LCA tools and insights tailored for textiles

Streamline the assessment and management of your textile products' environmental footprint. Transform data into actionable insights to empower reduction strategies and ensure credible reporting and communication.

Get ready for the data driven future of the textile industry

Sustainability data will be a license to operate

The textile industry is facing transformative challenges. And the reality is, companies and stakeholders need to calculate and report sustainability data. Powered by SimaPro, bAwear provides access to textile-dedicated LCA tools and expertise to help companies report, reduce and communicate with credibility.

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    Designed for textile companies, start quick and easy or go in-depth with our Experts

    bAwear Quick Score

    Results based on predefined product scenario and self-declared inputs. Covering supply chains from cradle-to-gate/grave.


    Start from 200+ unique product scenarios
    Overwrite worst-case scenario with your primary data
    Fast and user-friendly, results in minutes
    Easily identify supply chain hotspots
    Effectively report your scope 3 emissions
    Bulk upload and API integration for DPP

    bAwear Expert

    Results based on customizable product scenario and expert check on your input. Covering supply chains from cradle-to-gate/grave.


    Customizable product scenario
    Input data checked by bAwear Experts
    Fully customized product scenario
    Impact insights for each supply chain step
    Results analysis guided by Experts
    Third-party verification ready
    Comply and report your scope 3 emissions
    The first textile and apparel dedicated LCA tool

    From apparel to workwear

    Whether you're a fashion brand, denim manufacturer, workwear supplier, home textiles company—supply chain data gaps shouldn't stop your sustainability efforts. Our extensive library of worst-case product scenarios helps you get started even when data is limited. If your specific product type isn’t listed—no worries, we’ll create a tailored scenario for you.

    Don't let a lack of data, expertise and tools stop you

    Calculate your impact in minutes, not months

    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.

    Why bAwear Score

    Textile dedicated, built with expertise

    Powered by SimaPro, bAwear Score combines decades of LCA and textile expertise.

    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.

    Easily transform data into insights

    Take action with tangible and actionable insights without complexity. Embrace streamlined LCAs, providing measurable actions for informed decision-making.

    Fast, user-friendly and scalable

    Accessible, quick and practical tools designed for textile companies to make LCAs easier, more efficient and scalable.

    Time and cost efficient

    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.