Clothing Environmental Transparency Initiatives

Carrefour has introduced environmental labeling for its Tex brand clothing as part of a broader effort to increase transparency around the environmental impact of textile products. The initiative currently applies to approximately 70 items, including underwear, T shirts, and bodysuits, and uses the Clear Fashion app to display product specific scores. Customers can scan a garment’s barcode to view an environmental score expressed in impact points, which reflects factors such as greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity effects, resource consumption, durability, and pollution. The methodology behind the scoring system is based on life cycle assessment criteria defined by French public authorities.

Initial findings show that Tex garments have an average environmental cost of 542.91 impact points per 100 grams, with organic cotton items scoring lower than comparable fast fashion products. Carrefour intends to use the results of this pilot phase to determine how best to expand environmental labeling across its full textile range. The company positions the initiative as part of its long standing commitment to consumer transparency, aligning it with national efforts to standardize environmental labeling and complementing existing measures such as the Nutri Score on food products.

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