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News 21 September 2026 · 1 min read

Meet us at Circular Textile Days

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bAwear team

We'll be at Circular Textile Days on 30 September and 1 October in Tilburg, booth A4. Come see the platform updates in action and talk to our team about your LCA questions.

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From textile data to better decisions

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Select a supply chain step to see its share. Men’s cotton polo, 100% regenerative cotton (India), values per kg of product.

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From data to decisions

From scattered supplier data
to credible results you can act on

Supplier data arrives in every format, and it is rarely complete. bAwear Score fills the gaps with textile-specific data and scenarios and turns it into results per product and supply chain step.

01Your data today
Bill of materials, polo 2417XLSX
ComponentMaterialSupplierWeightBody fabricCO 95 / EA 5Supplier A210 gCollar rib?Supplier A?ButtonsPES??4 gSewing threadPolyesterSupplier D?Care label???
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StyleMen's poloCompositionOriginSupplierSupplier A
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From: sales@supplier-a.com
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sku;material;weight_g;origin
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02ORGANIZED, REVIEWED AND PROCESSED
bAwear ScoreImpact engine
LCAAI powered textile expertiseChecked by human experts
01Collect Every format, one place. Spreadsheets, PDFs, exports, emails and your PLM.
XLSXPDFCSVEmailPLMAPI
02StructureMapped to products, checked for plausibility, gaps filled with defensible worst-case scenarios.
Collar rib materialPolyester
Fabric weight 210 gPlausible
Dye house energy consumptionWorst-case
03ProcessCalculated per product and per supply chain step.
Raw material
Dyeing
Manufacturing
Use phase
03ACTIONABLE OUTPUTS TAILORED FOR FOR TEXTILE TEAMS
bAwear ScoreA
Product footprint calculations

Climate change, water and energy per product and per supply chain step. 

Your product
Scenario A
Scenario B
Eco-design intelligence

Compare materials and processes against a reference product, supported by expert advice.

Product passport
Traceability
Product footprint
Easily published
DPP-ready data

Structured product data for the Digital Product Passport, via export or REST API.

Carbon footprint report for all products
Scope 3 reporting

Create a solid Scope 3 data foundation you can actually explain and use for future comparisons against reference products.

Why now

Why do textile companies need product impact data?

Product impact data is becoming a licence to operate. CSRD asks for a credible Scope 3 baseline, ESPR and EPR reward better-designed products, and from 27 September 2026 every green claim needs evidence. Companies that measure now have the proof ready when customers, regulators and tenders ask for it.
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OUR PLATFORM
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Quick Score or Expert

The most accessible way to start with textile LCA

An Expert LCA for every product takes months. A Quick Score gives you an indicative baseline for your whole portfolio in minutes, and shows you which products deserve an Expert assessment.

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Aspect
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Quick Score
Streamlined LCA, indicative
The next level
Expert
In-depth LCA, audit-ready
Purpose
Rapid assessment to support decisions and comparisons
Comprehensive assessment of environmental impacts
Data requirements
Selected datasets and conservative textile scenarios. Add your own data when you have it.
Extensive primary data for every process, checked by bAwear experts
Impact categories
A focused set of key indicators
A focused set of key indicators
Accuracy and detail
For screening, reference product comparisons and product-level reporting
Highest level of detail and methodological robustness
Time and cost
Fast and cost-effective, for many products at once
More time-intensive, price on request
Typical application
Getting started, product scenario simulations, scope 3 reporting, education.
Tenders, customer audits, public claims
and third-party review
Result
Streamlined LCA
Audit-ready LCA
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CASE STUDIES

Solutions designed for textile companies

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Textile services & Hospitality

How Blycolin steers its linen collection on measured impact

52%+
lower CO₂ eq per kg for a duvet cover, 2025 vs 2022
5 years
of recalculated product LCAs, 2021 to 2025
Blycolin
Workwear & PPE

How Tricorp moved from assumptions to data in sourcing

Expert
tier, built on primary supplier data
EU
corporate and protective clothing across Europe
Tricorp
Home & Interior textiles

How Coulisse measured the impact of its recycled fabrics

Recycled
fabric range measured after the Lienesch acquisition
1 tool
replacing the True label and the Remokey tool
Coulisse
Fashion & Apparel

How Zeeman mapped the impact of its textile range

~200
unique apparel and home textile products assessed
10–50×
less polluting: sea freight versus road transport
Zeeman
Trusted by
textile companies, federations, consultants, service providers and educators
Modint Febelsafe Jeanologia Tricorp Beachlife Cyell HAVEP Dibella Blycolin Alsico HeboVanDijk James Dewhurst Lautratex Ceti Saxion Schijvens Blue Room Innovation Fashion Power tex.tracer Deltex Coulisse Le Nouveau Chef Yoek Gemeente Rotterdam Vespo Modint Febelsafe Jeanologia Tricorp Beachlife Cyell HAVEP Dibella Blycolin Alsico HeboVanDijk James Dewhurst Lautratex Ceti Saxion Schijvens Blue Room Innovation Fashion Power tex.tracer Deltex Coulisse Le Nouveau Chef Yoek Gemeente Rotterdam Vespo

Frequently asked questions

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The platform

Start for free. Scale as you grow.

Build a product-level impact baseline in minutes, collect better data step by step, and reduce the impact of your textile products with evidence.

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The bAwear Score platform
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Quick Score or Expert

Two levels, one platform

A Quick Score gives you an indicative baseline for your whole portfolio in minutes, and shows you which products deserve an Expert assessment.

Cotton polo
Get results today
Quick Score
Streamlined LCA, indicative
Rapid assessment to support decisions and comparisons
Selected datasets and conservative textile scenarios. Add your own data when you have it.
Getting started, product scenario simulations, scope 3 reporting, education
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Product label
The next level
Expert
In-depth LCA, audit-ready
Comprehensive assessment of environmental impacts
Extensive primary data for every process, checked by bAwear experts
Tenders, customer audits, public claims and third-party review
Request a quote Explore Expert →
How bAwear works

Start with a credible baseline. Sharpen it with your own data.

Quality LCA data for textiles has long been scarce. Many tools fill the gaps with poorly chosen proxies, and that creates greenwashing risk. So we built our own worst-case scenarios for every supply chain step, giving you a credible baseline from day one. Add your primary data and the result sharpens. Our worst case gets better, until it becomes your case.

Materials
1 Materials Fibre type, origin, farming or polymer production Default data or your data
Yarn
2 Yarn Spinning, energy mix, yield losses Default data or your data
Fabric
3 Fabric Knitting or weaving, dyeing, finishing Default data or your data
Product
4 Product Cutting, making, trims, packaging, transport Default data or your data
Result Impact per product and per supply chain step, with every assumption stated ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist)
ISO 14040/14044 aligned
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Scale up as you progress

Add-on modules run on top of an active subscription. Availability depends on your subscription.

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Hybrid product scenarios

Custom product scenarios built for you, bAwear validates and processes it for your use.

AI-powered intelligence

Reference comparisons, insights, and portfolio-level analytics.

GHG Reporting

Scope 3 product-level emissions reporting.

Scope 1/2/3

Corporate emissions across all three scopes.

Custom API integration

API calls for Digital Product Passport readiness and data export.

Consultancy

Dedicated LCA expert support for complex needs.

DPP integration

Digital Product Passport data delivered into your own systems.

Eco-design training

Practical sessions on designing lower-impact products.

Need something else?
Would you like a custom feature? Tell us what you need and we will look at it with you.
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Available product categories

From fashion to workwear

300+ textile-specific LCA scenarios covering every major product category.

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Fashion and apparel
Fashion and apparel T-shirts, trousers, sweaters, denim jackets
Workwear
Workwear Trousers, jackets, polos
PPE
PPE Hi-vis vests, protective clothing
Home and interior textiles
Home and interior textiles Bed linen, carpets
Textile services and hospitality
Textile services and hospitality Towels, bed linen, uniforms
Sportswear and more
Sportswear and more Sportswear, swimwear, socks, lingerie
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Score your first products today

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Clients

Textile impact transparency for everyone

User-friendly and accessible LCA tools and insights specifically designed for textile and apparel companies and professionals.

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LCA AND TEXTILE EXPERTISE

For SMEs to public procurement

Brands & retailers

Calculate and scale your product impact transparency and scope 3 emissions to reduce, monitor, and report your environmental footprint.

How bAwear helps →
SME Manufacturers

Inform and educate your customers with reliable footprint data. Show the measured impact of your product innovations.

How bAwear helps →
Public Procurement

Calculate, compare and support your textile procurement with data-driven insights to substantiate buying decisions.

How bAwear helps →
Consultants

We collaborate with consultants and digital service providers, creating ecosystems from traceability to ERP, PLM, and PIM systems.

How bAwear helps →
Educators

Teach LCA and eco-design with real product data, so students work with the same figures the industry uses.

How bAwear helps →
Technology providers

Connect footprint and Digital Product Passport data to your own platform through our API.

How bAwear helps →
WE MODELLED YOUR PRODUCTS ALREADY FOR YOU

Find your fit

Get started with one of our 300+ worst-case textile-specific product scenario. Choose from 12+ product categories and start overwriting your bAwear Score with your primary data.

Workwear & PPE

Tenders increasingly ask for product footprints next to EN ISO norms. Show the impact of each garment across a long service life, from durable fabric choice to industrial laundering, and back your bid with data instead of claims.

Jackets Trousers Hi-vis
Textile services & Hospitality

Your impact is decided in the use phase: hundreds of wash cycles, drying, repair and replacement. Compare linen and workwear on impact per use, and show hotel and healthcare clients what longer lifetimes and smarter laundering save.

Towels Bed linen Uniforms
Fashion & Apparel

The Empowering Consumers Directive and ESPR mean every material story needs numbers behind it. Compare fibre blends, dyeing routes and production countries per style while the collection is still on the drawing board.

T-shirts Dresses Jeans Loungewear
Home & Interior Textiles

Heavy, long-lived products where fibre, weaving and finishing dominate the footprint. Measure per square metre or per piece, and make impact a specification next to durability, fire safety and comfort in contract projects.

Upholstery Curtains Carpets
Partners

Consultants, PLM, ERP and traceability platforms need textile-specific impact data they can trust. Connect through the REST API or MCP and deliver product-level results to your users without building an LCA engine yourself.

ERP PLM Traceability DPP
Sports & Outdoor

Membranes, laminates and water-repellent finishes carry a large share of the footprint and are missed by generic tools. Weigh protective performance and durability against impact, based on the actual processing route.

Activewear Outerwear
Lingerie & intimate apparel

Fine-gauge knits, elastane, lace and trims: small material quantities, many components. See which parts and finishes drive the result, and compare constructions that keep fit and comfort with a lower footprint.

Lingerie Intimate apparel
Technical textiles

Coatings, membranes and functional finishes tied to a specific end use. Measure per functional unit rather than per kilogram, so protective or industrial performance and environmental impact can be compared on equal terms.

Coated fabrics Membranes
Non-wovens

Fibre choice and web forming set most of the impact, and single-use products face growing regulatory pressure. Compare fibre sources and bonding methods, and quantify what reusable or bio-based alternatives really change.

Non-wovens Fibre webs
Swimwear

Synthetic-heavy constructions where polyamide, elastane, dyeing and finishing dominate the result. Compare virgin and recycled fibre routes and see how chlorine and UV resistance requirements weigh against footprint.

Swimwear Beachwear
Denim

Indigo dyeing, washing and finishing carry most of a jean’s water and energy use. Compare wash recipes, laser and ozone finishing and fabric weights, and quantify what your low-impact washes actually deliver.

Jeans Denim jackets
Bags & backpacks

Heavy fabrics, coatings, foams, webbing and hardware from many suppliers. Break the footprint down per component, and compare fabric weights and recycled inputs for products that are built to last.

Backpacks Bags
WHY COMPANIES CHOSE US

Textile dedicated, built with expertise

LCA and textile expertise

Our team guides you through every step, helping understand results and meet impact transparency goals.

Turn data into actions

Actionable insights without complication. Streamlined LCAs that deliver measurable actions for informed decisions.

Progress over perfection

Start and scale footprint transparency with a pragmatic approach that goes beyond individual product calculations.

Save time and resources

Cost-effective access to sustainability data, enabling companies of any budget to make data-driven decisions.

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Methodology

Built on science,
not assumption

bAwear uses the ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist) method, powered by SimaPro. Every scenario covers the full textile supply chain from cradle to gate.

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Anton Luiken, Co-Founder and CTO of bAwear
BEHIND THE TOOL
"Textile companies do not need another score. They need to understand where the impact actually sits, and to trust the number enough to act on it."

Anton Luiken has worked in textile chemistry, processing and sustainability for over 40 years. He built the bAwear methodology around two principles: model the supply chain the way the industry really works, and stay conservative where data is missing rather than optimistic. Results reference ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist), aligned with ISO 14040/14044 principles.

Anton Luiken
Co-Founder / Senior Textile Expert
How it works

From product data to impact score

Our streamlined LCA approach covers the full textile supply chain
in four clear steps.

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Impact categories

Four categories that matter

ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist) impact assessment, focusing on the indicators most relevant to textile production.

Global warming
kg CO₂ eq

Greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change. The primary indicator for textile environmental impact.

Energy use
MJ

Fossil resource scarcity from direct fuel use and indirect conventional electricity production.

Water use
L

Water consumed or withdrawn throughout fibre production, processing, and care processes.

Land use
m²

Agricultural and occupation land used for fibre production, especially relevant for natural fibres.

Supply chain coverage

Cradle to gate and grave

Our methodology covers every step of the textile supply chain.
Each stage contributes to the total environmental impact of a product.

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Powered by SimaPro

Textile LCA calculation engine

bAwear utilizes SimaPro's calculation engine and LCA expertise to provide credible LCA-based impact measurement for textiles. Together, we combine over 30 years of textile sustainability and LCA experience.

Validated data sources
Generic textile model developed in collaboration with PRé Sustainability.
ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H)
Aligned with ISO 14040/14044 for reliable environmental impact assessments.
Greenwashing proof by design
Worst-case secondary data where primary data is missing. No unsupported claims.
Critical review by Bureau Veritas
Ongoing
Independent critical review of the methodology is currently in progress.
40+
Years of combined textile LCA expertise
4
Impact categories reported
50+
Textile-specific scenarios
Powered by
SimaPro
LCA engine
Our position

Where we stand

Two questions we get asked in every methodology discussion.

How about the PEFCR and the EF database?

The Apparel & Footwear PEF Category Rules build on the European Commission's Environmental Footprint database. EF 3.1 expired in December 2025, and the Commission is working on EF 4.0, expected in 2027.

That leaves a gap: there is currently no maintained EF dataset to calculate PEFCR results against, and the category rules for apparel and footwear are not finalised.

We calculate with ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist) on SimaPro, aligned with ISO 14040/14044, so your results stay traceable and comparable over time. We follow the EF 4.0 work and will map our scenarios to it once it is published.

Why we don't calculate chemical toxicity

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 during processing are complex and unpredictable.

Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are frequently incomplete, making accurate toxicity assessment difficult. Eco-toxicity models require known chemical structures, which are not always available.

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.

Why we exclude chemical toxicity indicators

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OUR MISSION

Impact transparency
for everyone

ABOUT US

Transforming companies
through knowledge sharing

bAwear is a team of ambitious, driven and committed textile industry professionals and experts who believe in fact-based, objective transparency and knowledge sharing. Together with our partners and clients, we work collectively through science based and data-driven insights towards a
healthy and sustainable industry.

We combine many years of LCA, textile sustainability and supply chain expertise. It's our mission to help the textile industry access better product-level sustainability data faster with accessible and easy-to-use tools.


40+
Years of combined textile LCA expertise
300+
Textile-specific product scenarios
Powered by
SimaPro
Professional LCA calculation engine with validated data sources
Our team

The people behind bAwear

Anton Luiken
Anton Luiken
Co-Founder /
Senior Textile Expert
Jesse Dolstra
Jesse Dolstra
Co-Founder / CEO
Prerana Raidurg
Prerana Raidurg
Textile sustainability developer
Evie Jansen
Evie Jansen
Textile sustainability developer
Frits Polman
Frits Polman
Software developer
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Company details
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For public procurement

Compare textile tenders on environmental performance, objectively

One methodology, one functional unit, one yardstick for every bidder. bAwear Score lets governments and procuring organisations assess workwear, uniforms and linen across the full life cycle, including durability, use and end of life.

Discuss your tender criteria Read the Rotterdam case
Tender evaluation: workwear jacket
Illustrative
kg CO₂-eq per wear, cradle to grave
Bidder A
0.22
Bidder B
0.39
Bidder C
0.30
Production Use and care End of life
75
Industrial washes, A
40
Industrial washes, B
Mono
Fibre, recyclable, A
The challenge

Sustainability criteria only work if every bid is measured the same way

01
Claims that cannot be compared

Bidders bring different methods, system boundaries and units. A label, a percentage recycled and a supplier LCA do not add up to a ranking.

02
The cheapest garment is rarely the lowest impact

A jacket that lasts twice as many washes halves its impact per wear. Criteria that stop at production reward the wrong bid.

03
Awards must hold up to challenge

Criteria have to be transparent, proportionate and verifiable. Procurement teams need that without an LCA expert on staff.

What gets assessed

The full life cycle, expressed per wear

Every bid is scored on the same product scenario and the same functional unit. Durability and end of life are part of the result, not a separate checkbox.

1
Materials

Fibre type, origin and recycled content.

2
Manufacturing

Spinning, weaving, dyeing, finishing and energy mix per location.

3
Transport

Distances and modes from mill to delivery point.

4 · Durability
Use and care

Washing, drying and the number of wash cycles a garment survives.

5 · Circularity
End of life

Reuse, fibre-to-fibre recycling, take-back or incineration.

Durability changes the ranking

Production impact is divided over the service life a bidder can substantiate. Wash-resistance evidence, for example tested to EN ISO 15797 for industrial laundering, feeds directly into the score per wear.

Unsubstantiated lifetimes fall back to a conservative default, so longer claims have to be proven.

End of life, made measurable

Fibre composition, blends, trims and take-back arrangements determine what happens after the last wear. bAwear models the end-of-life route each bidder commits to.

Mono-material and recyclable designs become visible in the result instead of in a paragraph of tender text.

How it works in a tender

From specification to contract monitoring

Before the tender
Define the yardstick

Together we set the product scenario, functional unit, service life and weighting of environmental criteria.

During the tender
Bidders submit in one format

Each participant enters product data in bAwear Score. Missing data defaults to worst case, so no one gains from leaving fields empty.

Evaluation
Compare side by side

Results per wear and per impact category feed straight into your best price-quality ratio (MEAT) scoring.

Contract
Verify what is delivered

The awarded supplier moves to an Expert assessment on primary data. You monitor delivery against the score in the bid.

Case study · City of Rotterdam

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.

80%
CO₂ emissions weighting in the tender assessment
20%
Water consumption weighting
Expert
bAwear Score tier, streamlined LCA
Read the full case study →
One documented method

ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist), aligned with ISO 14040/14044. A methodology statement you can attach to the tender documents.

Conservative by design

Worst-case defaults for missing data. Bidders improve their score by providing evidence, not by omitting it.

Ready for what comes next

Data collected in the tender carries into ESPR requirements and the Digital Product Passport for textiles.

Planning a textile tender?

We help you draft environmental criteria
and a functional unit that fit your product group.

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Projects

LIFE DPP-TEX

Development and validation of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) for the textile sector, enabling the traceability of product origin, composition, recycled content and end-of-life.

LIFE DPP-TEX
Project overview

Project details and timeline

An overview of the LIFE DPP-TEX project: its programme, coordinating partner,
consortium members and timeline.

Programme

LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT

COORDINATION

Blue Room Innovation (Spain) 

Consortium

The other members of the consortium are: Eurotex Ltd (TexCycle) (Bulgaria), EcoIntelligent Growth (Spain), Terraqui (Spain), Kalinel EOOD (Bulgaria), Alsico Iberia (Spain), Tèxtils.CAT (Spain) and bAwear BV (Netherlands).

Duration

July 2026 to December 2028

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Life DPP-Tex

Summary of the project

Textiles are one of the most resource-intensive sectors in Europe: the EU generates 6.9 million tonnes of textile waste every year, and only 12% of it is separately collected for reuse or recycling.

LIFE DPP-TEX tackles this gap by adapting Digital Product Passport (DPP) technology (building on BLUEROOM’s CircularPass platform) to give manufacturers, recyclers and public buyers a reliable way to track fibre origin, composition, recycled content and end-of-life pathways for every product.

Co-funded by the LIFE Programme of the European Union, the project brings together 8 partners from 3 countries (Spain, Bulgaria and the Netherlands) over 30 months (2026–2028). Its DPP solution is tested in two real industrial pilots: closed-loop recycling of home textiles in Bulgaria and reuse, upcycling and recycling of discarded municipal workwear in Spain. Together, the two pilots aim to process around 27 tonnes of textile waste, generate close to 60,000 circular products, create 10 new jobs, and save an estimated 110 tonnes of CO₂, 6.3 million litres of water and 1.9 million MJ of energy.

Beyond the pilots, LIFE DPP-TEX is designed to help the sector prepare for upcoming EU rules (the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the Waste Framework Directive), and to turn its results into viable business models for industry adoption, making its tools and lessons learned available for replication in other regions and other textile-related sectors.

Life DPP-Tex project

Specific objectives

LIFE DPP-TEX pursues four concrete objectives, spanning technology development, real-world validation, environmental impact measurement and regulatory readiness.

Technology

Adapt and demonstrate a Digital Product Passport for the textile sector, building on BLUEROOM’s existing CircularPass platform.

Validation

Test the DPP in two real industrial pilots: closed-loop textile recycling in Bulgaria and workwear reuse/upcycling in Spain, covering different value chains and business models.

Traceability

Track fibre origin, composition, recycled content and end-of-life pathway for every product processed in the pilots.

Environmental impact

Quantify the environmental benefits of circular textile practices (CO₂, water and energy savings) through integrated Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data.

Regulatory readiness

Support compliance with the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the Waste Framework Directive, helping the sector prepare ahead of mandatory requirements.

Industry adoption and replication

Turn pilot results into viable business models for industry adoption and enable replication of the DPP solution to other regions and other textile-related sectors, supported by an After-LIFE Plan and transferability roadmap.

PROJECT RESULTS

Public resources and project deliverables

Promotional material
Leaflet Roll-up Poster
WP1: Project Management Plan
D1.3 Equality Management Plan
D1.4 Initial Data Management Plan
D1.5 Updated Data Management Plan
D1.6 Final Data Management Plan
WP2: Policy Alignment and Compliance
D2.1 Initial Regulatory Analysis Report
D2.2 Consolidated Regulatory Analysis Report
D2.3 Initial Standards Mapping Document
D2.4 Consolidated Standards Mapping Document
D2.5 DPP Compliance & Interoperability Toolkit
D2.6 ESPR Textile Delegated Acts Monitoring and Implications Report
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D7.5 1st Extract of Project Data from the LIFE Webtool + Impact Report
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EU research we contributed to before LIFE DPP-Tex. The insights feed directly into how bAwear Score works today.

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Product data traceability and sustainability in textiles and fashion. TRICK developed a blockchain-based platform that lets textile SMEs collect, certify and share product data across the supply chain, including environmental impact.

bAwear contributed the environmental impact assessment methodology, connecting traceable supply chain data to product-level LCA results.

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Environmental impact assessment and LCA integration
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Supply chain data is only useful when it maps cleanly to impact calculations
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Tricorp
Workwear and PPE bAwear Expert
From assumptions to insight: how Tricorp steers sourcing decisions with bAwear Score

Tricorp moved from assumption-based decisions to steering its collections with measured product impact data.

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Blycolin
B2B textile services Hospitality linen
Steering a linen collection on measured impact, not assumptions

Recalculated product LCAs turned material and procurement choices into measured reductions across the collection.

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Saxion
Education Textile curriculum
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.

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Schijvens
Corporate workwear Since 1863
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.

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Stad Rotterdam
Workwear procurement bAwear Expert
Stad Rotterdam: Enabling green procurement through detailed impact assessments

Rotterdam experienced challenges in assessing sustainability in textile-related tender processes.

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Coulisse
Window coverings Recycled fabrics
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.

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Zeeman
Apparel and home textiles Quick Score tier
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.

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HAVEP
Workwear and protective wear Multi-year collaboration
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.

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Case study Workwear and PPE bAwear Expert

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.

Tricorp
Client Tricorp Dutch workwear brand, corporate and protective clothing
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Introduction
Tricorp

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.

Challenge

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:

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Solution

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.

How the measurement runs
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Results

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:

Before and after
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  • DataSubstantiated, comparable impact data
  • SourcingA preference for factories that run on renewable energy provisions
  • ReportingData bundled into a single overview, less manual calculation
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  • DataInsufficient insight into product impact
  • SuppliersSupplier-provided data not always usable
  • DecisionsFall back on worst-case assumptions
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Before. Insufficient insight into product impact. Supplier-provided data not always usable. Fall back on worst-case assumptions.
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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.

Why Tricorp chose bAwear

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.

Testimonial
Tricorp
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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
Final Thoughts

One collection at a time

Tricorp's move from assumption-based to data-driven sourcing shows how substantiated environmental impact data can support day-to-day decisions on materials, suppliers and design, while also strengthening a company's position in tenders and its readiness for upcoming regulation. Through its ongoing collaboration with bAwear, Tricorp continues to build on that foundation, one collection at a time.

Turn LCA data
into competitive advantage

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.

Source of all client content: Tricorp case study, September 2026. 
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Case study B2B textile services Hospitality linen

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.

Blycolin
Client Blycolin Linen service for hospitality
Scope Product LCAs, collection 2021 to 2025 Source Blycolin ESG Report 2025
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About the client
Blycolin

Linen service for hospitality, run as one chain since 1972

Blycolin is a specialist in linen service for hotels, restaurants and wellness locations. It takes over the full linen management: selection and purchasing, rental and stock, washing and logistics, quality monitoring, reuse and recycling. The linen stays Blycolin's property, on a pay-per-use model. That means every material and sourcing choice Blycolin makes is felt across millions of wash cycles.

Headquartered in Zaltbommel, Blycolin operates eleven own laundries and works with more than a hundred partner laundries across the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Poland. ESG has been anchored in the organization since 2016, guided by SDG 8 and SDG 12, and the company publishes an annual ESG report with measured targets toward 2030 and 2050.

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"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.
The challenge

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.

CSRD
Substantiated sustainability reporting, today.
ESPR
Ecodesign requirements, Reg. EU 2024/1781.
DPP
Delegated act expected Q4 2027, then 18 months to implement.

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.

The approach

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.

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

The results

Targeted supply-chain choices measurably reduce impact

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.

Collection shift toward preferred materials
Share of Blycolin collection per fiber-matrix tier. Source: Blycolin ESG Report 2025.
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Duvet cover, 2022 versus 2025
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Over 52% lower CO2 per kg
2025 Updated supply chain
  • LocationPakistan, vertically integrated facility
  • EnergyRenewable energy on site
  • FiberCMiA cotton (Cotton made in Africa)
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  • EnergyGrid electricity
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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.

Takeaways

What this means for B2B textile companies

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In Blycolin's words
Blycolin

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
into competitive advantage

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.

Source of all client figures: Blycolin ESG Report 2025. 
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Case study Education Textile curriculum

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.

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

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.

Challenge

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.

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Solution

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.

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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.

Before and after
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  • ToolAn easy-to-use LCA platform that makes environmental impact tangible
  • StudentsAnalyse real garments, materials and production setups
  • TeachersFocus on coaching students, knowing the technical foundation is solid
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  • ToolsA shortage of tools for teaching LCA
  • DataLCA too abstract, underlying data scattered, tools complex
  • TeachingTeachers sometimes forced to simplify key concepts
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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
Final Thoughts

From industry tool
to classroom practice

Saxion's work with bAwear showed how an LCA tool built for industry can translate directly into the classroom. It made sustainability practical rather than abstract, empowered educators to spend their time coaching instead of translating technical concepts, and helped prepare the next generation of textile changemakers for the new digital clothing industry.

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.

Source of all client content: Saxion case study, September 2026. Quick Score results are indicative. bAwear Score. LCA-based impact measurement for textiles. bawear-score.com
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Case study Corporate workwear Since 1863

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?

Schijvens
Client Schijvens Dutch corporate workwear company, active since 1863
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Introduction
Schijvens

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.

Challenge

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:

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Solution

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.

How the measurement runs
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Results

Seeing where the impact really lies

The impact reports give Schijvens clarity across several areas:

Before and after
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With bAwear Score
  • ChainVisible where the greatest negative impact occurs
  • SuppliersTargeted conversations with the processes involved
  • ClientsConcrete options such as undyed collections
Before
  • ClientsBroad questions about the impact of sustainable articles
  • SuppliersData sheets overwhelming, requests not always understood
  • DataConsumption per process worked back from annual accounts
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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.

Why Schijvens Chose bAwear

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.

Testimonial
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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
Final Thoughts

From broad questions to specific conversations

Schijvens’ work with bAwear shows how LCA insight can turn broad questions from clients and tenders into specific, actionable conversations with suppliers, on processes such as dyeing and transport. Through its ongoing collaboration with bAwear, Schijvens continues to use these insights to guide where it focuses its sustainable investments.

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.

Source of all client content: Schijvens case study, September 2026. Quick Score results are indicative. bAwear Score. LCA-based impact measurement for textiles. bawear-score.com
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Case study Workwear procurement bAwear Expert

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.

Gemeente Rotterdam
Client Stad Rotterdam Textile-related tender processes, workwear
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Challenges and goals

Assessing sustainability in textile tenders

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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.

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Results and experience

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.

Baseline and results so far
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Results so far
  • CO2Decreased significantly from the baseline measurement
  • WaterDecreased significantly from the baseline measurement
  • RecycledPercentage of recycled materials had increased significantly
Baseline measurement
  • ScopePerformed on the most commonly used garments
  • WeightingCO2 emissions rated at 80%, water consumption at 20%
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Baseline measurement. Performed on the most commonly used garments. CO2 emissions rated at 80%, water consumption at 20%. Toxicity not included due to insufficient qualitative reference data.
Results so far. CO2 emissions and water consumption had decreased significantly from the baseline measurement. The percentage of recycled materials had increased significantly.
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Environmental Impact Report
bAwear Score environmental impact report, impact per supply chain step

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.

Why Rotterdam chose bAwear

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.

Source of all client content: bAwear Score case study Stad Rotterdam. bAwear Score. LCA-based impact measurement for textiles. bawear-score.com
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Case study Window coverings Recycled fabrics

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.

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Client Coulisse Dutch window coverings company, fabrics and blinds
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Introduction
Coulisse

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.

Challenge

The data sat with the suppliers

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

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Solution

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.

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Results

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:

Before and after
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With bAwear Score
  • ToolingA single tool that measures environmental impact through LCA
  • InsightA clear picture of the impact of its own recycled products
  • CustomersInterested customers can be handed an impact report
Before
  • ToolingThe True label combined with the Remokey tool at Lienesch
  • CertificationSustainable certification for these fabrics not yet in place
  • InsightThe impact of its own recycled products not available in this form
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Before. The True label combined with the Remokey tool at Lienesch. Sustainable certification for these fabrics not yet in place. The impact of its own recycled products not available in this form.
With bAwear Score. A single tool that measures environmental impact through LCA. A clear picture of the impact of its own recycled products. Interested customers can be handed an impact report.
Results so far
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Why Coulisse Chose bAwear

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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"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
Final Thoughts

A foundation to build on

Coulisse's move to bAwear shows how a change in ownership can also become a natural point to consolidate impact data onto a single, LCA-based tool. With clear internal impact figures for its recycled fabrics now in place, and customer interest in impact reports on the rise, Coulisse has laid a foundation it can build on as its use of that data, in design decisions, tenders and compliance, continues to develop.

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.

Source of all client content: Coulisse case study, September 2026. Quick Score results are indicative. bAwear Score. LCA-based impact measurement for textiles. bawear-score.com
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Case study Apparel and home textiles Quick Score tier

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.

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Client Zeeman Dutch retail chain, affordable apparel and home textiles
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Zeeman

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.

Challenge

Four goals, and data that would not cooperate

Zeeman set out to:

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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.

Solution

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.

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"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
Results

Clear patterns across the range

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

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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
Final Thoughts

Fast, credible insight, even with data gaps

Zeeman's work with bAwear showed that a large retailer can assess a diverse product portfolio quickly and credibly, even with data gaps. By combining available primary data with worst-case secondary data, bAwear's Quick Score delivered fast, actionable insight across nearly 200 products, giving Zeeman both the intelligence and the framework to extend data-driven, impact-based decisions across its wider product portfolio over time.

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.

Source of all client content: Zeeman case study, September 2026. Quick Score results are indicative. bAwear Score. LCA-based impact measurement for textiles. bawear-score.com
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Case study Workwear and protective wear Multi-year collaboration

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.

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

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.

Challenge

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:

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Solution

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.

How the measurement runs
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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.

Standard scenarios and primary data
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With bAwear Score
  • DataPrimary data processed more flexibly
  • ScenariosHAVEP builds and reuses its own scenarios
  • MaterialsNew materials assessed quickly and professionally
Fixed defaults
  • DataReliance on fixed defaults
  • ScenariosGeneric defaults as the starting point each time
  • PrecisionFigures less precise than with own scenarios
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Fixed defaults. Reliance on fixed defaults. Generic defaults as the starting point each time. Figures less precise than with own scenarios.
With bAwear Score. Primary data processed more flexibly. HAVEP builds and reuses its own scenarios. New materials assessed quickly and professionally.
Where the insight lands
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Why HAVEP Chose bAwear

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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"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
Final Thoughts

Going further still

HAVEP’s work with bAwear shows how a flexible, data-driven approach to LCA can help a company that already has years of measurement experience go further still: working with its own primary data and scenarios instead of fixed defaults, assessing new materials quickly as they come in, and using the results to steer toward lower-impact materials and more circular alternatives such as chemical recycling. The gaps HAVEP still points to, such as full chain visibility and a more integrated way of translating substance data into finished products, mark the direction for where that collaboration goes next. In the meantime, HAVEP continues to report its impact data to clients and stakeholders as part of its day-to-day compliance work.

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.

Source of all client content: HAVEP case study, September 2026. Quick Score results are indicative. bAwear Score. LCA-based impact measurement for textiles. bawear-score.com
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Answers on LCA, regulation and practical tools for textile SMEs

Clear, practical guides written by our team. Every article starts with a short answer, explains what it means for your products and company.

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ECO-DESIGN INTELLIGENCE

Measure to manage

Simulate material choices, processes and more to understand the effect on every impact category, so your next collection starts with a lower footprint, supported by expert trained AI.

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Four levers

The choices your design team controls

01
MaterialsStart here

Fibre type, origin, and farming or polymer route. Often the biggest lever.

02
Processing

Spinning, knitting or weaving, dyeing and finishing.

03
Make and trim

Cutting waste, trims and packaging.

04
Logistics

Transport mode and distance between each step.

300+textile-specific LCA scenarios
4 stepsfrom fibre to finished product
Minutesto compare your first two designs
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Fast comparisons with default data. Ideal for early design choices.

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Your primary supplier data, reviewed by our LCA team.

Custom hybrid scenarios
Supplier data collection
Portfolio-level analysis
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Eco-design sessions teach design and sourcing teams to read the results and act on them. Short, practical, built around your own products.

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API and integrations

Easily integrated with any software

Connect any platform or solution through our API or MCP. Embed product impact results where your teams already work, with DPP-ready data and without building the LCA engine yourself.

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GET /products/{id}/impact Example response 
{
  "product": "Men’s cotton polo",
  "scope": "cradle-to-grave",
  "method": "ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H)",
  "bawear_score": "C",
  "impacts": {
    "global_warming": { "value": 21.73, "unit": "kg CO2 eq" },
    "fossil_energy": { "value": 214.8, "unit": "MJ" },
    "water_use": { "value": 1506, "unit": "L" },
    "land_use": { "value": 0.6, "unit": "m²" }
  },
  "steps": [ "fibre", "yarn", "fabric", "dyeing", "…" ]
}
How it works

From your data to impact results

Our API connects with the systems you already use. Product data goes in, LCA results per product come back automatically.

01 · Your systems
ERP
PLM
Traceability
DPP platform
Product data

bAwear LCA engine 300+ textile scenarios.Conservative defaults fill missing data. ReCiPe 2016 · ISO 14040/44
LCA results
03 · Results per product
Productkg CO2 eq
Men’s cotton poloC21.7 kg
Workwear trousersD18.4 kg
Hi-vis vestB6.2 kg
Bath towelE9.8 kg
AutomatedResults flow back to your systems. No uploads, no spreadsheets, no manual steps.
Saves time and costScore products without data entry, and free your team for impact reduction.
Scales to every productMove from a few products to your full portfolio, with the same effort.
What you can connect

Impact data where your teams already work

PLM and ERP

Send product data from your PLM or ERP and get impact results back per product and per supply chain step.

Digital Product Passports

API calls for Digital Product Passport readiness and data export, so your passports carry substantiated impact data.

Your own product

Embed bAwear Score results in your own software through the REST API, or connect through MCP on request.

Add-on

Connect your systems, automate every result

API or MCP integration runs on top of an active subscription. Tell us which systems you use, from ERP and PLM to traceability and DPP platforms, and we will scope the integration with you.

AutomatedSaves time and costScales to every product
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The next level

bAwear Expert: audit-ready LCA for your products

A fully customised calculation on your primary data, checked by our experts. For tenders, customer audits and public claims.

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ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H)ISO 14040/44PEFCR direction
Cotton polo assessed with bAwear Expert
Men’s cotton poloCradle to grave
Expert-checked
bAwear Score
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21.73kg CO2 eq global warming
214.8MJ fossil energy
1,506L water use
0.6m² land use
What Expert adds

The highest level of detail and methodological robustness

Your primary data

Extensive primary data for every process, from fibre to finished product, replaces the default textile scenarios.

Checked by bAwear experts

Our textile LCA experts check your input data and model the calculation with you.

Comprehensive impact assessment

A full assessment of environmental impacts per supply chain step, with ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist).

Audit-ready report

Documented scope and methodology, prepared for third-party review and public environmental claims.

Primary data, step by step

Every supply chain step, measured on how your product is made

Cradle to gate or cradle to grave
Fibre01Fibre
Yarn02Yarn
Fabric03Fabric
Dyeing04Dyeing
Finishing05Finishing
Manufacturing06Manufacturing
Transport07Transport
Use phase08Use phase
End of life09End of life
How it works

From Quick Score to Expert

01
Screen with Quick Score

Get an indicative baseline for your whole portfolio and see which products deserve an Expert assessment.

02
Collect primary data

Gather data from your suppliers for every process in the supply chain.

03
Expert check

bAwear experts check your input data and build a fully customised calculation.

04
Audit-ready result

Use the result for tenders, customer audits and public claims, and for third-party review.

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When to choose Expert

When your numbers need to hold up

Tenders

Substantiate the impact of the products you offer, and let buyers verify what is delivered.

Customer audits

Give customers substantiated, comparable impact data per product.

Public claims

Under the EU Green Claims rules, public claims must be specific and substantiated. Expert gives audit-grade results with documented scope and methodology.

Case studies

Working with bAwear Expert

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Tricorp
Workwear and PPE
From assumptions to insight: how Tricorp steers sourcing decisions with bAwear Score
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Gemeente Rotterdam
Workwear procurement
Stad Rotterdam: Enabling green procurement through detailed impact assessments
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Add-ons for Expert

Build your plan from modules

Consultancy

Support from our textile LCA experts on data collection, interpretation and impact reduction strategies.

GHG reporting

Purchased goods emissions for your customers’ CSRD reporting.

Scope 1/2/3

Create a solid Scope 3 data foundation you can explain and use for future comparisons against reference products.

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  • Free bAwear Score account
  • 300+ unique product scenarios
  • 4 impact indicators reported 
  • 1-month guided sprint on request
  • Limited amount of yearly or monthly free credits
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Everything you need to get started with measuring, understanding and reducing.

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Everything in Free, plus
  • Product LCA for all your products
  • Overwrite our defaults with primary data
  • Bulk upload and API
  • DPP-ready outputs
  • Add modules when you need them
  • Access to bAcademy learning platform

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  • Input data checked by bAwear experts
  • Cradle-to-grave scope with your primary data
  • Prepared for third-party review
  • Dedicated LCA expert support
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Essential
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Impact measurement
Products scored
A few to start
All your products
All your products
300+ textile-specific scenarios
4 impact indicators, per supply chain step
Result type
Indicative
Indicative
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Overwrite defaults with your primary data
Scenario comparison against a reference product
Add-on
Input data checked by bAwear experts
Add-on
Prepared for third-party review
Add-on
Data and integrations
Bulk upload and API
DPP-ready outputs
Hybrid scenarios, GHG and Scope 3 reporting,
AI intelligence
Add-on
Support
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Onboarding

Build your plan from modules

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Hybrid product scenarios

Custom scenarios built and validated by bAwear.

AI-powered intelligence

Reference comparisons and portfolio-level analytics.

GHG reporting

Product-level Scope 3 emissions reporting.

Scope 1/2/3

Corporate emissions across all three scopes.

Custom integrations

Custom API and MCP connections.

DPP integration

DPP-ready data delivered into your own systems.

Eco-design training

Practical sessions on lower-impact design.

Consultancy

Dedicated LCA expert support for complex needs.

FAQ

Questions before you start

Something else? Talk to our team.

Is the free plan free forever?+

Yes. Your free account stays free, with a limited number of Quick Scores. Upgrade when you need to score more products or add modules.

Do I need a credit card to start?+

No. Create an account with your work email and start scoring.

How is bAwear Score priced?+

bAwear licenses start from €250 per month, on an annual commitment billed monthly. Your price depends on the number of products and the modules you add. Request a quote and we size it to your portfolio.

What is the difference between Quick Score and Expert?+

Quick Score gives indicative results from textile scenarios plus the data you have, fast and at portfolio scale. Expert builds a fully customised calculation on your primary data, checked by our experts, for tenders, customer audits or public claims.

Can I use bAwear Score results in public claims?+

It depends on the tier. Quick Score results are indicative and best suited for internal decisions and B2B communication, such as customer questionnaires and tenders. For public environmental claims, choose Expert: it uses your primary data and gives audit-grade results with documented scope and methodology. Under the EU Green Claims rules, public claims must be specific, quantified and substantiated. Expert results give you the data, and we help you phrase claims within their scope.

Which modules can I add?+

Hybrid product scenarios, AI-powered intelligence, GHG reporting, Scope 1/2/3, custom API and DPP integration, eco-design training and consultancy. Availability depends on your plan.

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