  We compute at next-to-leading order level the impact factor for the
production of a forward Higgs boson from a colliding proton. Combined with
other forward impact factors, it can be used to describe, at next-to-leading
logarithmic accuracy, processes in which two objects featuring large separation
in rapidity are detected at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). As well, combined
with a proper definition of the \textit{unintegrated gluon distribution} (UGD),
it can be used to compute small-$x$ corrections to the forward Higgs
production.
