Your Next Big Buyer Won't Ask for Price - They'll Ask for Your Scope 3

Introduction: Every Step Has a Footprint

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Every time we make a piece of clothing — from buying cotton to spinning yarn, weaving fabric, stitching garments, transporting, and even the way the customer washes it — we leave behind a footprint.

That footprint is your carbon impact, and it's now being tracked more seriously than ever before.

This is where Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions come in — they measure how much greenhouse gas your business (and supply chain) emits at every stage.

And here's the big shift:

Your next buyer won't just ask for your product cost or lead time — they'll ask for your carbon data.

In India, ESG reporting is already mandatory for the top 1,000 listed companies under SEBI's BRSR framework, and will soon expand to over 5,000 companies. That means these companies will need verified emission data from their suppliers — including textile MSMEs like yours.

This is not a burden it's your next big business differentiator.

What Are Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions?

Think of it like this — every time your business runs a machine, pays an electricity bill, buys a fabric roll, or sends goods to a buyer, there's some carbon involved.

In short:

Scope 1 What you burn
Scope 2 = What you buy
Scope 3 = What your ecosystem emits because of you