France Ecoscore Report
Second Edition · May 2026
Back for Seconds.
When we published our first analysis, France's Environmental Cost database held 53 brands. Three months later, it holds 89, and the number of product barcodes has doubled. We returned to the data, comparing our February snapshot against May, to document how the platform has evolved, where brands have quietly revised their scores, and what it all signals for the upcoming ESPR Delegated Act for textiles.
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SKU’s Analysed
(Vs 22K+ in Feb)
37k +
Brands Covered
Environmental Indicators
Growth in Dataset Since First Edition
(Vs 53 in Feb)
89
14
+68%
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The French Environmental Cost system is a framework for assessing and communicating the environmental impact of clothing products. Developed through France’s Ecobalyse initiative, it uses a product-level calculation methodology to translate different environmental impacts into an environmental cost score. The aim is to give consumers more information about the environmental footprint of the products they buy and encourage greater transparency across the fashion industry.
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The second edition compares the data published on the French government’s Ecobalyse platform on 27 May 2026 with the February 2026 data covered in our first report. It shows how the platform has grown to nearly 37,000 products from 89 brands, and where brands have revised scores they had already submitted. The full comparison by product category, market segment and lifecycle stage is available in the downloadable report.
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The report is relevant to apparel and footwear brands, retailers, sustainability and compliance teams, product developers, sourcing professionals and other industry stakeholders interested in product-level environmental impact assessment and the direction of textile regulation in France and the EU.
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Since 1 October 2026, third parties have been able to calculate and publish the environmental cost of any textile product sold in France using publicly available data, without the brand’s consent. This gives brands a strong incentive to calculate their own scores and keep control of how their environmental performance is presented.
From 1 October 2026, third parties can publish your score without your consent.
The question is no longer whether your product's environmental cost becomes public, but who controls the number. Our team supports brands in interpreting French Ecoscore data, benchmarking products, and building the data and design strategies that will hold up under the ESPR.