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From Assumptions to Insight: How Tricorp Steers Sourcing Decisions with bAwear Score

Tricorp is a Dutch workwear brand supplying corporate and protective clothing across Europe. As customer demand for transparent product impact data grew, Tricorp wanted to move away from assumption-based decisions and start steering its collections with credible environmental data instead.

Client Tricorp Dutch workwear brand, corporate and protective clothing

Building insight, then putting it to work in sourcing and design

Tricorp is a Dutch workwear brand supplying corporate and protective clothing across Europe. As customer demand for transparent product impact data grew, Tricorp wanted to move away from assumption-based decisions and start steering its collections with credible environmental data instead. To do so, Tricorp partnered with bAwear, working with the Expert tier of bAwear Score, an LCA-based environmental impact measurement and reporting tool, to build that insight and put it to work in sourcing and design.

Not enough insight, and data that was hard to get

Before working with bAwear, Tricorp lacked sufficient insight into the environmental impact of its products. Improving that impact in a data-driven way, rather than relying on assumptions, required a clearer picture, a need made more urgent by growing customer demand for transparent product impact data. Gathering and interpreting that data brought its own obstacles:

LCA-Based Impact Measurement with bAwear Score

Tricorp adopted the Expert tier of bAwear Score to measure the environmental impact of its products against ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist), in line with ISO 14040/44 and the direction set by the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for Apparel & Footwear. Rather than relying on estimates, Tricorp now works with substantiated, comparable impact data, with bAwear's team available to provide additional context whenever results need further explanation.

From assumption-based decisions to data-driven ones

Since working with bAwear, Tricorp has moved from assumption-based decisions to data-driven ones. Concrete changes include:

Reliable, substantiated sustainability data also helps Tricorp work toward current and upcoming regulatory requirements. Impact reports play a role in tenders as well, giving Tricorp a concrete and credible way to substantiate its sustainability ambitions and performance to contracting authorities and customers. The underlying insights continue to inform strategic choices as Tricorp works to improve its products and processes over time.

Consistency of data,
and a team that thinks along

Tricorp chose to continue working with bAwear based on a track record of successful, pleasant and reliable collaboration. Consistency and comparability of data are essential to Tricorp: staying with the same LCA partner allows results to be compared meaningfully year over year, while switching providers would disrupt that comparability and reduce the value of the data collected so far.

Tricorp also highlights the guidance, onboarding and support it receives from the bAwear team, including Anton, Jesse, Prerana and Evie, as a strong part of the collaboration, describing a team that thinks along actively and delivers tailored support so Tricorp can get the most out of its data.

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Simone Snepvangers, CSR Specialist at Tricorp

"We used to steer our sourcing decisions on assumptions. Working with bAwear lets us steer on data instead, from shifting to recycled materials and organic cotton, to calculating our CO₂ emissions far more precisely."

"Our advice: look at the value impact data delivers, not the effort it seems to take. It gives you the insight and clarity to make better-substantiated choices and to steer more precisely toward real improvement. It also helps you prepare for future regulation and strengthens your position with customers and in tenders. Start building that knowledge now, even on a small scale. It pays off in the long run. In short: don't hesitate, just do it."

Simone Snepvangers, CSR Specialist at Tricorp

One collection at a time

Turn LCA data
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Tricorp moved from assumption-based sourcing to data-driven sourcing, and uses its impact reports in reporting and to win tenders. Start with a Quick Score on your highest-volume products and see which choices move the needle.

Steering a linen collection on measured impact, not assumptions

By updating and recalculating product LCAs with bAwear, Blycolin turned material and procurement choices into measurable impact reductions, including a drop of over 52% in CO₂ emissions per kilogram for a duvet cover versus 2022.

Client Blycolin Linen service for hospitality

"Where we used to steer more on experience and intuition, we now base decisions more and more on data. ESG has become a fixed part of how we run the company."

Marc van Boekholt, CEO, Blycolin. Blycolin ESG Report 2025, translated from Dutch.

Impact is decided at procurement. The data to see it usually is not there.

Textile service providers know the environmental impact of their product largely gets decided at procurement: fiber origin, material choice, production location, end-of-life options. What most lack is not intent but data infrastructure, the ability to see, per product, what a material or sourcing decision does to CO₂ emissions, water use and raw material demand.

That knowledge gap now meets regulatory urgency. CSRD requires substantiated sustainability reporting, the ESPR (Reg. EU 2024/1781) sets ecodesign requirements, and the textile delegated act for the Digital Product Passport is expected in Q4 2027, with 18 months to implement. Companies that cannot quantify product-level impact today will struggle to comply tomorrow.

Blycolin chose to get ahead of this: not with claims, but with measurement. Its 2030 target of at least 90% sustainable products in the collection needed a way to prove progress per product.

A steering instrument,
not a snapshot

Blycolin works with bAwear on LCA-based impact measurement of its textile collection. In 2025, existing life cycle analyses were updated and recalculated in collaboration with bAwear, making results comparable against earlier baselines and showing clear improvements versus 2021.

The LCAs quantify the impact of material and product choices on CO₂ emissions, water use and raw materials, consistent with ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist), aligned with ISO 14040/14044. Materials are foundational: the analyses start from what a product is made of and where it is produced. The digital layer turns material facts into decision-making intelligence for procurement and product development.

When a supplier, fiber or production location changes, the impact of that change becomes visible and comparable against the reference product.

The updated analyses show reductions in individual products and across the collection. Below: the shift in the fiber matrix between 2024 and 2025, and what drove the two largest product-level reductions.

Scope: CO₂ emissions per product as reported by Blycolin (ESG Report 2025), relative to the stated comparison years. LCA results cover the impact categories and life-cycle stages defined per analysis.

From measured LCAs to a collection that is 58% Basic tier today and heading for 90% more sustainable products by 2030. This is how Blycolin looks back on the work.

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We already did a lot. Now we make it visible. Choices are based on data more and more, instead of assumptions.

"The past year was about building insight. We invested heavily in collecting, checking and understanding data. We could have set targets faster, but not with the same certainty. That approach gave us a firmer base: not only numbers, but more knowledge of processes and impact. That creates room to steer more precisely and to substantiate choices better."

"You have to make choices, otherwise you make no impact anywhere. We looked at where we could make the most impact and put our priority there: CO₂ reduction, chain collaboration and material choices. Quality remains our reason to exist. If it declines we have to replace sooner, and then you end up being less sustainable. So new materials are tested, learned from and adjusted before we scale."

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Nicolet Keetelaar ESG Manager and Corporate Procurement, Blycolin. From the Blycolin ESG Report 2025, translated from Dutch.

Turn LCA data
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Blycolin cut the impact of a duvet cover by more than half by knowing exactly where it came from. Your collection holds the same kind of wins. Start with a Quick Score on your highest-volume products and see, within days, which choices move the needle.

How Saxion Brought Real-World Textile LCA Into the Classroom with bAwear Score

Saxion University of Applied Sciences teaches textile students the skills they need for a rapidly changing industry. bAwear Score is integrated directly into Saxion's textile curriculum, giving students hands-on experience with the same kind of LCA tool used across the industry.

Client Saxion University of Applied Sciences Textile curriculum, courses and workshops

An industry LCA tool inside the textile curriculum

Saxion University of Applied Sciences teaches textile students the skills they need for a rapidly changing industry. bAwear Score is integrated directly into Saxion's textile curriculum, giving students hands-on experience with the same kind of LCA tool used across the industry.

Teaching LCA without oversimplifying it

In textile education, one challenge kept coming back: how do you teach sustainability in a way that is practical, accurate and engaging, without overwhelming students or staff? Saxion faced a shortage of tools for teaching LCA and engaging students in textile sustainability.

LCA-Based Impact Measurement with bAwear Score

That is where the partnership between Saxion and bAwear made the difference. bAwear Score is a user-friendly impact calculation tool, tailored specifically for the textile industry. By integrating it directly into the textile curriculum, Saxion students work with an easy-to-use LCA platform that makes environmental impact tangible. They analyse real garments, materials and production setups, and see the footprint behind each design or sourcing choice directly. Sustainability stops being conceptual and becomes something students can explore, question and apply.

Sustainability that students can explore, question and apply

Together, this created a future-proof curriculum built around three outcomes: making sustainability practical, empowering educators, and preparing future textile changemakers.

For educators and researchers, the collaboration reduces complexity, increases quality, and brings industry relevance straight into the classroom. For students, it builds confidence, competence, and an immediate understanding of how their choices influence environmental impact.

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"During the course program our students are exposed to real-life tools such as bAwear to prepare them for the new digital clothing industry."

Jan-Chris Hullegie, Project Leader Sustainability at Saxion

"Users, including students, have many questions, from basic textile topics to how they can lower the impact of a product. Our tool helps them find these answers quickly and reliably."

Anton Luiken, Co-founder at bAwear

From industry tool
to classroom practice

Bring textile LCA
into your classroom

bAwear Score is a user-friendly impact calculation tool, tailored specifically for the textile industry, with ongoing online guidance on calculations, tool usage and research applications.

From Broad Questions to Clear Answers: How Schijvens Uses LCA Data to Show Where Impact Really Lies

Schijvens is a Dutch corporate workwear company, active since 1863, producing professional workwear for businesses and organizations. Schijvens regularly receives questions from clients about the impact of sustainable articles: what is the actual impact, and what does it mean in concrete terms?

Client Schijvens Dutch corporate workwear company, active since 1863

Answering client questions, and standing up in tenders

Schijvens is a Dutch corporate workwear company, active since 1863, producing professional workwear for businesses and organizations. Schijvens regularly receives questions from clients about the impact of sustainable articles: what is the actual impact, and what does it mean in concrete terms? At the same time, tenders and public procurement create a need to make the measurable environmental impact of Schijvens’ own products and processes insightful, so it can be compared clearly against competing offers.

Clear answers for clients, and data that was hard to get

Schijvens wanted to be able to give clients a clear, well-substantiated answer to questions about the impact of sustainable articles. For tenders, it was equally important to make the environmental impact of its own process measurable and comparable. Gathering and understanding the underlying data brought its own obstacles:

LCA-Based Impact Measurement with bAwear Score

With bAwear Score, Schijvens has the environmental impact of its products and processes calculated through LCA, in a fair and validated way, measured against ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist) and following ISO 14040/44 principles. The LCA results make visible where in the chain the greatest negative impact occurs, which makes it possible to have targeted conversations with the specific processes and suppliers involved.

Seeing where the impact really lies

The impact reports give Schijvens clarity across several areas:

Now that Schijvens knows specifically where the impact lies, it can work with the suppliers behind its most critical processes on sustainable improvements, and have concrete conversations with clients about options such as undyed collections. These insights directly inform Schijvens’ design and sourcing decisions.

The LCA guru,
and support that stays with you

"Anton is, in our eyes, the LCA guru. It was obvious to us that he was the one who could calculate our LCAs best."

Shirley Schijvens, Schijvens

Schijvens also describes the guidance, onboarding and support from bAwear as very involved, patient and clear, with follow-up questions always answered well.

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Shirley Schijvens, Schijvens

"We see where the real negative impact in the chain actually takes place, so we can have that conversation with those specific processes and suppliers to improve our environmental performance."

"Start by calculating at least one of your best-selling products. Discuss it internally and look at where the challenges lie for you. The results of an LCA give a very clear picture of your entire chain, and make it valuable to talk about with colleagues and chain partners alike."

Shirley Schijvens, Schijvens

From broad questions to specific conversations

Turn LCA data
into competitive advantage

Schijvens uses its LCA results to see where impact really sits in the chain, and to answer client and tender questions with substantiated data. Start with a Quick Score on your best-selling products and see where your impact sits.

Stad Rotterdam: Enabling green procurement through detailed impact assessments

Rotterdam experienced challenges in assessing sustainability in textile-related tender processes. There was a need for an accepted tool, such as environmental life cycle analysis, in the apparel industry.

Client Stad Rotterdam Textile-related tender processes, workwear

Assessing sustainability in textile tenders

A streamlined LCA behind the tender criteria

bAwear Score was chosen as the streamlined LCA tool to measure sustainability in the apparel industry. By leveraging bAwear Expert, the environmental impact of the products offered was accurately calculated, and bAwear's expertise played a crucial role in helping Rotterdam define the criteria for their tender.

Lower CO₂ and water use, more recycled material

The procurement was not yet complete, but the results so far showed that both CO₂ emissions and water consumption had decreased significantly from the baseline measurement.

The use of recycled materials, especially recycled polyester and to a lesser extent recycled cotton, had a major impact on the environmental impact. During the agreement, the percentage of recycled textiles would continue to increase due to improved recycling techniques. This would make the tenderers' performance on sustainability more measurable.

Textile expertise,
and industry support

In choosing bAwear, it was important for Rotterdam that bAwear had a lot of textile knowledge and expertise to check the accuracy of the numbers. Another plus was that the bAwear tool was supported by the Dutch and Belgian trade association Modint and Creamoda.

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"As a tenderer you want to avoid, that during the tender, discussions arise about the method of assessing sustainability. An industry-wide accepted instrument is therefore desirable, with an established calculation and assessment method. This does not yet exist in the textile industry."

Henri de Ruiter, procurement expert Stad Rotterdam

"Green procurement is a powerful tool for reducing the environmental impact of textiles and clothing, particularly in the workwear sector. We at bAwear are pleased to support the municipality of Rotterdam in their initiative to adopt green procurement practices. By leveraging bAwear Expert, we were able to accurately calculate the environmental impact of the products offered. Our expertise played a crucial role in helping Rotterdam define the criteria for their tender, ensuring a more sustainable approach to their procurement process."

Anton, Textile Sustainability Expert at bAwear

Ready to also better assess
the sustainability of textile procurement?

A streamlined LCA, such as bAwear's tool, can help objectively assess and reward companies for environmental innovations and measures.

From Transition to Transparency: How Coulisse Used bAwear to Measure the Impact of Its Recycled Fabrics

Coulisse is a Dutch window coverings company producing fabrics and blinds, including for honeycomb and pleated window coverings. After acquiring the fabric manufacturer Lienesch, its recycled fabric range moved over to bAwear, which is when the environmental impact of the recycled textiles were calculated.

Client Coulisse Dutch window coverings company, fabrics and blinds

An acquisition became the moment to measure impact

Coulisse is a Dutch window coverings company producing fabrics and blinds, including for honeycomb and pleated window coverings. On 1 January 2024, Coulisse acquired the fabric manufacturer Lienesch. Before the acquisition, Lienesch had its own label for recycled fabrics, called Truel. After joining Coulisse, where sustainable certification for these fabrics was not yet in place, the recycled fabric range moved over to bAwear, which is when the environmental impact of the recycled textiles were calculated.

The data sat with the suppliers

The main challenge in gathering impact data did not sit with Coulisse itself, but with its suppliers.

LCA-Based Impact Measurement with bAwear Score

With bAwear Score, Coulisse's recycled fabrics moved onto a single tool that measures environmental impact through LCA, replacing the earlier combination of the True label and the Remokey tool used at Lienesch. Assessments are measured against ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist) and follow ISO 14040/44 principles. Coulisse describes bAwear's guidance, onboarding and support as very accessible, approachable and accurate, including the option of an in-person visit alongside online meetings, with email questions answered quickly.

Clarity and internal awareness

Coulisse is currently in the phase where its marketing team is working impact information into the webshop, customer portal and digital collection books. The concrete results so far are clarity and internal awareness of the current environmental impact of Coulisse's recycled fabrics:

A contact that carried over
from Lienesch

Coulisse's connection to bAwear traces back to Lienesch: the contact already existed from that earlier company, where the recycled-fabric label True was supported by the Remokey tool. When Coulisse needed a new solution for recycled-fabric impact data after the acquisition, that existing contact carried over naturally.

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Fenna Haakma, Product Manager at Coulisse

"I experienced bAwear as very accessible, approachable and accurate. It was also easy to schedule an in-person visit alongside the online meetings, and email questions were answered quickly. All in all, a very pleasant experience."

"Make sure you're clear for yourself on the impact a product has, so you can work on improvements starting from the design. And beyond the environmental aspect, with an eye on current and future regulation, it's wise to start collecting data as early as possible."

Fenna Haakma, Product Manager at Coulisse

A foundation to build on

Turn LCA data
into competitive advantage

Coulisse consolidated its recycled fabric range onto one LCA-based tool and can now hand interested customers an impact report. Start with a Quick Score on your own range and see where the impact sits.

From Assumptions to Insight: How Zeeman Mapped the Environmental Impact of Its Textile Range with bAwear Score

Zeeman is a Dutch retail chain offering affordable apparel and home textiles across Europe. As part of its 2023 to 2027 strategic plan, Zeeman committed to understanding the environmental footprint of every product in order to continue minimizing its impact on the planet.

Client Zeeman Dutch retail chain, affordable apparel and home textiles

A commitment that had to work at scale

Zeeman is a Dutch retail chain offering affordable apparel and home textiles across Europe. As part of its 2023 to 2027 strategic plan, Zeeman committed to understanding the environmental footprint of every product in order to continue minimizing its impact on the planet. Turning that commitment into practice across a large, diverse product range, spanning men's, women's, baby's and children's apparel as well as interior textiles and decorative items, required a practical way to assess environmental impact at scale.

Four goals, and data that would not cooperate

Zeeman set out to:

Getting there was not straightforward. Supply chain data was inconsistent and fragmented across such a wide range of products, which made full-scale Life Cycle Assessment calculations for hundreds of products impractical within a reasonable timeframe.

LCA-Based Impact Measurement with bAwear Score

Zeeman implemented the Quick Score tier of bAwear Score to calculate cradle-to-gate environmental impact, measured against ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist) and following ISO 14040/44 principles and the direction set by the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for Apparel and Footwear. Where Zeeman could supply primary data, such as material composition, spinning method, fabric construction and transport, bAwear used it directly. Where primary data was not available, bAwear filled the gaps with worst-case secondary data from its own database and ecoinvent 3.8. Combining the two made it possible to build detailed product scenarios without waiting on data that suppliers could not yet provide.

"By applying our streamlined LCA approach, we combined Zeeman's primary data with worst-case secondary data where necessary. This allowed us to calculate the cradle-to-gate impact, identify data gaps, and advise on reducing the environmental footprint of their products."

Anton Luiken, CTO at bAwear

Clear patterns across the range

The assessment surfaced clear patterns across Zeeman's range, giving the team actionable intelligence to reduce environmental impact:

Together, these insights gave Zeeman evidence-based guidance on colors, construction and treatments, a clearer picture of where to focus process improvements, and a proven, scalable framework it can use to extend transparency across thousands of products over time.

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"Collaborating with bAwear has significantly enhanced the transparency of our textile range's environmental impact. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint through targeted product design improvements, innovations in production processes, and thoughtful material choices. This partnership underscores our shared commitment to sustainability and paves the way for a future where impact transparency and data-driven decisions become the industry standard."

Arnoud van Vliet, Head of CSR and Sustainability at Zeeman

"The purpose of our collaboration with Zeeman was to provide credible impact insights and seamlessly integrate sustainable practices into their operations. This partnership demonstrates that with scalable tools like bAwear Score, companies can rapidly identify hotspots and drive meaningful, impactful changes across their supply chains."

Jesse Dolstra, COO of bAwear

Fast, credible insight, even with data gaps

Turn LCA data
into competitive advantage

Zeeman assessed nearly 200 products with the Quick Score tier and found its impact hotspots across materials, processes, colour, energy and transport. Start with a Quick Score on your highest-volume products and see which choices move the needle.

From Standard Scenarios to Primary Data: How HAVEP Sharpened Its Material Impact Insight with bAwear

HAVEP is a Dutch workwear and protective wear company based in Goirle. HAVEP had already worked with bAwear on LCA measurement for several years before this collaboration, and set out to work more flexibly with primary data, adapting standard assessment scenarios to fit its own supply chain rather than relying only on fixed defaults.

Client HAVEP Dutch workwear and protective wear company, based in Goirle

Working with its own data, not fixed defaults

HAVEP is a Dutch workwear and protective wear company based in Goirle. HAVEP had already worked with bAwear on LCA measurement for several years before this collaboration, and set out to work more flexibly with primary data, adapting standard assessment scenarios to fit its own supply chain rather than relying only on fixed defaults. Building as much transparency into its supply chain as possible is a priority for HAVEP, and the company wanted a practical way to put the resulting data to use rather than treating it as a one-off exercise.

Not access to data, but its depth, precision and integration

Because HAVEP had already worked with bAwear on LCA measurement for several years, the first challenge many companies face, simply getting the underlying data in hand, had already been addressed. The obstacles HAVEP still runs into are less about access to data and more about its depth, precision and integration:

LCA-Based Impact Measurement with bAwear Score

With bAwear Score, HAVEP can process primary data more flexibly and adapt standard scenarios to its own situation, with assessments measured against ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist) and following ISO 14040/44 principles. When HAVEP introduces new or innovative materials, bAwear assesses and calculates their impact quickly and professionally, and HAVEP can build and reuse its own scenarios rather than starting from generic defaults each time, which makes the resulting figures more precise. HAVEP also describes bAwear Score itself as a user-friendly tool to work with day to day.

Insight into actual impact, used to steer toward reduction

The bAwear impact reports give HAVEP insight into its actual impact, insight the company uses to steer directly toward reduction rather than working from assumptions.

Knowledge of textiles,
over several years

HAVEP chose bAwear specifically for its knowledge of textiles, a factor that matters given how material- and process-specific LCA calculations in this sector can be. That choice is reflected in a collaboration that now spans several years, over which HAVEP has come to describe bAwear’s guidance, onboarding and support as very good, backed by strong subject-matter knowledge.

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Els de Ridder, Sustainability Manager at HAVEP

"Flexibility, based on primary data. Innovative materials are assessed and calculated by bAwear quickly and professionally. We can work with our own scenarios, which makes us even more precise."

"Very pleasant, with great knowledge of the subject."

Els de Ridder, Sustainability Manager at HAVEP

Going further still

Turn LCA data
into competitive advantage

HAVEP works with its own primary data and scenarios instead of fixed defaults, and reports the results to clients and stakeholders. Start with a Quick Score on your highest-volume products and see which choices move the needle.

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