The manufacturing site of the Lycra Company in Maydown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, has completed its third-party verified Higg Facility Social & Labor Module (Higg FSLM).

As per a Knitting Industry report, the Maydown site scored an 83 on the assessment. The assessment included over 300 questions, providing a comprehensive review of a company’s social and labor policies and practices. The independent verifier reviewed original source material and interviewed 20 employees, individually, or part of a group, as part of the verification process.

Located in County Londonderry, the Maydown plant first opened in 1957. The manufacturing site produces Lycra fibre for apparel and Lycra HyFitfibre for personal care products and employs about 350 people. In addition, 13 unique Lycra fibre types made at Maydown are Gold Level Material Health certified by the Cradle-to-Cradle Products Innovation Institute.

Higg FSLM is part of a suite of tools developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, a global, non-profit alliance of over 270 stakeholders in the fashion industry.