Carbon Accounting Software for Fashion

Carbon accounting measures greenhouse gas emissions across every stage of a product's lifecycle — from raw material sourcing to production, transportation, and disposal. For fashion brands, it provides insights into which parts of the supply chain are most carbon-intensive, enabling targeted sustainability efforts.

- Fashion-specific carbon footprint platforms like Carbonfact automate data collection, fill data gaps, and generate audit-ready reports—saving you significant time versus consultants. 
- You gain full control and transparency, with real-time results, granular fashion-specific accuracy, and detailed Scope 3 insights. 
- Easily scale from basic carbon accounting to product LCAs and regulatory reports (CSRD, SBTi, DPP) as your needs grow—no switching platforms needed. 
- Lower costs, seamless integrations, and ongoing expert support help you decarbonize efficiently and future-proof your compliance and sustainability work. 

We offer two ways to calculate your Scope 3.1 (Purchased Goods and Services), depending on your data maturity, and needs for granularity. Many fashion brands start with 1) and move later to 2). 

1) Representative Products Method (Activity-Based)

• Brands add representative products to model their product mix. Each product includes material composition, weight, and process data. 
• Carbonfact extrapolates Scope 3.1 emissions from these entries, using verified emission factors and enrichment rules.
• This approach is GHG Protocol-compliant, and offers a more accurate, activity-based footprint.

2) Product LCA Method (Granular)

• Brands provide SKU-level product data, either via manual upload or system integration (e.g. PLM).
• Carbonfact runs automated LCAs using its proprietary database (50M+ datapoints, verified T1–T5 sources).
• These LCAs are then aggregated to calculate precise Scope 3.1 emissions across the full catalog.
• This method allows for Eco-score, CSRD, and DPP readiness, and is best for brands with more advanced data setups.

Yes, Carbonfact's corporate emissions platform allows full calculation of Scopes 1, 2, and 3. The platform enables activity-based measurement for Scopes 1 and 2, and for several Scope 3 categories including Purchased Goods (3.1, usually 80% of a fashion brand's emissions), Upstream Transportation and Distribution (3.4), Use of Sold Products (3.11), and End of Life Treatment of Sold Products (3.12). For other Scope 3 categories, the platform can use spend-based measurements.

Yes, absolutely — when you perform your Carbon Accounting for the first time with Carbonfact, you get hands-on, expert support every step of the way.

Here’s what’s included:

• Dedicated Onboarding & Customer Success: You’ll be matched with a Customer Success Manager who guides you through setup, data collection, and reporting — at your own pace.
• Access to Science & Data Experts: Carbonfact’s Climate and Data Science teams are available to support questions around methodology, emission factors, and GHG Protocol compliance.
• Carbonfact Collective: You’ll join a network of sustainability leaders (like GANNI, On, and others) to exchange learnings and best practices through workshops and events.
• Guided Tools: We provide smart templates, automatic data cleaning, and enrichment tools to make first-time carbon accounting easier and less manual than working with a consultant.
  
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  In short: you’re not left alone with a platform — you get a full team to help you succeed.

Carbonfact can build customized connectors for each brand or supplier to automate data collection from their systems. Our Carbon Accounting platform can retrieve information from any ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics), PLM (e.g., Centric, Lectra, PTC), traceability solution, or structured files (.csv, .xls). The process typically begins with static exports, then moves to live connections, and requires minimal effort from the client.

Carbonfact can integrate with various data sources, including ERPs, PLMs, traceability solutions, data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery), and structured files (.csv, .xls). The platform is flexible and can adapt to different data formats and systems, as long as the format is consistent and machine-readable.

Yes, the platform can handle tens of thousands of product references and millions of purchase orders annually. It has been successfully deployed for apparel and footwear brand and suppliers with billions in revenue.

We use several major databases including EF 3.1, Ecoinvent (currently version 3.11), and Base Empreinte. We also use our proprietary database of heuristics (primary data points such as Dtex or component weights) coming from the hundred of fashion brands and suppliers we work with to fill in data gaps with more accuracy than generic industry averages.

Carbonfact uses Version Control to track all calculations and methodological changes. The platform's engine and procedures are audited annually by PwC to ensure compliance with ISO 14040, PEFCR Apparel and Footwear, and GHG Protocol standards.

Carbonfact provides two main modeling tools for textile, and footwear brands:

- Product Impact Simulator: Allows simulating new products before production, testing material origins and supplier changes, and modifying individual components with real-time impact calculations

- Company CO2 Modeling Tool: Enables testing scenarios like increasing renewable electricity usage across supplier networks and modeling material transitions across entire product lines.

Using Carbonfact's Explorer tool, fashion and footwear brands can break down emissions by component and process step level, view environmental impacts through charts and trend analysis, and identify specific areas for improvement in the supply chain.

The platform generates reports compliant with the GHG Protocol, which is accepted by major frameworks and reporting standards. Carbonfact progressively releases new reporting frameworks based on customer priorities (e.g., CSRD, TCFD, CDP) and supports compliance with regulations such as the AGEC law.

Yes, by default Carbonfact can generate automated environmental reports for GHG, CSRD and CFMB. Other requestable reports include CDP, PFM, TCFD and B Corporation certification. Please note that some reports, such as the CSRD report, will still require manual input due to the nature of the report itself.