Crystalchain

Description by tool provider

Crystalchain is the all-in-one sustainability platform: supply chain traceability across tiers, ESG data management & reporting, Digital Product Passports (DPP), and Carbon Dioxide Removal monitoring (CDR/dMRV offer) — one solution to trace, report, and prove your sustainability impact.

Product segments covered by the tool

• •Apparel
• •Home textiles
• •Textile & leather accessories and goods - (e.g. bags, accessories, soft goods)
• •Footwear
• •Furniture
• •Sports & outdoor equipment
• •Other non-textile products

Platform technologies

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

Blockchain implementation

Private blockchain anchoring via smart contracts. Optional dual anchoring to a public blockchain (encrypted & verifiable) or consortium.

Data input/output methods

• •Manual data entry
• •Bulk upload/export (Excel / CSV)
• •Scheduled file import/export
• •Reporting export

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.

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)
• •Animal welfare - (e.g. animal-derived materials and related practices)
• •Supplier processes & practices - (e.g. production processes, management systems, operational practices)
• •Chemical impact & compliance data - (e.g. restricted substances, chemical inventories, compliance status)
• •Water use & wastewater data - (e.g. water withdrawal, consumption, discharge, wastewater treatment 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.

• •Qualitative data - (e.g. yes/no answers, self-assessments, policy statements)
• •Quantitative data - (e.g. numeric values, measurements, calculated indicators)
• •Certificates & formal attestations - (e.g. certificates linked to suppliers, materials, or products)
• •Calculated / derived indicators - (e.g. system-generated metrics based on underlying data)
• •Verification & audit evidence - (e.g. audit results, third-party verification status)

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

• •LCA results from external tools can be imported and stored - (e.g. impact indicators calculated elsewhere)
• •Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data can be stored and managed - (e.g. LCA-ready process inputs/outputs, background data, activity data)
• •The platform includes LCA calculation functionality - (e.g. impacts are calculated within the system - multiple impact categories)

LCA frameworks supported

• •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.

• •Manual or externally defined risk assessments can be stored - (e.g. risk ratings entered by users or imported from external sources)
• •Risk visualisation and hotspot identification - (e.g. dashboards, maps, or prioritisation views)

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)
• •Logistics or downstream partners - (e.g. distributors, recyclers, end-of-life actors)
• •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

Crystalchain offers a DPP-ready foundation: unique product identifiers, QR code data carriers, interoperable data exchange, and long-term data storage. Full compliance will be integrated into our standard offering as delegated acts are confirmed.

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.

EU regulations (ESPR, CSRD, CSDDD, Battery Regulation) are core drivers of our roadmap and customer use cases. We monitor developments, run compliance-focused pilots, and build features — traceability, ESG reporting, DPP, CDR — ahead of enforcement deadlines.