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Provide footprint details for end product

Explanation of footprint fields to fill in for end product

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Written by Gouree Moog
Updated over 9 months ago

As the contractual, confectioning, sewing, assembling partner or an importer you can provide the details for the final part of the product.

Product:

Product Category: select from the drop-down list.

Product type: select from the drop-down list (only available when the product category is filled).

Total product weight: in grams, add the total weight of one garment.

Fabric compositions:

The fabrics should be created by your fabric supplier. If no fabrics have been added by your fabric supplier, you can create the fabrics. Go to the Fabric tab.

Percentage of fabric in the product:

Add the percentages of each fabric in the garment. The total should be 100%.

Cutting waste:

For each fabric, add the cutting waste (in percentages).

Destination of the cutting waste: select one of the drop-down options (reuse, recycling, incineration, landfill, unknown).

Accessories:

You can add one or multiple accessories to the garment.

Reference for this accessory: add the reference number.

Type of accessories: select from the dropdown.

Material: add the material.

Weight: add the weight of the accessory in grams.

Number of accessories per product: if the garment has multiples of the same accessory, provide the total number. For example, 4 buttons.

Country of origin: select from the dropdown.

Post-treatment:

You can add one or multiple post-treatments to the garment.

Reference for this treatment: add the reference number.

Type of treatment: select from the dropdown.
Water use in liter per kg fabric: add how much water is used per kg of fabric.

Energy use:
Energy use per kg fabric: this is calculated in kWh. No decimals are allowed.

Percentage of wind energy used: of your energy use, what percentage is provided by wind energy? This cannot be more than 100%; no decimals are allowed.

Percentage of solar energy used: of your energy use, what percentage is provided by solar energy? This cannot be more than 100%; no decimals are allowed.

Thermal energy used: in percentages. Select the source (gas, Coal or oil).

You can provide any supporting document by clicking on Upload supporting document. Please make sure this document is written in English.

Packaging:

Finally, add the packaging needed to ship the final product. You can add one or multiple packages.

Reference for this packaging: add the reference number.

Material: add the material.

Weight: add the weight of the packaging in grams.

Number of colli per packaging: add the number of items packed in this type of packaging.

Example Packaging:
1 product (Colli) goes into one poly bag (Packaging 1). 24 Poly bags go into one Carton Box (Packaging 2). On one pallet (Packaging 3), 32 carton boxes are placed. In total, one pallet contains 24x32 = 768 products.

Description

Material

Weight in grams

Number of Colli per Packing

Packaging 1

Poly Bag

Recycled HDPE

12,5

1

Packaging 2

Carton Box

Card Board

250

24

Packaging 3

Pallet

Wood

25000

32

Transport data:

Finally, add the transport data to the next partner or the final destination.

Mode of transport: choose one of the options for transportation.

Distance: add the distance, no decimals.

Unit: choose one of the units (Km, Nautic miles, miles).

Note: When adding transport data, particularly for waterways or sea routes, be careful with the distance and units you enter. Use the sea-distance measurer to calculate the distance in either nautical miles or kilometers.

To track the progress of collecting footprint data, use color indication of the dots next to each step:

  • Red: Incomplete step

  • Yellow: Partially complete step

  • Green: Fully filled-in step


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