Arbor vs Carbonfact

Arbor is a paid carbon accounting platform available through web and API. It measures emissions for products, organizations, and company-owned assets. Product models can cover multiple components, with emissions broken down for parts such as handlebars and tires. The platform calculates product carbon footprints, supports Scope 3 measurement, and assesses fleets and buildings for Scope 1 and 2. Hotspot analysis points to contributors across materials, transport, and manufacturing. Users can compare materials and design choices before production, including through prototyping and versioning. Reports cover product carbon footprint, avoided emissions, Scope 1 and 2, and combined Scope 1, 2, and 3. Arbor says it combines customer data with secondary sources such as LCA databases, trade flows, energy grids, transport routes, and regional material data. It lists Shopify, PLM, ERP, and procurement integrations. Unlimited costs $1,250 a year, billed per month and billed yearly, with three seats.

Carbonfact is an environmental data platform for apparel and footwear companies, covering carbon accounting, product life-cycle assessments, regulatory reporting, and decarbonization. Its Product LCA offering runs cradle-to-grave assessments across a full catalogue and 16 PEFCR impact indicators. Carbon Accounting provides a GHG Protocol Scope 1, 2, and 3 inventory, including activity-based Scope 3.1. The platform uses more than 150,000 fashion-specific emission factors and fills data gaps with automated heuristics and verified supplier data. Its integrations directory lists more than 58 connections, including Centric, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Snowflake, Tableau, and Power BI. Reporting options include Digital Product Passports, CSRD ESRS E1, CDP, Textile Exchange Materials Benchmark, and Better Cotton Initiative reports. A separate decarbonization add-on models product and company-wide reduction scenarios. Carbonfact says its methodology aligns with the GHG Protocol, ISO 14040/14044, and EU PEFCR, with annual peer review by PwC. It lists web and API access. Pricing is on request, while a free supplier plan covers environmental-data exchange and LCA verification. The company says a first audit-ready GHG Protocol report takes six weeks, and a full Product LCA data-granularity implementation takes about four months.