About this event
Join our experts for a 45-minute focused session designed to help your team and your business understand and prepare for the Eco-Score era. For retail businesses, brands, and marketplaces, this isn’t just a compliance issue; it’s a strategic one. Early action can mean the difference between leading the conversation and being defined by others.
📅 Thursday, 13th November 2025 ⏱️ 45 minutes incl. live Q&A 💻 Online (free)
Eco-Score context
On 1st October 2025, France’s landmark environmental cost labelling program, informally known as the “Eco-Score”, came into effect, marking a major shift in how product impacts are communicated to consumers.
Companies like yours will be permitted to voluntarily calculate the environmental cost of their clothing products. The methodology is based on the EU’s PEF Category Rules for Apparel & Footwear, but includes many French distinctions, including the exclusion of footwear.
From 1st October 2026, the stakes get even higher. Anyone will be permitted to calculate the environmental cost of your company’s products, and communicate those scores publicly, based on minimum data and worst-case assumptions. This provides an incentive to calculate the scores of your products yourself, as a self-calculated score has preemptive effect over third-party versions when it comes to public display.
While the score is mostly voluntary, if your company is already disclosing environmental data in some way, you will be required to display the Eco-Score alongside it.
What you’ll discover
🧬 The fundamentals of the French Eco-Score: How it works, the timeline, and why it’s unlike anything that’s come before.
🇫🇷 Compliance and beyond: What’s voluntary? What’s effectively mandatory? How can we plan for 2026 and beyond?
🚀 Strategic advantages of early adoption: How proactive action can shape brand perception, build trust, and ensure your impact data is presented accurately.
💭 Real-world insights: Practical guidance on implementation, data readiness, and how leading companies are preparing today, straight from experts in this space.
Meet the expert speakers
— Donald Ristow, Senior Legal Counsel, Environmental Sustainability, Vaayu. Seasoned environmental and regulatory lawyer with over a decade of experience guiding companies through complex sustainability legislation, compliance strategies, and public policy in the US and Europe.
— Baptiste Carrière-Pradal, Co-Founder & Director of 2B Policy. Specialist leading in EU sustainability legislation and product environmental footprinting, shaping policy, methodology and compliance tools, and Chair of the PEF Apparel & Footwear Technical Secretariat.
— Moderated by Namrata Sandhu, Founder & CEO of Vaayu. Award-winning leader in the climate tech and product-level impact intelligence space, and a recognized voice on data transparency, circular economy innovation, and the future of sustainability in retail and beyond.
Who should attend
This session is designed for sustainability leaders, product teams, regulatory specialists, and decision-makers at apparel, retail, and marketplace companies, who want to stay ahead of the curve on one of the most significant policy shifts in product impact disclosure.
Vaayu
The world’s first automated software empowering brands and businesses within the retail industry to track and cut their carbon and impact in real-time (named one of TIME’s Best Inventions)
