The French eco-score (Affichage environnemental) is a label that shows the environmental impact of textile and footwear products sold in France. It’s based on a standardised life cycle assessment and must cover the entire product journey, from raw material to end-of-life. Brands are required to display this score visibly, using authenticated data. The regulation supports AGEC law and will be fully in effect from 2026.
What’s Changing?
This is more than a new label. It’s a shift in how brands must track, report, and communicate the environmental footprint of their products.
Here’s what’s coming:
Impact disclosure: From 2026, brands must show authenticated environmental data for textile and footwear items sold in France.
Lifecycle-based: The impact score must cover the entire product lifecycle: materials, manufacturing, transport, use, and end-of-life.
A defined methodology: Scores are calculated using a standardised life cycle assessment (LCA) approach developed by the French government.
Visible to the consumer: The score must be shown clearly whether that is online or in-store at the point of purchase.
In short: if it’s sold in France, its footprint must be visible.
What You’ll Need to Share
To comply, brands must collect and share specific product facts. Not fluff.
You’ll need to disclose:
Environmental characteristics of each product including:
Recycled content
Recyclability
Biodegradability
Presence of microplastics
End-of-life information
The environmental cost score based on multiple impact indicators, including:
Greenhouse gas emissions
Water usage
Resource consumption
Pollution
Durability
This data must be verified, traceable and up to date.
What Happens When?
Here’s a quick timeline to guide your preparation:
When | What’s happening |
October 1, 2025 | Voluntary / pilot phase: Brands can start preparing, testing tools, and collecting data. You can even submit your score in this phase. |
October 2026 | Full compliance required. Affichage environnemental becomes mandatory. From this moment on, a score can be submitted for your brand by a 3rd party. |
What This Means for You
This regulation is built for companies that can back up what they say with what they know.
If you’re a tex.tracer client, you’re already ahead of the curve. Our platform gives you the primary source data you need to support environmental claims.
Here’s how we help you stay compliant and confident:
Traceable product journeys with real-time, geo-verified supply chain data
Digital Product Passports (DPP) ready to show verified environmental impact
Partner involvement at every tier because you can’t act on data you don’t have
Data fit for LCA calculations directly supporting the French score methodology
Why It Matters
France isn’t alone. This type of product-level transparency is being rolled out across the EU, including through the upcoming Digital Product Passport legislation.
If you wait until 2026, you’ll be racing to catch up. But if you act now, you can lead.
And here’s the best part: verified transparency doesn’t just reduce your risk, it builds trust, adds value, and helps you tell a better product story.
Your Next Step
If you sell textile or footwear in France, your product data needs to be ready to speak for itself so let’s make that happen together.
If you have any questions, please let your dedicated Customer Success Manager know so we can help you through this.
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