Resources Library – FEM 4.0 Resources

FEM 4.0 Resources

Find all supporting documentation, guides and additional downloadable resources for all of our tools.

FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Please note that this guidance applies only to Higg FEM 2024, and no assessments from previous years. The Higg FEM 2024 is available to purchase November 7th, 2024. Please direct your questions to our support team.

This document has been translated from the original English version. In cases where there are any discrepancies or differences in interpretation between this translation and the English version, the English version shall take precedence, and its content and meanings will be considered definitive.


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – English


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Bengali


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Chinese


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Italian


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Japanese


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Portugese


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Spanish


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Turkish


Download FEM 2024 How to Higg Guide – Vietnamese

Higg FEM Reference Guide (PDF) – This is a reference guide for navigating Higg FEM data. It provides a technical, slightly narrative description of the Higg FEM data as well as reference documentation for all FEM questions (including tooltips, conditionalities, answer options, and points).


Download FEM Reference Guide

Appendix A. FEM Foundations – Download Appendix A to understand FEM Foundations and the questionset associated.


Download Appendix A – FEM Foundations – English

Download the FEM4.0 Technical Paper published by Cascale.


Download FEM 4.0 Technical Paper – English

Guidance FEM 2023 Data Exports – Download PDF guide on the different csv. files that you can download for individual FEMs or for accessing bulk data.


Download FEM 2023 Data Exports – English

REFID Comparison – Review REFID changes from 2022 to 2023.


Download REFID Comparison

Data Dictionaries:

Normal Data Dictionary – Look up characteristics such as description, inclusion in verification, question-type and applicability, of all FEM2023 questions (identifiable by their REFID). Use this file to guide you in using the Quantitative Impacts CSV and the Raw Response CSVs.


Download FEM 2023 Data Dictionary


Download FEM 2024 Data Dictionary

FEM Performance CSV Data Dictionary – Look up characteristics such as description and question-type of all calculated fields in the FEM Performance CSV file, identifiable by readable column names. Use this file to guide you in using the Performance CSV.


Download FEM 2023 Performance CSV Data Dictionary


Download FEM 2024 Performance CSV Data Dictionary

FEM Calculations and Methodology:


Download FEM 2023 Emission Factor Reference


Download FEM 2023 Energy and Global Warming Calculations


Download FEM 2023 Energy Source Changes


Download FEM 2023 Water and Waste Calculations