per need basis 

Attendance: 11 members

Member

Organization

Type

David Chan

Carter's

Brand/Retailer

Ryan Miller 

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Third Party Retailer

Abel Sueiras

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Third Party Retailer

Merve Kulbakan

Delta Galil

Holding Group

Philip Cheng

Abercrombie & Fitch

Brand/Retailer

Julia Nehring

Walmart

Retailer

S ranjan

Gildan

Manufacturer

Cerian Atwell

Marks & Spencer

Brand/Retailer

Xli 

Eileen Fisher, Inc.

Brand/Retailer

Jia Liu 

TUV Rheinland

Service Provider

ALGI INTERNATIONAL INC

Service Provider

BRM 2022 Materials MET

Scope: Develop the major BRM update, focus on developing the materials questions in the assessment in alignment with Textile Exchange

Start date: October 14, 2022

End date: December 23, 2022

Status: Closed 

Meeting frequency: 3-5 meetings, adapted on a per need basis 

Attendance: 9 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Sarah Gabel

DBI

Gdoudican 

Lululemon

Brand/Retailer

Merve Kulbakan

Delta Galil Industries

Holding Group

P Pesavento

Replay

Brand

Debasis Manna

Walmart

Retailer

Cecilia Tibladberntsson

H&M

Holding Group

Adam Sarama

BillerudKorsnas

Service Provider

ALGI INTERNATIONAL INC

Service Provider

Madeline Frieze

New Balance

Brand/Retailer

BRM 2022 Core MET (Q3 '22 - Q1 '2023)

Scope: Develop the major BRM update, including structural changes and coordination of different section changes. *Is the continuation of the major BRM MET

Kick-off: May, 2022

End date: March, 2023

Status: Finished

Meeting frequency: Bi-weekly

Attendance: 12 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Magnus Dorsch

About you

3rd party retailer

Jia Liu

TUV

Service Provider/Verifier

Henrik Sand

Bestseller

Brand

Andres Guarnizo

Disney

Retailer

Tatiana Kurancheva

Zalando

3rd party retailer

Julia Traveria 

Mango

Brand

Jennifer Swain

Gap Inc.

Brand

Cecilia Tiblad

H&M

Holding Group

Olle Blidholm

H&M

Holding Group

Andreas Brehme

H&M

Holding Group

Karin Ekberg

Leadership & Sustainability

Service provider

Debbie Shakespeare

Avery Dennison

Manufacturer

Product Tools

Transparency - Materials Methodology

Scope: Increase the scope of raw materials and manufacturing processes that can meet functional equivalency requirements for benchmarking and that can be verified to enable expanded benchmarking of product-level consumer facing claims. MET reviewed industry consultation results. Transparency Methodology updates on hold due to pause on the OPT.

Kick-off: July 2021 

Status: closed July 2022 

Meeting frequency: 16 weekly sessions in 2021 and 1 final session in July 2022 

Attendance: 8 members

Member

Organization

Type

Anna Biverstal

H&M

Brand/Retailer

Nicholas Silberman

Williams Sonoma Inc

Brand/Retailer

Emily Gigot

SanMar

Brand/Retailer

Julia Colom

Camper- Biniaraix Manufacturing

Brand/Retailer

Alix Poitou

Salomon

Brand/Retailer

Beth Jensen

Textile Exchange

Affiliate

Siena Shepard

Textile Exchange

Affiliate

Eleni Thrasyvoulou

Textile Exchange

Affiliate

 

FEM

FEM Framework

Scope: Develop the FEM2022 Framework methodology, including section structure, scoring and level advancing. 

Status: Completed on July 2021, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently

Attendance: 9 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Martha Willis

Marks & Spencer

Brand / Retailer

Joey Robinson

Nike

Brand / Retailer

Sara Sticha

Target

Brand / Retailer

Kyle Chung

Crystal Group

Manufacturer

Rob Schilling

Sappi

Manufacturer

Matthew Guenther

TAL

Manufacturer

Karin Ekberg

Leadership & Sustainability

Service Provider

Xavier Vital

SGS

Service Provider

Paula Bernstein

Higg

Strategic Partner

FEM Impact Quantitative Data

Scope: Develop the necessary impact quantitative data to be included in FEM2022 and its structure.  

Status: Completed on Sept 2021, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently

Attendance: 9 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Shariful Hoque

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Germán García

Inditex

Brand / Retailer

Michelle Sawyer

Nike

Brand / Retailer

Molly Fu

AEO

Brand / Retailer

Ming Ma

Crystal Group

Manufacturer

Matthew Guenther

TAL

Manufacturer

Karin Ekberg

Leadership & Sustainability

Service Provider

Michael Noon

SGS

Service Provider

Zijing Cao

Apparel Impact Institute

Affiliate

FEM Hardgoods / Outdoor Industry alignment (extended group for RSL/MRSL)

Scope: Align on RSL and MRSL requirement specific for Outdoor Sporting Goods industry (aka Hardgoods)

Kick-off: 

Status: Completed on Oct 2022, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: On a needed basis

Attendance: 8  members 

Member

Organization

Type

Lyn Ip / Mike Chang

REI

Brand / Retailer

Staffin Till

Fenix Outdoor / Primus

Brand / Manufacturer

Karin Ekberg

Leadership & Sustainability

Service Provider

Jane Turnbull

European Outdoor Group

Affiliate

Yiva Weissbach

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Wendy Kan

Columbia Sportswear

Brand / Retailer

Carl Chang

AmerSport

Brand / Retailer

Drew O’Neil

Target

Brand / Retailer

FEM Energy section

Scope: Develop the content update on Energy section of FEM2023, including reviewing how-to-higg guide

Kick-off: 

Status: Completed on Oct 2022, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently

Attendance: 10 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Aaron Tam

Gap

Brand / Retailer

Fengyuan Wang

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Ashwin Koilparambil

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Vincent Deng

VF

Brand / Retailer

Si  Sivathatchayani Thamilvanan

Hirdaramani Group

Manufacturer

      Yashinth Wijerathne

Hirdaramani Group

Manufacturer

Thomas Matiz

Lenzing

Manufacturer

Reka Sindi

Lenzing

Manufacturer

Karen Chang

Ralph Lauren

Brand / Retailer

Matthew Guenther

TAL Apparel

Manufacturer

FEM Water section

Scope: Develop the content update on Water section of FEM2023, including reviewing how-to-higg guide

Kick-off: 

Status: Completed on Oct 2022, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently

Attendance: 8 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Aaron Tam

Gap

Brand / Retailer

Ashwin Koilparambil

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Shariful Hoque

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Si  Sivathatchayani Thamilvanan

Hirdaramani Group

Manufacturer

      Yashinth Wijerathne

Hirdaramani Group

Manufacturer

Thomas Matiz

Lenzing

Manufacturer

Karen Chang

Ralph Lauren

Brand / Retailer

Shrinivas Naik

Arvind Exports

Manufacturer

FEM Waste section

Scope: Develop the content update on Waste section of FEM2023, including reviewing how-to-higg guide

Kick-off: 

Status: Completed on Oct 2022, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently

Attendance: 7 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Deepan Kannan

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Vincent Deng

VF

Brand / Retailer

Si  Sivathatchayani Thamilvanan

Hirdaramani Group

Manufacturer

      Yashinth Wijerathne

Hirdaramani Group

Manufacturer

Reka Sindi

Lenzing

Manufacturer

Holly Syrett

Global Fashion Agenda

Affiliate

Kathy Chan

TAL Apparel

Manufacturer

FEM - SBT Tracking

Scope: requirements for a facility level Scope 1 & 2 monthly carbon tracking capability and requirements for a brand level scope 3 SBT tracking

kick-off :  March 2022

Status: - Completed in June 2022

Meeting frequency: Weekly Thursday 6:30 am PT

Attendance: 14 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Andrea Kennedy

LIM College

Academic

John Stokes

New Balance Athletics

Brand / Retailer

Ana Rodes

Recover

Manufacturer

Cristina Pons

Camper

Brand / Retailer

Shelby Arnold

Elevate Textiles

Manufacturer

Carmen Chan

Tesco

Brand / Retailer

Simone Colombo

OVS

Brand / Retailer

Rishali Chaplot

Komar

Brand / Retailer

Ming Ma

Crystal International

Manufacturer

Cecilia Worlen

Bestseller

Brand / Retailer

Eustaquio Brant

Bestseller

Brand / Retailer

David Williams

Williams-Sonoma

Brand / Retailer

Julia Traveria

Mango

Brand / Retailer

Cyril Law

PVH

Brand / Retailer

FEM Chemicals section

Scope: Develop the content update on Chemicals section  of FEM2022, including reviewing how-to-higg guide, aligning FEM and ZDHC various guidelines.

Kick-off: 

Status: Completed on Oct 2022, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently

Attendance: 16 members

Member

Organization

Type

Alex Ho

Puma

Brand / Retailer

Beatriz Baeza, Marta

Inditex

Brand / Retailer

Mia Gunawan

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Alan Chin 

VF

Brand / Retailer

Karthick Shanmugasundaram

C&A

Brand / Retailer

Avery Linderman, Scarlett Leung

GAP

Brand / Retailer

Zheng Luo

Lenzing

Manufacturer

Jose Garay

Avery Dennison

Manufacturer

Jia Liu

TUV Rheinland

Service Provider

Reinhard Umber

bluesign

Service Provider

Vijayakumar KA

SGS

Service Provider

Klaas Nuttbohm

ZDHC

Affiliate

Janne Koopman

ZDHC

Affiliate

Independent Consultant

Consultant

Thiwanka De Fonseka

M&S

Brand / Retailer

FEM Air Section

Scope: Develop the content update on Air section  of FEM2022, including reviewing how-to-higg guide, aligning FEM with ZDHC Air position guideline.

Kick-off: 

Status: Completed on Oct 2022, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently 

Attendance: 13 members

Member

Organization

Type

Youssef Zizah

Inditex

Brand / Retailer

Joy Marsalla

Nike

Brand / Retailer

Demith Gooneratne

Hirdaramani Group

Manufacturer

Zheng Luo

Lenzing

Manufacturer

Sindi Reka

Lenzing

Manufacturer

Klaas Nuttbohm, Janne Koopman

ZDHC

Affiliate

Evre Kaynak

W.L. Gore

Brand / Retailer

Senthilnathan V., Jia Liu

TUV

Service Provider

Jimmy Summers

Elevate Textiles

Manufacturer

Shahen Amaratunga

MAS Active

Manufacturer

Nasim Mullen

Victoria

Brand / Retailer

FEM Wastewater section

Scope: Develop the content update on Wastewater section  of FEM2022, including reviewing how-to-higg guide, aligning FEM content with ZDHC Wastewater guideline and ZDHC Sludge guideline.

Kick-off: 

Status: Completed on Oct 2022, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently 

Attendance: 16 members

Member

Organization

Type

Cyril Law

PVH

Brand / Retailer

John Hollerung, Vetri Dhagumudi, 

Nike

Brand / Retailer

Shariful Hoque

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Ashwin Koilparambil

H&M

Brand / Retailer

Germán García, Damián Cruz, Alejandro

Inditex

Brand / Retailer

Goksenin Sevdin

C&A

Brand / Retailer

Eric Cheng

Patagonia

Brand / Retailer

Damian Torres

Inditex

Brand / Retailer

Zheng Luo

Lenzing

Manufacturer

Jose Garay

Avery Dennison

Manufacturer

Klaas Nuttbohm, Janne Koopman

ZDHC

Affiliate

Jimmy Summers

Elevate Textiles

Manufacturer

Siang Nee Tang

TAL Apparel

Manufacturer

Skarlett Leung

GAP Inc

Brand / Retailer

FEM Site Info & Permit, EMS section

Scope: Develop the content update on Site Info, Permit and EMS sections of FEM2022, including reviewing how-to-higg guide. 

Kick-off: 

Status: Completed on Oct 2022, but active for reviewing how-to-higg guide

Meeting frequency: No meeting scheduled currently 

Attendance: 4 members 

Member

Organization

Type

Eric Cheng

Patagonia

Brand / Retailer

Hande Tezer

Primark

Brand / Retailer

Reinhard Umber

Bluesign

Service Provider

Karen Chang

Ralph Lauren

Brand / Retailer

 

Transparency & Accountability

Methodology: Aggregation of FEM results

Scope: Methodology: Aggregation of FEM results across multiple facilities into consumer facing claim and corresponding verification protocol. 

Kick-off: Q2- 2022

Status: Finished Q3-2022

Meeting frequency: Weekly 

Attendance: 8 members

Member

Organization

Type

Matthew Guenther

TAL Apparel

Affiliate

Susan Harris

Anthesis

Brand

Shariful Hoque

H&M

Brand

Sara Sticha

Target

Brand

Mallory McConnell

PVH

Retailer

Beth

Zalando

Retailer

Evre Kaynak

Gore

Brand

Julieta Vazquez

Inditex

Brand

Product Footprint Communication Framework

Scope: (1) Identify member ambitions regarding the product footprint framework (2) What needs to happen outside of this footprint to be successful? (3) Validate and align on the format of the output for the communication framework

Kick-off: 8th June 2023

Status: Finished 13th July 2023

Meeting frequency: Weekly for first 6 weeks

Attendance: 9 members

 

Member

Organization

Type

Anneke Keuning Bestseller Brand & Retailers
Brad Boren Norona Brand & Retailers
Fabian Pirrwitz Pas Normale Brand & Retailers
Hannah Hylo Athletic Brand & Retailers
Poonam Madan Gildan Manufacturer
Richard Lawson Zalando Brand & Retailers
Ylva Weissbach H&M Brand & Retailers
Helena De Smedt Quest Studio NON MEMBER
Michael Boschmans Quest Studio NON MEMBER

Member Analytics Portal: Soft Launch Working Group

Scope: To trial the FEM Energy breakdown views in preparation for full launch. To facilitate MAP feature development, based on member requests for other topics of high intelligence within a smaller working group 
The focus was on the Higg FEM data initially, but will be expanded to include data from all Higg Index tools. Member feedback helped build a dashboard that was suited to member needs.

Kick-off: Novemeber 09, 2023

Status: Finished July 2024

Meeting frequency: ad hoc communication through emails

Attendance:  32 participants / 18 members

Participant

Member Organization

Member Type

Andres Guarnizo 

Disney

Brand & Retailers

Christian Del Maestro 

Disney

Brand & Retailers

Joe Bergesen

Target

Brand & Retailers

Phillip Gillam

Lululemon

Brand & Retailers

Jackie Perron

Lululemon

Brand & Retailers

Jason Schneemann 

Carhartt

Brand & Retailers

Annin Peck 

Gap

Brand & Retailers

Marvin Smith 

Gap

Brand & Retailers

Vincent Jin 

Avery Dennison

Manufacturer

Ray Zhang

Avery Dennison

Manufacturer

Daniel Mountford

Marks and Spencer

Brand & Retailers

Cerian Atwell

Marks and Spencer

Brand & Retailers

Chun Ling Chang

Jack Wolfskin

Brand & Retailers

Tobias Steinegger 

Mammut

Brand & Retailers

Adrian Huber 

Mammut

Brand & Retailers

Paloma Bugallo Arriola 

About You

Brand & Retailers

Aysenaz Askin 

About You

Brand & Retailers

Bernardo Cruza

El Corte Ingles

Brand & Retailers

Maria Lecuona

El Corte Ingles

Brand & Retailers

Krisjanis Dzalbe 

Spectre

Manufacturer

Anda Razgale 

Spectre

Manufacturer

Shasta Oloughlin 

KMD Brands

Brand & Retailers

Gary Shaw 

KMD Brands

Brand & Retailers

Thomas Gillman

KMD Brands

Brand & Retailers

Ali Lowrey

Princess Polly

Brand & Retailers

Suki Wong

ANTA Sports

Brand & Retailers

Chen Zhong Wei

ANTA Sports

Brand & Retailers

Kathy Kchan

TAL Apparel

Manufacturer

William Lin

TAL Apparel

Manufacturer

Jenny Lindberg

Rudholm Group

Manufacturer

Kelvin Yip

Rudholm Group

Manufacturer

Dhanujie Jayapala MAS Holdings Manufacturer