AWARE™

Description by tool provider

AWARE™ is a producer-first traceability solution that tokenizes materials at the source, creating producer-owned digital proof that travels with each batch. It acts as a supply chain proof engine, enabling trusted data sharing and compliance-ready outputs from one verified foundation.

Product segments covered by the tool

• •Apparel
• •Home textiles
• •Textile & leather accessories and goods -
• •Sports & outdoor equipment
• •Other non-textile products
• •Footwear
• •Furniture

Platform technologies

• •Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
• •Blockchain / Distributed Ledger Technology
• •Cloud-hosted platform
• •Relational database
• •Role-based access control (RBAC)
• •Cryptographic integrity checks (hashing, signatures)
• •Automated rules engine
• •QR code tagging

Data input/output methods

• •Manual data entry
• •Bulk upload/export (Excel / CSV)
• •Scheduled file import/export
• •Inbound APIs
• •Outbound APIs
• •Workflow automation
• •Reporting export
• •automated DPP generation

Chemical substance traceability

Chain-of-custody is a continuity capability; composition and substance traceability are depth capabilities. Neither replaces the other.

• •Supplier visibility/supply chain mapping - The system stores structured information about suppliers beyond Tier 1 (e.g. role, tier, location).
• •Product–supplier association - Specific products (styles, SKUs, batches) are linked to the suppliers involved in their production.
• •Material flow / chain-of-custody tracking - Material inputs, outputs, and transformations between supply-chain actors are recorded using a defined chain-of-custody model.
• •Product composition / component traceability - Products are represented as structured compositions (e.g. components, ingredients) that can be independently traced to upstream sources.
• •Process & substance (chemical) traceability - Substances used in manufacturing processes can be recorded and linked to facilities, process steps, and affected products.

Sustainability Impact categories

Impact data coverage describes which sustainability-related topics a platform can store and manage data for. It does not indicate the quality of the data, the methodology used, or whether impacts meet specific regulatory thresholds.

• •Material attributes - (e.g. fiber type, recycled / biobased content, origin attributes)
• •Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data - (e.g. environmental footprint indicators at product or material level)
• •Carbon & energy data - (e.g. GHG emissions, energy use, Scope-related data)
• •Chemical impact & compliance data - (e.g. restricted substances, chemical inventories, compliance status)
• •Supplier processes & practices - (e.g. production processes, management systems, operational practices)
• •Human rights & working conditions - (e.g. labor practices, social compliance data)

Types of sustainability impact data

Impact data coverage indicates what topics a system can handle; traceability capabilities indicate how precisely that data can be linked to products, materials, and processes.

• •Quantitative data - (e.g. numeric values, measurements, calculated indicators)
• •Verification & audit evidence - (e.g. audit results, third-party verification status)
• •Certificates & formal attestations - (e.g. certificates linked to suppliers, materials, or products)
• •Calculated / derived indicators - (e.g. system-generated metrics based on underlying data)

Life Cycle Assessment  (LCA) handling

Product carbon footprint (PCF) calculations represent a single impact category and do not constitute a full Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which covers multiple environmental impact categories across the product life cycle

Product carbon footprint (PCF) calculations functionality only - (e.g. climate impact without full life cycle scope);

LCA frameworks supported

• •ISO 14040 / 14044
• •EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)
• •French Ecobalyse / Eco Score

Risk assessment support

Risk assessment functionality indicates whether a platform supports identifying, prioritising, or visualising potential sustainability or compliance risks. Approaches vary significantly between tools and may rely on user-defined criteria, predefined rules, or system-generated indicators. Risk assessments are intended to support prioritisation and decision-making. They do not in themselves constitute legal compliance or due diligence.

No risk assessment functionality;

Value chain actors involved in data exchange

• •Brand / retailer users - (e.g. internal teams managing products, suppliers, or reporting)
• •Tier 1 suppliers - (e.g. cut-and-sew factories, final assemblers)
• •Tier 2 suppliers - (e.g. mills, dye houses, processors)
• •Tier 3+ suppliers - (e.g. raw material processors, fiber producers)
• •Consumers or external stakeholders - (e.g. read-only access via QR/DPP)

Consumer-facing access to product data

• •Consumer-facing product views are provided - (e.g. via QR code, URL, or Digital Product Passport interface)
• •External stakeholder access (read-only) - (e.g. regulators, auditors, partners)
• •Consumer-facing content is configurable by the brand - (e.g. control over which data is displayed)

Digital Product Passport (DPP) development activity

We already have thousands of active DPPs for multiple clients - our latest project is to continue to be ahead of legislation and further improve our design.

EU regulatory readiness

Regulatory readiness reflects how a provider monitors and responds to evolving EU sustainability and supply chain regulations. It does not constitute a claim of legal compliance, as regulatory scope and timelines are still evolving.

Our platform is already EU regulation ready and we keep up with it with internal monitoring to ensure functionality alignment and we listen to our customers and run pilots on new requirements as they come out.