PEFtrust

What PEFtrust does

PEFtrust (legal name "Peftrust") is a French software company founded in 2021 and headquartered in Metz, France, that operates a cloud-based Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) intelligence platform purpose-built for fashion, footwear, and home goods brands. The platform automates environmental impact calculations at scale — from single SKUs to entire collections — covering 16 environmental impact indicators and drawing on a proprietary database of over 30,000 materials and processes and 5,500+ environmental datasets sourced from Ecoinvent, Blonk, and Thinkstep. It supports the EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology, the French Coût Environnemental (Ecoscore) framework, and emerging Digital Product Passport (DPP) requirements, with AFNOR-verified PEF/ISO implementation providing third-party regulatory credibility.

The product is modular, comprising four core modules: Product Scoring (eco-scores and DPPs), Compliance (PEF/ISO/French Score alignment), CSR Reporting (Scope 3 rollups), and Eco Design (scenario modeling). An AI-powered Data Mapping feature, launched April 2026, automates the structuring of raw product files into audit-ready Data Blueprints, complemented by a Data Precision Ratio diagnostic tool for data quality evaluation. Peftrust monetizes through tiered SaaS subscriptions billed annually, with enterprise direct sales as the primary go-to-market motion and a self-serve Plans & Pricing page for mid-market brands. Its customer base includes VF Corporation, SMCP, Kiabi (7,500+ products published on Ecobalyse), BUT-Conforama, Twinset Milano, ISKO, Chausséa, and Lemaitre Sécurité, spanning enterprise fashion retailers, footwear manufacturers, and textile suppliers. The company holds strategic partnerships with ADEME for regulatory co-construction, TextileGenesis for traceability data integration, and multiple PLM/ERP/traceability platforms for ecosystem interoperability.

Name

PEFtrust

Legal name

Peftrust

Website

https://peftrust.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PEFtrust is a French SaaS company founded in 2021 that provides a cloud-based Life Cycle Assessment platform for fashion, footwear, and home goods brands, automating environmental impact scoring and compliance with EU PEF methodology, the French Ecoscore, and Digital Product Passport requirements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Compliance Software

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Product Sustainability & LCA/EPD (Eco-design, PCF) (EUAHAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emissions Factors, LCA & Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platforms (EUABAEAD), Climate Target-Setting, Transition Planning & Performance Management Platforms (EUABAEAF), Enterprise Carbon Accounting & GHG Inventory Platforms (EUABAEAA), Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Life cycle assessment
• Environmental compliance software
• Product carbon footprint
• Digital product passport
• Ecodesign software

Headquarters

HQ city

Metz

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Cloud-based LCA platform offered as subscription service with tiered plans. Includes access to compliance scoring, ecodesign tools, and reporting modules. Platform supports scalable LCA calculations from single SKU to entire collections.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PEFtrust operates a cloud-based Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) intelligence platform that enables fashion, footwear, and lifestyle brands to measure, calculate, and communicate the environmental impact of products at scale. The platform supports EU PEF methodology, French Ecoscore (Coût Environnemental), ISO standards, and Digital Product Passport requirements, automating eco-scoring, Scope 3 reporting, compliance workflows, and ecodesign scenario modeling from a single SKU to entire collections.

Product overview

Peftrust is a unified LCA intelligence platform purpose-built for the fashion, footwear, and lifestyle industries. The core Peftrust Platform provides end-to-end environmental impact management — from data capture and LCA calculation through eco-scoring, ecodesign, compliance, and CSR/Scope 3 reporting. It is offered as a modular platform comprising four app modules: Product Scoring (generates eco-scores and DPPs), Compliance (PEF/ISO/French Score alignment), CSR Reporting (Scope 3 rollups), and Eco Design (scenario modelling). An AI-powered Data Mapping feature, launched April 2026, automates structuring of raw product files into LCA-ready data blueprints. The platform integrates directly with PLM, ERP, and traceability systems. A dedicated Data Precision Ratio tool helps brands evaluate and optimize data quality. Peftrust supports both the EU PEF methodology and the French Coût Environnemental framework, including the French Ecoscore (beta integrated May 2025).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peftrust Platform Cloud-based LCA intelligence platform for fashion, footwear, and lifestyle brands that automates Life Cycle Assessment calculations at scale, from a single SKU to entire collections. Supports PEF methodology, French Ecoscore (Coût Environnemental), and Digital Product Passport generation.
• Product Scoring Module Generates compliant eco-scores and Digital Product Passports (DPPs) at the individual product/SKU level and rolls up thousands of product footprints into brand, season, or category-level views for Scope 3 reporting.
• Compliance Module Ensures alignment with PEF, ISO, French Score (Coût Environnemental), and upcoming ESPR/DPP requirements. Generates audit-ready environmental scores and eco-labels for e-commerce, packaging, and in-store displays.
• CSR Reporting Module Automates Scope 3 data mapping, LCA calculations, and rollups for corporate sustainability reporting by aggregating thousands of product footprints into brand, season, or category-level Scope 3 views.
• Eco Design Module Enables ecodesign scenario modeling for full collections by allowing brands to model materials, suppliers, and processes before production and quantify trade-offs before locking designs.
• French Ecoscore Beta Integration Beta integration of the official French Ecoscore (coût environnemental) fully within the Peftrust platform, enabling brands to generate official environmental scores automatically and create eco-labels for real-world testing.

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• TextileGenesiscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership enabling traceability data to feed directly into LCA calculations. Kiabi case study demonstrates integration achieving 7,500+ products published on Ecobalyse with improved score accuracy through verified traceability data.
• EcobalysecoreTechnology or IntegrationPlatform integrates with French government's Ecobalyse methodology for official eco-score calculation. Peftrust offers beta integration of official eco-score fully within its platform for real-world testing and implementation.
• ADEMEflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive participation in ADEME co-construction process for French Environmental Cost Display methodology. Company attends consultation sessions and provides expertise to shape regulatory framework.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Greenly: Greenly is a carbon-accounting SaaS with strong mid-market traction, particularly in retail and fashion. It targets similar buyer personas (sustainability/compliance leads) and is expanding into product-level footprinting, putting it on a collision course with Peftrust's customer base.
• Persefoni: Persefoni is a climate management and accounting SaaS aimed at enterprises. It competes for the same corporate sustainability buyer and is extending into product-level and value-chain emissions, overlapping with Peftrust's CSR Reporting / Scope 3 module.
• Sweep: Sweep is a sustainability SaaS platform covering carbon accounting, supplier engagement and product footprint workflows, sold enterprise to mid-market. Like Peftrust, it bundles software + expert services and pursues Scope 3 and product-level use cases, making it a near-direct SaaS competitor.
• Normative: Normative is a carbon accounting SaaS using a science-based methodology engine to serve enterprises across industries. Its product-level footprinting and supply-chain Scope 3 capabilities compete with Peftrust's CSR Reporting module for the same buyer.
• Worldfavor: Worldfavor offers a sustainability management platform with supplier data collection, ESG reporting and product footprinting. It overlaps with Peftrust on supplier-engagement-led LCA workflows and Scope 3 outputs for fashion and consumer-goods brands.

Broad incumbents

• Sphera: Sphera (parent of thinkstep, GaBi) is the established leader in enterprise LCA software and product carbon footprinting across industries including chemicals and consumer goods. It overlaps with Peftrust on PEF methodology and PCF calculations but at much broader scope and customer scale.
• PRé Sustainability (SimaPro): PRé Sustainability develops SimaPro, the long-established LCA software used by consultants and large enterprises. It shares the LCA/PEF methodology DNA with Peftrust and competes for the same expert-led, compliance-grade LCA workload at the larger end of the market.
• Watershed: Watershed is an enterprise climate platform covering Scope 1–3 accounting and increasingly product-level footprints. While not fashion-specific, it sells into the same large-brand sustainability teams Peftrust targets and competes on integrated climate disclosure.

Emerging players

• Bombyx: Bombyx is a fashion-focused sustainability platform for textile and apparel value chains, providing product impact scoring and DPP capabilities. It targets the same vertical and use cases as Peftrust with a similarly specialised offering, making it a direct emerging competitor.
• Fairly Made: Fairly Made is a French fashion-tech offering product-level environmental scoring, traceability and DPP features for brands. It competes head-to-head with Peftrust on French-market fashion customers and regulatory-driven eco-labelling workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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