Can CO2 Lab calculate emissions at the fabric level?

Yes. CO2 Lab measures the kilograms of each fabric type from your marker reports and cut plans, then applies a fibre-specific factor to each: cotton, wool, synthetics, leather and trims all carry their own.

Why not just use a consultant?

A consultant hands you a number and a bill. CO2 Lab hands you the number and the working behind every line, so you can review it, defend it, and re-run it next season without starting over.

Most of our footprint is in our supply chain. Can you handle Scope 3?

That is the core of a fashion footprint. CO2 Lab maps upstream materials, dyeing and finishing, and inbound and outbound freight using activity-based data where you have it and spend-based methods where you do not, and shows which method it used per line.

Is the check-up free, and am I committing to anything?

Yes. It's a free 30-minute chat with no obligation. We talk through where you're at with your reporting, point you in the right direction, and can show you the product if it's useful.

For Fashion & Apparel

The footprint is in the fabric

Every style is a mix of fabrics, trims and finishes, and each one carries a different factor. Getting that right, fabric by fabric, is data work before it is reporting work. The analyst does that work from your marker reports and supplier invoices, and shows the factor behind every line.

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You stay the reviewer

See the working on every line

The analyst measures the exact kilograms of each fabric type, reads marker utilisation and cutting waste, and matches a factor to every line, with its source and reasoning shown. You see why merino carries the factor it does, and can present the working with a full audit trail.

Emissions line

Merino wool, AW25 outerwear, 1,240 kg

Result

49.6 t CO₂e

How the analyst got there

Source

Marker report + supplier invoice, 1,240 kg greasy wool

Emission factor

Higg MSI, wool fibre: 40.0 kg CO₂e/kg

Reasoning

Purchased raw material → Scope 3, Cat 1. Activity-based: measured kg.

Bringing experience with SME to Enterprise

99.95%

Calculation accuracy

Fabric-level

Material tracking

30 min

Average processing time

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The emissions ledger: each figure shown with its vendor, source document, emissions factor, and data-quality score

A finished Horizon Food Group emissions inventory, every scope and subcategory totalled

A bar chart of the top emitting vendors, split by scope

Every number traced to source

See a finished inventory, every number traced to its source

A completed, ASRS-ready example. Every figure linked back to its source document, emissions factor, and reasoning.

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Tell us about your team and we'll walk you through this example.

How it works

Drop in tech packs, marker reports, freight docs and store utility bills, the analyst calculates each scope with matched factors, and you report per collection, per season or consolidated across the label.

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Scope 3 · Materials

Fabric & materials

Cotton, wool, polyester, viscose, leather and trims carry very different factors. CO2 Lab measures the kilograms of each fabric type from your marker and cut plans, and calculates the embodied emissions with a factor specific to each material. The heaviest emissions usually sit upstream at the mills, in wet processing, not in the factory that cuts and sews.

Fabric mass per garment from the marker

Fibre-level factors (Higg MSI): cotton, wool, synthetics, leather

Wet processing: dyeing, printing and finishing

Cutting-room waste and marker utilisation

Inbound sea and air freight from suppliers

Domestic distribution to stores and 3PLs

Direct-to-consumer parcel shipping

Mode-specific factors, not spend averages

Scope 3 · Logistics

Freight & distribution

Offshore production means freight matters. The analyst reads your shipping documents and applies mode-specific factors for sea, air and road, so an air-freighted reorder shows its real cost against the same shipment by sea.

Scope 1 & 2 · Retail

Stores & head office

Boutique lighting, HVAC and head-office energy are your owned footprint. CO2 Lab extracts consumption from utility bills per site and calculates location-based and market-based Scope 2 side by side, so a GreenPower claim keeps its evidence attached to the figure.

Electricity per boutique and warehouse

Gas and refrigerants across sites

Location- and market-based Scope 2

GreenPower and PPA claims with evidence attached

Fashion in practice

How an Australian fashion house built its footprint

Measuring exact kilograms of each fabric type, reading marker reports for utilisation and waste, and presenting the working for review with a full audit trail, and a tangible story the team could take back to the business.

Read the Carla Zampatti story →