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ResourcesField notes · 2026

Field notes
from the floor.

The library is just starting. One case study is published so far; the topics further down are planned, not written.

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● PUBLISHED

What is out
so far.

Case Study

How Argon Denims replaced quarterly spreadsheets with live, verified data.

A leading denim mill moved from PDFs and emails to a buyer-ready live profile, and turned audit prep from a multi-week project into a single link.

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● PLANNED

On the list,
not written yet.

Compliance

  • DPP readiness guide for textile mills and garment factories

    What the EU Digital Product Passport asks for, the minimum data model, and how to start collecting it now.

    Planned · not yet written

  • CSRD for manufacturers: what to put on your radar in 2026

    Reporting expectations cascading from EU brands down into your operations.

    Planned · not yet written

  • CSDDD: the supply-chain rule you can't ignore

    A practical overview of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

    Planned · not yet written

  • ESPR timeline for textiles (2027 to 2030)

    Milestones that matter for factories running EU-bound exports.

    Planned · not yet written

Data & Methodology

  • Emissions methodology (scope 1 and 2)

    How we compute scope 1 and 2 from utility bills, ERP exports, meter data.

    Planned · not yet written

  • Why we publish confidence tiers on every metric

    Verified vs estimated: how we tier every figure so buyers know how much trust to extend.

    Planned · not yet written

  • Measuring water intensity without drowning in data

    A practical guide when you have meter data, when you don’t.

    Planned · not yet written

Sourcing Playbooks

  • The anatomy of a buyer's trust

    What a textile buyer needs to see before they extend trust to a new supplier.

    Planned · not yet written

  • Responding to a buyer RFQ with a live profile URL

    Swap a 40-page RFQ packet for a single share link.

    Planned · not yet written

  • Audit prep checklist (GOTS, OEKO-TEX, BCI)

    The documents and data points the three most common audits ask for.

    Planned · not yet written

  • Mapping your tier-2 and tier-3 network

    Surface tier-2 spinners and tier-3 cotton origins from existing POs.

    Planned · not yet written

Developer

  • API reference

    REST endpoints, authentication, rate limits, and the canonical request/response shapes.

    Planned · not yet written

  • Webhooks: what we send, when

    The full event catalogue with retry semantics and signature verification.

    Planned · not yet written

  • DPP export JSON-LD schema

    The shape we export, mapped to ESPR draft fields with a worked example.

    Planned · not yet written
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