Carrefour introduces environmental scores to improve transparency

Carrefour is working on the environmental impact of nearly 70 clothing items from its private label Tex range. As part of this initiative, Carrefour is applying environmental labelling to Tex garments using the Clear Fashion app, with the aim of improving transparency for shoppers at the point of sale.

The move aligns with a French government-led national rollout of environmental labelling, which is designed to help consumers better understand the environmental impact of the products they buy.

In the first phase, environmental scores are being shown for around 70 Tex items, including underwear, T-shirts and bodysuits. Customers can view the environmental score of each assessed garment by scanning its barcode with the Clear Fashion app. The app displays a score out of 100, calculated using Clear Fashion’s own assessment method.

Carrefour will use this testing period to identify the most effective and user-friendly tools before expanding environmental labelling to all of its textile collections. With this initiative, Carrefour aims to demonstrate that large-scale environmental labelling for clothing is both practical and achievable.

The final score represents a product’s environmental cost in impact points, similar to indicators like carbon footprint or nutritional ratings. For the Tex items analysed so far, the average environmental cost is 542.91 points per 100 grams.