Product-level Life Cycle Assessment for Fashion and Apparel made easy

100+ data points needed for accuracy

Limited access to data beyond the first tier

Costly, time-consuming, and resource-intensive

Environmental impact measurement for all your products (CO2e, water consumption, land use, etc.)

Interactive platform and real-time LCA data automatically enriched from your IT systems (ERP, PLM, etc.)

Priority-driven data collection from suppliers thanks to our unique Uncertainty KPI

How Carbonfact works

01 Ingest your data

We reduce your data admin work by building a custom system connector to import product data from your PLM, ERP, traceability, and Excel systems into our tool.

02 Fill data gaps

We identify and automatically fill in your data gaps with our own fashion-specific database, heuristics, and machine learning to provide an approximate footprint for each product, even when data is incomplete.

03 Calculate footprints

Our GHG-protocol and PEFCR compliant engine automatically calculates individual product footprints and updates calculations whenever new purchase orders are available.

04 Increase accuracy

Carbonfact helps you identify emission hotspots and smartly prioritize your supplier data collection, saving your team weeks of time and effort.

05 Analyze and report your emissions

Explore your data with advanced trends reports, perform your yearly Carbon Accounting, and generate standard or custom ESG reports to stay compliant with CSRD and other regulatory requirements.

06 Decarbonize

Dive into your data with our analytics dashboards and simulate changes using our advanced simulation tools. Model changes across components, materials, process steps, and transport on a product and catalog level.

100% fashion focused

With our granular intelligence across the entire supply chain, we’re able to deliver the most accurate results and offer expert advice.

Industry standards

We adhere to the GHG protocol, ISO standards, and the European Commission’s PEF standard for complete compliance.

Scalable platform

Live, interactive data and graphs that update when you provide us with new data.

Actionable insights

Conduct Carbon Accounting (Scope 1, 2, 3), submit SBTi, or build your decarbonization strategies.

Priority-driven data collection

Our Uncertainty metric helps to prioritze your data collection efforts from suppliers, and saves you weeks of work.

First results in just 2-5 weeks

We fill your data gaps with smart heuristics and industry benchmark data to provide you with an initial assessment quickly.

Custom emission factors

We create custom emission factors based on your data and products.

Automated data collection

We connect to your PLM and ERP systems to create a live data connection to our platform.

“It is important to Nanushka that any fabric innovation and development is supported by scientific assessment, and the Carbonfact platform helped us accurately measure the impact of OKOBOR TM, our exclusive new alt-leather fabrication. We modelled that replacing 1 kg of our previous alternative leather with OKOBOR TM can lead to a 20% reduction of carbon emissions, saving 2.3 kg of CO2. This assessment set a benchmark for our future innovation and allowed us to transparently communicate the environmental impact of our products to our customers”

Federica Bertolani

Head of Sustainability at Nanushka

“With the help of Carbonfact's production scenario simulator, we were able to assess the environmental impact of our supply chain and make an informed decision to move part of our manufacturing from China to Vietnam. This change has resulted in a 12% reduction in the carbon footprint of our upcoming January 2024 spring collection.“

Nicolas Gant

VP Production at Adore Me

"We have moved from spend-based carbon accounting into Carbonfact to prioritise primary data and get more accurate calculations. We choose Carbonfact to not only get our company's total carbon footprint but also break it down for each of our products. Thanks to Carbonfact’s focus on the apparel industry we get LCAs with industry specific data for all our products in an easy way. "

Malin Bosaeus

Global Sustainability Manager at Happy Socks

"Among the crowded market of carbon management tools, Carbonfact stood out for us. Their solution met our specific needs of automating carbon footprint calculations for all our products and emission scopes in the textile industry. Carbonfact's LCA expertise, smart approach to handling data gaps, and ability to connect and feed calculation results back into our systems were key factors that convinced us.”

Katya Kruk

Impact & Innovation Director at ARMANDANGELS

"With an increasing number of regulations, we heavily rely on Carbonfact to supply us with reliable data for disclosure purposes. We are fully aware of the risks of greenwashing and Carbonfact proves to be an invaluable tool in ensuring that the data we share is reliable. What truly impresses us about Carbonfact is its solid, science-based methodology combined with its fashion-oriented approach, which makes us feel that they are experts in our field."

Eva Morel

ESG Compliance Officer at Adore Me

How does it work?

We clean and import all your product data by building a custom system connector
We fill your data gaps with benchmark data and heuristics
Our compliant LCA engine calculates your SKU-level carbon footprints
We increase the accuracy of your LCA results by gathering more data from suppliers
Report your emissions with the help of our standard reports
Decarbonize across the value chain using our advanced simulation tools
Share your success in reducing emissions

Read more about our typical customer journey here, or watch lingerie brand Adore Me share their experience with our onboarding process.

Our data is messy, can we work with you?

Yes! After working with 150+ fashion and footwear brands, there is nothing that we haven’t seen. Whether you’re managing data across 10 different Excel sheets or have a sophisticated ERP and data warehouse setup, we are confident in our ability to ingest your data. Before we start working together, we will ask you for a small sample of your data, and our Head of Data will have a look to be 100% sure. Once we start working together, we clean your data and build a custom connector that automatically imports data from your systems.

My data is not complete, can you still calculate SKU-level footprints?

Yes, we can! Carbonfact’s proprietary database includes all the primary data (product descriptive data, data on processes and energy consumed, etc.) collected from our current customer base which has been aggregated and anonymized. Any client can benefit from this database when primary data is insufficient. Read more about how we deal with missing data (e.g. product weights) here.

What primary data do you use?

We collect as much primary data as possible to increase the overall accuracy of our calculations. This is a non-exhaustive list of the optional data fields that you can input into our platform:

Weights of components
Weight of packaging
Loss ratios in the assembling phase
Precise transportation routes
Energy and type of energy consumed by process steps
Origin of the fiber
Fabric formation (woven / knitted)
Deci-tex of the yarns
Technology used for the dyeing/printing and finishing process of the fabric
Supplier data: energy consumed and energy mix

You can also add your own datasets if they are compliant with our LCA methodology (PEF) and emissions factors.

What secondary databases do you use?

Ecoinvent, EF 3.1, Base Empreinte, Idemat, Higg, Mistra Future Fashion Report and some other scientific reports. Carbonfact’s proprietary database includes all the primary data (product descriptive data, data on processes and energy consumed, etc.) collected from our current customer base which has been aggregated and anonymized. Any client can benefit from this database when primary data is insufficient.

What is your experience in the apparel and footwear sector?

We are solely working for the fashion industry and we serve 150 clients in the textile, footwear and leather goods industries, including New Balance, AdoreMe, Allbirds, A.P.C., Sézane, Celio, and ARMEDANGELS. See a customer story here.

How Scientific is your approach?

Our Science department is led by PhD. Bahareh Zamani (Linkedin / Google Scholar)
We follow PEFCR methodology and ISO 14040 norm
We are supported by 2BPolicy (Baptiste Carriere-Pradal) on regulatory matters
We are audited by PwC once a year

Are your calculations transparent?

Yes. All our calculations are granularly structured, transparent, version controlled and auditable. Moreover, PwC conducts a yearly review of our methodology and LCA engine.

From which IT systems can you collect data?

We are able to retrieve data from any source, including:

PLM / ERP (Centric, Lectra, SAP, D365, etc.)
Data warehouse (Google Bigquery, Snowflake, etc.)
Traceability platforms (retraced, TrusTrace, …)
Live Excel/Google Sheet

Carbonfact handles all the heavy lifting by building connectors to pull data out of your systems.

Do you only focus on carbon?

We provide data on all 16 indicators specified in the PEF. Read more here.

What dashboarding and analytics capabilities do you provide?

Here are some of the analytics available on the platform:

Total footprint and average footprint for all products, categorized by factors such as category, manufacturer, material, etc., with yearly data breakdowns.
Emissions from scopes 1, 2, 3 (to feed standard GHG reports)
Materials weights and shares (to feed sustainability reports)

Want to see a tour of the Carbonfact platform? Request a demo with our team here.

What is a life cycle assessment?

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) offers a systematic method for assessing the ecological footprint of a product across its entire existence.

By examining the full life cycle of the item, from sourcing raw materials, manufacturing processes, usage phase, different transportation methods and distances, to waste management, it provides a holistic view of the product's total environmental implications.

For textile companies to truly understand a product's environmental impact, they need to address the following queries:

Which materials are incorporated in the product?
Where are these materials sourced from
What chemicals are present in the supply chain?
What stages does the product undergo, such as spinning, weaving or knitting, bleaching, dyeing, and finishing among others?
How is the product moved and what's the span of these journeys?
What becomes of the product once it's considered waste?

To learn more read our educational guide on life cycle assessment for fashion, apparel, footwear and leather goods.

Product LCAs for fashion brands made easy

Selected by 150+ fashion brands and manufacturers

Get a clear and accurate view of your products' environmental footprints

YOUR CHALLENGE

Your LCAs are a data nightmare

OUR SOLUTION

We turn data chaos into precise LCA insights at the SKU level.