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TrusTrace Unveils Its Latest Industry Playbook

On June 4, 2025, during the prestigious Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, TrusTrace announced the launch of its fourth Industry Playbook entitled The Data Advantage: A Practical Guide to Building De-risked, Compliant and Future-Ready Supply Chains. This significant move comes in response to escalating regulatory pressures, climate change risks, and increasing demands for transparency in the fashion and manufacturing sectors.

The TrusTrace Compliance Canvas™

The highlight of this playbook is the introduction of The TrusTrace Compliance Canvas™. This innovative framework is designed to help brands and manufacturers streamline their data collection processes, ensuring they meet industry regulations while also reducing risk within their supply chains. This structured approach seeks to deliver a clear and standardized set of supply chain data, reflecting insights gathered from various industry stakeholders.


Amidst the complex landscape of compliance, the playbook provides invaluable insights from industry leaders, including interviews with renowned brands such as adidas, Hugo Boss, and Primark, alongside game-changing suppliers like Epic Group, Karacasu Tekstil, and Impetus Group. These contributors share their perspectives on navigating compliance, focusing on data collection, and enhancing traceability.

Cari Atkinson, Head of Product Traceability and Assurance at Primark, shared her experiences, stating, "At Primark, we've focused on creating clarity for our suppliers by aligning on the data that matters most... Working with TrusTrace has transformed complex data requirements into manageable tasks for our teams and suppliers."

In parallel, Sigrid Buehrle from adidas emphasized the importance of treating supply chain data with the same rigor as financial data, highlighting the goal to establish a robust data ecosystem based on standard methodologies. "That’s where we need to get to with an effective data landscape and a standardized approach to data collection and evaluation," she said.

Insights and Executive Briefings

In addition to providing a practical guide, the playbook contains several key sections:
1. The Minimum Data Package: A summary outlining essential data points required to comply with relevant regulations.
2. Understanding Data Requirements: A detailed breakdown of ESG regulations and how brands can effectively prepare.
3. Practical Insights from Industry Leaders: Contributions from leaders covering every aspect of data collection, from sourcing raw materials to garment finishing, offering a state-of-the-art overview of the current data landscape.
4. Executive Briefing – The Future Risk Outlook: Insights from organizations like the London School of Economics and Textile ETP, discussing the looming legal, financial, and reputational risks that brands must prepare for and how optimal data strategies can act as a protective measure.

Brooke Roberts-Islam, the author of the playbook and a seasoned sustainability journalist, added her observations: "Despite the significant existing data burdens, most collected information consists of documents rather than meaningful data essential for evaluating real environmental impacts."

A Call to Action

TrusTrace emphasizes that the data gathered for compliance shouldn’t just function as a checkbox but should also facilitate better sourcing, decision-making, and long-term risk management. The book calls for a shared commitment among brands and their manufacturers to build robust data infrastructures.

As TrusTrace CEO and Co-Founder Shameek Ghosh aptly stated, "As data becomes the new cornerstone of compliance and climate readiness, brands need more than intentions; they need a solid infrastructure."

This playbook stands as a testament to TrusTrace's dedication to fostering pragmatic partnerships within the industry, illustrating that effective data collaboration is not merely a means for compliance but a strategic advantage for smarter sourcing and resilience against future challenges.

Download the full playbook here. For more on TrusTrace, visit www.trustrace.com.