SPIN360 Joins Bureau Veritas: A Marker Of Fashion’s Turn Toward Verified Product Sustainability Data

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09 Feb, 2026

Bureau Veritas’s acquisition of Italian sustainability consultancy SPIN360 marks an important shift in how the fashion industry approaches product‑level sustainability. By pairing SPIN360’s life cycle assessment (LCA) and supply chain engagement and monitoring expertise with its own platforms and global testing network, Bureau Veritas is preparing for a market where brands are expected to provide traceable and verifiable product sustainability data.

This move fits a broader pattern in the market. In January 2026, SLR Consulting acquired WAP Sustainability, combining LCA, Environmental Product Declaration and carbon accounting capabilities with a global client base in apparel, packaging and consumer goods. On the software side, AI‑enabled LCA provider Root Sustainability raised €1 million in December 2025 to help retailers turn fragmented supplier and operational data into audit‑ready insights. Together, these developments suggest that firms are investing in scaling product sustainability measurement and verification. Indeed, Verdantix research finds that an overwhelming majority of organizations in the retail industry expect to increase spend on LCA software in 2026.

Why is this shift happening?
The fashion industry’s environmental footprint is significant:

It accounts for up to 8% of global GHG emissions, and if current trends hold, could consume 26% of the remaining carbon budget for a 2°C global warming scenario by 2050.
Globally, the industry produces 92 million tonnes of textile waste annually; this is projected to reach 148 million tonnes by 2030.
The global textile industry is only 0.3% circular, relying on over 99% virgin materials for its 3.25 billion tonnes of annual consumption – and 60% of those materials are made from plastic.
Less than 1% of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing, resulting in over $100 billion in material value loss.

To help navigate and solve this complex issue, LCA has become an analytical backbone for quantifying environmental impacts, from fibre extraction to end‑of‑life, pinpointing hotspots in carbon, water, toxicity and land use. Coupled with life cycle costing, it enables designers and sourcing teams to identify products, materials and processes that reduce both environmental impacts and costs. As LCA engagements can be protracted, resource-intensive and costly, a growing ecosystem of fashion‑specific LCA platforms, such as bAwear Score, Carbonfact, Carbon Trail, Dayrize, GreenStitch.io, Peftrust and Root Sustainability have emerged. These tools aim to make access to sustainability data more timely, accurate and actionable as brands prepare for regulations.

The EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) sets binding requirements for product performance and transparency. By early 2027, the delegated act for textiles will be published, and by mid‑2028 brands must comply. Central to ESPR will be digital product passports (DPPs): data‑rich product IDs containing verified information on materials, durability, repairability and environmental impact.

Additional regulations – including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, the Forced Labour Regulation and the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act – mandate traceability and proof of compliance. Since 2022, the UFLPA alone has already triggered more than $3.9 billion in shipment detentions, with apparel among the most impacted categories ($96.6 million in shipment detentions).

This is pushing tech platforms and assurance bodies to work more closely together. For instance, EcoVadis partnered with SGS and QIMA to launch a new supply chain sustainability auditing offering. Bureau Veritas’s integration of SPIN360 follows the same logic: brands need integrated solutions that connect data, verification and supplier action.

To manage risks, protect market access and unlock new commercial value, brands must treat product sustainability as core to business, anchored in LCA, traceable data and third‑party assurance.

To learn more about product sustainability, look out for the upcoming Market Trends: Product-Level Sustainability Verification and read the following:

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