Buyers no longer ask for the figure. They ask where it came from.
In textiles, plastics and general manufacturing the pressure comes from the same place: buyer audits, EU regulation and supplier data requests. Pick your sector to see where each request comes from, when it lands, and what we build against it.
Textile
Textile exporters are pressed from two sides: the buying brand's supplier audit, and EU regulation in the brand's own market. Both want the same thing, water, chemicals and waste on the record.
Where the pressure comes from
Ongoing
Global brands want environmental evidence from their suppliers. Inditex's Green to Wear standard for wet-processing facilities audits chemical management, water mapping, water consumption and wastewater traceability, and aligns with the ZDHC and Higg frameworks.
Source Inditex, Green to Wear standard documents
EU member states are setting up mandatory extended producer responsibility schemes for textiles, making producers answerable for the waste stage of what they sell.
Source Directive (EU) 2025/1892, amending the Waste Framework Directive
Destroying unsold apparel, clothing accessories and footwear is banned for large companies in the EU, and for medium-sized ones from 2030. Any destruction still allowed must be justified and documented.
Source Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR), Article 25
What we build against it
Water and waste, on the record
Water sources, consumption and waste streams are held as records on your facility model. An audit opens the record, not a rebuilt spreadsheet.
Product footprints
Carbon footprints per product family, calculated in an EPD-ready structure aligned with openLCA.
Brand audits
Which of the Green to Wear, Higg FEM and ZDHC scopes we report against is settled with you before the audit; an unconfirmed framework never enters the report.
Products that apply
Plastics
In plastics the question is how much recycled material you use, and whether you can prove it. EU packaging rules tie that number to a threshold; in Türkiye, the Zero Waste Regulation requires waste to be separated at source.
Where the pressure comes from
Türkiye's Zero Waste Regulation introduced obligations to separate waste at source and manage it.
Source Official Gazette of Türkiye, Zero Waste Regulation
The EU requires PET beverage bottles to contain at least 25% recycled plastic on average, rising to 30% for all beverage bottles from 2030.
Source Directive (EU) 2019/904 (single-use plastics), Article 6
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation applies. From 2030 all packaging must be recyclable, and plastic packaging must meet minimum recycled-content levels.
Source Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)
What we build against it
From intake to stock
In a recycling facility, waste intake, stock and customer accounts share one record, and every stock movement keeps its history.
Waste streams and circularity
Waste streams, circularity metrics and waste matching are calculated on the same facility model.
Zero Waste and recycled content
The documentation and reporting structure for Zero Waste certification, and consulting on plastics reduction and recycled content.
Products that apply
General manufacturing
For manufacturers selling into the EU, from metal products and automotive parts to furniture and packaging, the request arrives the same way: a customer wants a calculation, with a date attached.
Where the pressure comes from
Climate Law No. 7552 was published, laying the legal basis for a Turkish emissions trading system.
Source Official Gazette of Türkiye, Climate Law No. 7552
The CBAM definitive period began. Importers bringing more than 50 tonnes a year of iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, electricity or hydrogen into the EU need authorised-declarant status and must surrender certificates.
Source European Commission, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
What we build against it
CBAM readiness
Embedded emissions for one product group, supplier data collection, and output in the form your customer asks for. When the work ends, the facility stays modelled in UpcyCarbon.
Corporate carbon footprint
Scopes 1, 2 and 3 for one reporting year and one legal entity, as a calculation you can reproduce the following year.
Data from the floor to the report
Measurement design, unit conversion and ERP integration, so the facility produces its own numbers.
We are preparing for Türkiye's emissions trading system. It is not offered as a service today.
Products that apply
The regulation calendar
Every dated requirement across the three sectors on one calendar, oldest first. Undated buyer requirements stay in their sector's section.
Türkiye's Zero Waste Regulation introduced obligations to separate waste at source and manage it.
Source Official Gazette of Türkiye, Zero Waste Regulation
The EU requires PET beverage bottles to contain at least 25% recycled plastic on average, rising to 30% for all beverage bottles from 2030.
Source Directive (EU) 2019/904 (single-use plastics), Article 6
Climate Law No. 7552 was published, laying the legal basis for a Turkish emissions trading system.
Source Official Gazette of Türkiye, Climate Law No. 7552
EU member states are setting up mandatory extended producer responsibility schemes for textiles, making producers answerable for the waste stage of what they sell.
Source Directive (EU) 2025/1892, amending the Waste Framework Directive
The CBAM definitive period began. Importers bringing more than 50 tonnes a year of iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, electricity or hydrogen into the EU need authorised-declarant status and must surrender certificates.
Source European Commission, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Destroying unsold apparel, clothing accessories and footwear is banned for large companies in the EU, and for medium-sized ones from 2030. Any destruction still allowed must be justified and documented.
Source Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR), Article 25
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation applies. From 2030 all packaging must be recyclable, and plastic packaging must meet minimum recycled-content levels.
Source Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)
Frameworks we report against
We separate what we deliver today from what we are preparing for. If a framework is not on this list, we do not claim to support it.
| Framework | What it covers | Where we stand |
|---|---|---|
| CBAM | Embedded emissions in iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen imported into the EU | In the software: UpcyCarbon product and import workflows, supplier portal |
| Corporate carbon footprint (Scopes 1–3) | A legal entity's direct, energy-related and value-chain emissions | Consulting, delivered on UpcyCarbon |
| Product footprint (LCA) | Product-level carbon footprint, aligned with openLCA | Consulting, delivered on UpcyCarbon |
| CSRD / ESRS | Double materiality and sustainability reporting | Consulting |
| ESPR and the digital product passport | Product-level sustainability information; the ban on destroying unsold goods | Readiness consulting |
| Zero Waste Regulation (Türkiye) | Separating waste at source and managing it | Certification support |
| Türkiye ETS (Law 7552) | Türkiye's emissions trading system | Preparing; not offered today |
Tell us about your sector
Tell us which customer wants which data, and by when. We will work out with you which request reaches you first, and where to start.