Quick definitions for the terms you’ll see across the BCome platform and Help Center. For a full methodology explanation of any term, check the linked article in the relevant section.
AGEC
France’s Anti-Waste and Circular Economy law (Loi Anti-Gaspillage pour une Économie Circulaire). It’s the regulation behind France’s environmental labeling requirements for textile products.
Article Dashboard
The results screen for a single article, showing its calculated impact data, indicators, and status.
AWARE
The water scarcity indicator used in BCome’s LCA calculations. It measures water use relative to local water availability, factoring in where in the world the water was consumed.
Circularity
The BCome module that measures how circular a product is — covering recycled content, durability, and collection rate, among other factors.
DPP (Digital Product Passport)
An EU-mandated digital record of a product’s environmental and traceability information, accessible via a QR code or similar identifier on the product.
Ecobalyse
The French environmental impact calculation engine, developed by the French government, that BCome integrates with to support Affichage Environnemental compliance.
Ecodesign Score
The BCome indicator that scores how a product’s design choices affect its environmental and social impact, as well as circularity and transparency.
Environmental Cost / Affichage Environnemental
The French environmental labeling scheme (Affichage Environnemental) that scores a product’s environmental impact for display to consumers. “Environmental Cost” is BCome’s term for the resulting score.
GTIN (Global Trade Item Number)
The standard international identifier for a trade item, used to uniquely identify a product across systems.
Impact Simulator
The BCome tool for simulating how changes to a product — at the product level, material level, trimmings, finishings, or packaging — affect its environmental impact before production.
LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
The methodology BCome uses to calculate a product’s environmental impact across its full life cycle, from raw materials to end of life.
Library
The BCome repository of downloadable reports and documents. Available documents depend on your account’s access — some are private and only provided to specific clients.
Material Simulator
The BCome tool for simulating and comparing the environmental impact of different material choices.
MCI (Material Circularity Indicator)
An indicator developed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to measure how circular a product’s materials are. BCome adapts it to factor in elements like recycled content and product range breadth.
PEF / PEFCR Apparel & Footwear
The Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) framework, and its category-specific rules for Apparel & Footwear, that underpin BCome’s LCA methodology.
PEF impact indicators
The set of environmental indicators defined under the PEF framework that BCome calculates for each product. See the LCA article for the full list.
ProConnect
The French government’s identity verification system, used where required for compliance with French regulations.
SIRET
The unique identification number for a French business establishment, used for regulatory and compliance purposes.
SKU (Stock Keeping Unit)
A unique code used to identify and track a specific product variant.
Supply Map
The BCome tool that visualizes a product’s supply chain, showing its stages and the suppliers involved at each one.