True Cost Calculator

The True Cost Calculator is a free online tool for fashion professionals to measure, compare, and minimize the environmental and social impact of garments throughout the entire lifecycle. From raw material production to end-of-life.

By comparing and adjusting lifecycle scenarios, fashion professionals can understand and reduce the environmental and social impact of their collections.

The tool is intended for fashion designers, buyers, sustainability managers, and other decision makers in fashion companies.

The True Cost Calculator was developed by the research organization VITO and the Flemish fashion center Flanders DC as a part of the Horizon 2020 SCIRT project. This project aims to accelerate the transition to a circular fashion system through technological innovation in textile-to-textile recycling, by stimulating conscious design and production practices and by raising awareness of the environmental and social impacts of the fashion industry.

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