Benchmark your Textile Eco-Score

Carbonfact
is a Product LCA and Carbon Accounting platform built for apparel and footwear brands and suppliers. In the context of the French Eco-Score, Carbonfact automatically calculates and exports Environmental Costs for your entire product catalogue. Benchmark your score, simulate improvements and automatically declare to the French portal – all from one central source.

You can read more about our Eco-Score features here

We use the official PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) methodology developed by the European Commission. Eco-Score results are calculated using the Ecobalyse database and API, which is the government-mandated engine for environmental labeling in France.

Read more about our LCA methodology here

Our Eco Score benchmark tool compares your calculated score against real products already submitted in Ecobalyse within the same category. At the time of writing (April 2026) there are over 30,000 products already submitted, so you'll get an accurate and realistic impression of how your scores fare against others. 

No. The product data you enter, your benchmark and eco-score is 100% confidential, and we don’t save it. The benchmark tool is private and exploratory. You can test different scenarios and see where your product stands without publishing anything. 

The French Textile Eco-Score—also known as  Environmental Cost—is an environmental label that rates the environmental impact of clothing across its full lifecycle. It’s calculated through Ecobalyse, the official methodology and platform provided by the French government.

The score covers 16 environmental indicators like climate change, water use, durability and microplastic pollution. While the label is voluntary for brands, starting in 2026 third parties (e.g. marketplaces, NGOs or journalists) will be allowed to publish your product’s score—even if you haven’t calculated it yourself.

Carbonfact helps you calculate accurate scores at scale using your real supply chain data.

Read our Eco-Score deep dive here

Starting in 2026, third parties like marketplaces, retailers, or NGOs will be allowed to publish your product’s Environmental Cost—even if you haven’t provided the data yourself.

If you don’t calculate your own score, it will be generated using Ecobalyse’s default assumptions, which are intentionally conservative. That means your products could be scored as if they were made with high-impact materials, flown in by air, and offered with no durability or repair services.

Calculating your own score gives you control over how your brand is evaluated. It lets you:

• Replace worst-case defaults with accurate, product-specific data

• Identify where you stand compared to your category average

• Improve your score before it becomes visible to consumers

• Avoid reputational risk from misleading scores published by third parties

All apparel brands selling in France will eventually need to comply. Large retailers and platforms are already preparing to display Eco-Scores.

Pascal Dagras, responsible for Ecobalyse at the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition says: “It’s encouraging and even more necessary to see the industry preparing for Environmental Cost. Carbonfact’s tool proposes simulations backed by the Ecobalyse simulator and gives textile brands a practical way to compare their Environmental Cost and get ready to publish their own results.”