How T2 Supplier framas Uses Carbonfact to Turn Supplier Data into a Competitive Edge

Customer Background

framas is a leading supplier of high-quality footwear components, known globally for innovation and sustainability. With factories spanning multiple countries, framas plays a crucial role as a Tier 2 supplier in the footwear industry, directly supporting the most famous global shoe brands.

The Challenge

As sustainability regulations intensify globally, framas faced escalating pressure to provide detailed, high-quality environmental data to its customers. This created several challenges:

• Data Overload: Requests from brands were coming in scattered forms, ranging from simple Excel files to extensive questionnaires, creating confusion and inefficiencies.
  
  
• Limited Visibility: Without a centralized platform, framas struggled to accurately and consistently report product-level data, especially emissions linked to specific components.
  
  
• Internal and External Complexity: The fragmented requests from Tier 1 suppliers and brands resulted in misunderstandings, errors, and a burdensome administrative workload.

“We were overwhelmed by scattered data requests – hundreds of lines to fill out with no clear context or guidance. We needed a better way to handle data, not just for compliance, but to actually leverage it strategically.”
— Felicitas Huong Friedrich, Sustainability Lead at framas

The Solution

framas implemented Carbonfact to streamline data management and gain actionable insights. Specifically, Carbonfact provided framas with the ability to:

• Centralize and Visualize Data: The platform aggregated scattered supplier data into a single view, significantly reducing manual data management and errors.
  
  
• Perform Detailed Product LCAs: framas transitioned from basic, manual, corporate-level GHG reporting to detailed product-level emissions assessments, pinpointing hotspots in material sourcing, manufacturing processes, and transportation.
  
  
• Automate Regulatory Compliance: Carbonfact simplified their sustainability reporting process through standardized, automated reporting modules.

“Carbonfact gave us a centralized platform where we could finally connect all the dots: product-level data, regulatory reporting, and customer requests, all in a single place.”
— Felicitas Huong Friedrich

Implementation

The rollout of Carbonfact was pragmatic and phased:

• Initially, framas prioritized data centralization and standardization, uploading primary supplier data directly into the platform.
  
  
• Gradually, framas expanded to comprehensive product-level LCAs, identifying key emission drivers within their own production processes.
  
  
• Finally, framas began using Carbonfact’s platform-generated reports to efficiently respond to brand requests, significantly reducing administrative burden and enhancing credibility with customers.

“We started simple, focusing first on organizing scattered data from our suppliers. Once we had everything centralized in Carbonfact, we quickly saw improvements — accurate LCAs, streamlined reporting, and reduced workload. This phased approach helped us overcome initial complexity and build a clear, manageable process.”

— Felicitas Huong Friedrich, Sustainability Lead at framas

Throughout this process, framas maintained regular communication with the Carbonfact team to refine their approach, ensuring alignment with their operational needs and sustainability goals. 

Results & Outcomes

With Carbonfact, framas has already achieved clear, measurable progress:

• Reduced Complexity: Consolidated multiple data requests into one streamlined workflow.
• 📈 Accurate Product Insights: Improved visibility into product-level emissions allowed framas to quickly identify and address emissions hotspots.
• 🗂️ Easier Compliance: Dramatically simplified sustainability reporting, freeing up time for Felicitas to focus on strategic actions.
• 🤝 Stronger Customer Relationships: Enhanced trust and transparency with leading brands, thanks to credible and easily accessible data.

“Carbonfact isn’t just about compliance. It enables us to move proactively, communicate effectively with brands, and genuinely reduce emissions across our value chain.”
— Felicitas Friedrich

Why This Matters for Suppliers

For suppliers in footwear and apparel, having accurate environmental data is now fundamental to doing business. By centralizing their data and being able to export at will, framas simplified reporting and improved visibility, naturally strengthening their position with customers and enabling clearer, more effective impact-reducing decisions.

framas’ three favorite features 

🔍  Product LCAs

framas uses Carbonfact’s LCA Explorer to visualize the environmental footprint of individual products – down to materials, processing steps, and transportation. This helps the team quickly identify high-impact hotspots (like injection molding or fabric dyeing) and prioritize where to focus their data collection efforts. These LCAs are the backbone to the data they supply to their customers, even including Duration of Service data for a complete overview. 

🏭 Factories View

framas uses the Factories View to instantly update the energy grid data for each of their own factories directly in the platform. By providing immediate visibility into the actual energy sources powering their production, framas ensures their product LCAs remain accurate and up-to-date – without the typical complexity and delays of manual recalculations. This simplifies ongoing LCA management and enables real-time insights for sustainability improvements.

📦 SKU Footprint Exports

framas regularly relies on Carbonfact’s SKU Footprint Export feature to instantly generate accurate environmental footprint data for specific products. When customers or partners request detailed product footprints, such as for individual footwear components, framas can quickly export reliable, ready-to-share data directly from the platform. This capability eliminates manual reporting and significantly streamlines how they respond to frequent sustainability data requests.