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 helps you calculate accurate scores at scale—based on your real supply chain data—not generic assumptions.

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.

Yes. The benchmark is built from real product scenarios using Carbonfact’s LCA engine, which has modeled over 50 million LCAs. It reflects how products in each category typically perform using current data from the supply chain.

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.

While the French Eco-Score is currently voluntary, it won’t stay that way for long. 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—even if that’s not true.

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. The voluntary phase began in 2024, and mandatory disclosure is expected by 2026. Large retailers and platforms are already preparing to display Eco-Scores.

We simulate hundreds of product scenarios per category (e.g. T-shirts, jeans, outerwear) using real-world data from Carbonfact’s LCA engine and the official Ecobalyse database. This creates a realistic distribution of scores that your product can be compared against.