Platform Impact
Zero batches made.
Zero pieces wasted.
Every item on BatchOrder exists because a real person committed to it. Nothing is speculative. Nothing is overproduced. The numbers below are estimated based on industry average overproduction rates of 30%.
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Batches completed
Every batch was fully funded before production began
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Garments produced to order
Exactly what was ordered — not one more
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Est. garments not overproduced
Compared to traditional speculative production (30% surplus rate)
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Est. CO₂e avoided
≈ 0 transatlantic flights not taken
Why this matters
30% of everything manufactured in fashion is never sold.
Fashion brands produce on speculation — they guess what will sell, manufacture the full run upfront, and absorb the loss when they're wrong. The industry's own data puts the unsold rate at 30–40% of all production (McKinsey, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UNDP). That surplus ends up marked down, then landfilled or incinerated.
An unsold cotton t-shirt carries its full manufacturing footprint — 3–7 kg CO₂e, 2,700 liters of water — and delivers zero use. It is, by definition, pure waste.
of all garments manufactured globally are never sold
McKinsey & Co. / Ellen MacArthur Foundation
tonnes of textile waste generated annually
UNEP / Ellen MacArthur Foundation
in clothing value discarded every year
Ellen MacArthur Foundation, A New Textiles Economy
of discarded US textiles go to landfill
US EPA Textiles Report 2022
How We Calculate
Methodology — transparent and conservative.
Our impact estimates use the WBCSD Avoided Emissions framework (v2.0, 2025) — the authoritative standard for calculating emissions avoided through structural alternatives to conventional production.
The reference scenario: a traditional brand placing a speculative production order, selling 70% at full price, and disposing of the remaining 30%. Every BatchOrder batch produces exactly what was committed to — zero surplus by design.
We use production-phase only emissions (not full lifecycle including consumer use), and the lower-bound figures from each source range. These numbers are intentionally conservative. If a claim can be challenged, we would rather understate it.
Emission factors used
| Garment | CO₂e | Water |
|---|---|---|
| T-Shirt | 3.0 kg | 2,700 L |
| Hoodie | 12.0 kg | 7,000 L |
| Long-Sleeve | 5.0 kg | 4,000 L |
| Crewneck | 5.0 kg | 4,000 L |
Sources: Devera AI LCA Benchmark (10,000 simulations, Ecoinvent 3.9.1), Carbonfact (3,771 product analysis), WWF Water Footprint Network, UK Carbon Trust. Surplus rate: 30% (McKinsey, Ellen MacArthur Foundation).
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