Launched on 5 November, this marks the company’s most extensive compliance platform to date.
The new system is designed to offer both brands and suppliers a single access point for environmental data management, due diligence, and compliance processes as regulatory reporting requirements tighten.
According to Worldly, brands can use the platform to evaluate current suppliers, pinpoint breaches of codes of conduct, and track corrective actions.
The solution also enables companies to analyse potential climate-related risks at the facility level, including those that could disrupt supply chains or affect costs.
For suppliers, the company said the system is intended to reduce repeated requests from different customers by allowing one assessment to be shared across multiple brands.
Worldly chief executive Scott Raskin said: “In a market full of estimates and uncertainty, for a business to know its supply chain at the individual factory level is the most reliable way to manage risk, comply with regulation, and operate responsibly.”
According to Worldly, FEP provides a baseline of environmental practices for consumer-goods facilities, while Higg FEM offers a framework for measuring facility performance.
Cascale, an industry body, introduced Higg FEM 15 years ago and stewards both Higg FEM and FEP.
Worldly said the latest version includes additional guidance for facilities completing assessments, enhanced water-data validation and emissions factors updated to align with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
The Higg FEM is used by more than 45,000 users, according to Worldly. Suppliers share assessments more than 100,000 times annually, with each assessment shared with an average of four brands.
FDM enables brands, manufacturers and facilities to record, analyse and report environmental metrics monthly or quarterly rather than relying only on annual assessments. Worldly’s Insights Hub and artificial-intelligence tools are intended to use the resulting data to identify risks and prioritise action.
Facilities that completed Higg FEM assessments in 2025 recorded increases in some reported environmental management measures.
The proportion with an energy improvement plan rose to 61%, from 54% a year earlier, while the proportion with Scope 1 and 2 emissions targets increased to 48%, from 41%.
