E.Leclerc, Carrefour, and Coopérative U roll out eco-score for textiles

French mass retailers are highlighting the environmental impact of textiles: at least three major supermarket and hypermarket chains are introducing an eco-score for their own-brand textile collections. For the time being, this score is not yet mandatory in France.

New benchmark

Carrefour is testing the eco-score on around 70 items from its Tex private label and then plans to include all its textile collections. The company announced this on Monday. The retailer calls it a first step in the rollout of government-supported environmental information, intended as a new benchmark in clothing, similar to the Nutri-Score in food.