Easy and quick access to scope 3 data and insights
Amidst transformative challenges, the textile industry needs tools to effectively report crucial sustainability data. Powered by SimaPro, bAwear provides accessible and user-friendly access to textile-dedicated LCA tools and expertise to help you report, reduce and communicate with credibility.
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Easy and quick access to credible scope 3 data and insights
For textile brands, retailers, manufacturers and procurement
Textile Impact Calculator
Results based on predefined product scenario and self-declared inputs. Covering supply chains from cradle-to-gate/grave.
Expert calculations
Results based on customizable product scenario and expert check on your input. Covering supply chains from cradle-to-gate/grave.
From fashion to workwear
Want to get started but are you missing important supply chain data or simply just starting to map your supply chains? We got you. Our database of product scenarios (worst-case scenario) can fill any data gaps. Is your category missing? Let us know and we model it for you.
How to access scope 3 footprint data in minutes
1. Select a product scenario
Select a predefined product scenario (worst-case) from over 18+ different textile product categories and 200+ unique product scenarios.
2. Apply your primary data
Easily overwrite the predefined product scenario made with worst-case selected data with your primary data to overwrite and improve results.
3. Report, understand and reduce
Understand and share your results with the support of our experts and identify hotspots throughout your textile supply chain.
Textile dedicated, built with expertise
Powered by SimaPro, we integrate LCA and textile expertise to develop data-driven sustainability solutions tailored for the textile industry.
LCA and textile expertise
Our team of LCA and textile experts guide you through every step, helping you understand your results, implement practical solutions, and meet your impact transparency goals.
Turn data into information
Take action with tangible and actionable insights without complexity. Embrace streamlined LCAs, providing measurable actions for informed decision-making.
Revolutionizing scalability
With Streamlined LCAs, we scale up impact assessments to multiple products, fostering a comprehensive approach that surpasses individual product calculations.
Save time and resources
bAwear's Streamlined LCAs offer cost-efficient access to sustainability data, allowing companies of any budget to make data-driven environmental decisions.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are streamlined LCAs?
At bAwear, we understand that businesses need practical and scalable solutions to assess their environmental impact. Our streamlined LCA approach respects the essential aspects of a traditional LCA while offering the speed and efficiency that companies need. By focusing on key elements, we can provide impact calculations that offer valuable insights into environmental hotspots within a supply chain. Our approach enables companies to assess the impact of multiple products, allowing for a more comprehensive view of their sustainability landscape. This broader perspective helps businesses make informed decisions and take meaningful action to reduce their environmental footprint.
What is the methodology used by bAwear?
The bAwear Calculator uses the ReCiPe 2016 midpoint (Hierarchist) methodology. The reported environmental impact indicators are ‘Climate change’ (referred to as ‘Global warming’), Fossil Resource Scarcity (Energy use’ in this tool), and ‘Water use", and 'Land use'.
What can I do with the results of my calculations?
The results of your calculations can be used for understanding the environmental impact of your textile supply chain and provide insights to make better, data-driven decisions to drive sustainable product design and/or sourcing.
How does a streamlined LCA work?
Overall, streamlined LCAs aim to provide a rapid and cost-effective way to assess the environmental impacts of products or systems while still maintaining a reasonable level of accuracy and reliability. By simplifying data collection, modelling, and analysis techniques, they make LCA more accessible to a broader range of users and applications. However, it's important to recognize that the level of detail and accuracy achieved in a streamlined LCA may not be sufficient for all purposes, and careful consideration should be given to the appropriateness of the approach for a given application.
Are streamlined LCAs reliable?
Overall, while streamlined LCAs can provide valuable insights and facilitate decision-making, their reliability hinges on careful consideration of scope, data quality, methodological rigor, and validation processes. It's essential to assess the suitability of a streamlined LCA approach for a specific application and to interpret the results with an understanding of its limitations and uncertainties.
Are the calculations PEF-CR compliant?
The Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEF-CR) are currently under construction and not formalized, therefore there is no solution which can be PEF-CR compliant.
Why does bAwear not calculate chemical toxicity?
bAwear does not calculate chemical toxicity because the composition and behaviour of chemicals used in textile processes are largely unknown and highly variable. Chemicals in formulations are often not fully disclosed, and their reactions and transformations during processing are complex and unpredictable. Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are frequently incomplete, making it difficult to assess toxicity accurately. Additionally, eco-toxicity models require known chemical structures, which are not always available. Consequently, bAwear believes that any toxicity impact calculations would be unreliable, and potentially misleading by a factor of 10-100 times, and thus prefers not to report these impact categories.
What does 'Powered by SimaPro' mean?
"Powered by SimaPro" means that bAwear utilizes SimaPro's calculation engine and LCA expertise to provide credible sustainability metrics for textiles. Together, we combine over 30 years of textile sustainability and LCA experience.