Textile traceability: the origin of your raw materials

Consumers demand more transparency on their clothes, just as they do for food. Between regulation and the complexity of the textile chain, traceability has become a key challenge to guarantee ethics and origin. The textile world is in full ecological and social evolution: sustainability measures are cited by 60% of sector executives as one of their company's two main strategic objectives, right after improving customer experience, despite the health crisis.

A globalized, hard-to-trace chain

The textile chain is highly internationalized. Even when design and making-up happen in France, raw materials, spinning and weaving often sit with subcontractors abroad. Globalization makes supply circuits complex to follow: heterogeneous data sources, complex chains, cultural differences, and diverging environmental and social reference frameworks. From raw material production to sewing, through dyeing, a garment can pass through some ten intermediaries. This multiplication of actors makes garment traceability difficult, all the more since brands often struggle to collect reliable data from their suppliers.

On the regulatory side, the French duty of vigilance law, in force since March 2017, is one more reason to take the question seriously.

Taking back control with blockchain traceability

One of the solutions to secure the origin of your raw materials is the blockchain. A decentralized information storage technology, it is a reliable way to trace the supply chain and enables faster, more transparent data sharing. It works without a central control body, through the collaboration of the different actors, each hosting a node of the chain. Each actor records the information about its production and vouches for its reliability. Instant sharing also prevents fraud: the slightest attempt to modify recorded information would be detected immediately by the others.

Do not wait to prove your chain

Take back control over your compliance level, your quality, and your social and ecological impact. Identify and master your suppliers' practices, so that the origin of your raw materials leaves no room for doubt and your finished products are made according to your brand's sustainability commitments and quality specifications. Experts in blockchain technology, the Crystalchain teams help you put authentic, tamper-proof product traceability in place.