Carbonfact

Overview

Carbonfact is an environmental data platform for apparel and footwear companies. It brings together company emissions accounting, product life-cycle assessments (LCAs), regulatory reporting and decarbonization planning, with a focus on fashion-specific data and impacts across a product catalogue.

Its scope spans emissions from operations and value chains: Carbon Accounting automates a GHG Protocol inventory for Scopes 1, 2 and 3, including activity-based Scope 3.1. Product LCA assesses products from cradle to grave across a full catalogue and all 16 PEFCR impact indicators. Carbonfact says its methodology aligns with the GHG Protocol, ISO 14040/14044 and EU PEFCR, and receives an annual peer review from PwC.

The platform uses more than 150,000 fashion-specific emission factors and supplements incomplete data with automated heuristics and verified supplier data. Its stated capabilities also include supplier engagement, data collection and emissions factors from both sources, an audit trail and API access.

Key features

Product and company emissions

Product LCA is designed for full-catalogue assessment, while Carbon Accounting covers the full Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory. The Carbon Accounting plan lists unlimited representative products and activity-based Scope 3.1. Together, these offerings address both product-level impacts and organization-wide emissions accounting.

Reporting and reduction planning

The Reporting add-on supports Digital Product Passports, CSRD ESRS E1, CDP, Textile Exchange Materials Benchmark and Better Cotton Initiative reports. Decarbonization models product and company-wide reduction scenarios using real data, including eco-design and PEF simulations; its listed capabilities also include target tracking.

Integrations and data handling

Carbonfact's integrations directory lists more than 58 connections, including Centric, Retraced, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle NetSuite, SAP, Snowflake, Tableau and Power BI. For security, Carbonfact reports SOC 2 Type II controls, GDPR-aligned security, TLS 1.2 or higher for data in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest and backups distributed within the EU.

Implementation and support

Carbonfact says a first audit-ready GHG Protocol report takes six weeks, while implementation for full Product LCA data granularity takes about four months. All plans include onboarding, a dedicated Customer Success Manager, Carbonfact Academy and access to the Carbonfact Collective peer network.

Pricing

Carbonfact is a paid product with pricing on request, and a free plan is also available. The Carbonfact for Suppliers plan costs nothing and includes environmental-data exchange, free LCA verification and supplier-controlled data visibility.

Prices are not listed for Product LCA, Decarbonization Add-on, Carbon Accounting, Reporting Add-on or Expert Services. Their listed capabilities respectively cover full-catalogue LCAs and integrations; eco-design and reduction scenarios; Scope 1, 2 and 3 accounting; regulatory and industry reporting; and services such as decarbonization strategy, SBTi support, onboarding, and data verification and cleaning.

Platforms

Carbonfact is available on the web and through an API. Its platform scope includes Scope 1–3 coverage, supplier engagement and an audit trail.

Who it's for

Carbonfact is aimed at apparel and footwear businesses that need to track emissions across operations, suppliers and products. It may suit teams managing large catalogues, product impact assessments, fashion-industry reporting or reduction planning. The supplier plan also provides a free option for suppliers exchanging environmental data and sharing visibility under their own control.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Fashion-specific emission factors, full-catalogue LCAs, broad reporting support and product- and company-level reduction planning are included in the stated offering.
• Pros: The integrations directory lists more than 58 connections, and all plans include onboarding and ongoing support resources.
• Cons: Prices for the main plans are not listed, so prospective customers need to request pricing.
• Cons: Carbonfact says a full Product LCA data-granularity implementation takes about four months.

Alternatives

For other options, see our Carbon Accounting Software directory. Alternatives listed there include CarbonTool, Greenio, Persefoni, CarbonInk, EcoReko, Hedgehog Carbon Platform, BigMile and CarbonAnalytics.

Verdict

Carbonfact's main distinction is its combination of company carbon accounting with apparel- and footwear-focused product LCAs, reporting and decarbonization tools. Its extensive fashion-specific factor library, supplier data capabilities and integrations address the data demands of this sector. However, prices for its core offerings are available only on request, and a full-granularity LCA implementation takes about four months, so teams should account for both procurement and setup before choosing it.