Carbonfact’s free-to-use Eco-Score Benchmark Tool comes ahead of France’s upcoming affichage environnemental (environmental labelling) scheme for textiles, introduced under the AGEC law.
Starting in 2026, brands selling apparel in France will be able to voluntarily publish their official score. If they don’t, third parties – including retailers and NGOs – may publish scores on their behalf using publicly available product information.
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Where data is missing, government-provided defaults will be applied. These defaults are intentionally conservative and usually lead to higher (less favourable) Environmental Cost scores than a brand’s real footprint.
It is important to note that the new law affects any company selling apparel in France, not just French brands.
“Many sustainability teams ask us the same question: ‘How do we know if our Eco-Score is good or bad compared to other products from the same category?’” said Marc Laurent, CEO of Carbonfact. “This tool gives brands a simple, official, and private way to answer that question.”
What does Carbonfact’s Eco-Score Benchmark Tool do?
- Compares results with industry benchmarks drawn from 50m textile LCAs in Carbonfact’s database
- Calculates official scores via the French government’s Ecobalyse API
- Keeps data private – results are never published.
The tool is officially endorsed by Ecobalyse.
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By GlobalDataPascal Dagras, responsible for Ecobalyse at the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition said: “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.”
