--- description: Find out why Carbonfact is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Carbonfact: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt847d78bac2cad6f0/698a8a3d16d8841f2fc43bfe/carbonfact-best-inventions.gif?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Fashionably Accountable by [Chris Stokel-Walker](/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  The fashion supply chain is convoluted, criss-crossing the globe through many suppliers. Brands can struggle to understand what impact their products have on the planet. [Carbonfact](http://www.carbonfact.com "undefined") simplifies that. Thanks to careful research and integration with companies' internal systems, the digital dashboard can, say, tell clients how much carbon the making of a T-shirt produced, and how much shipping it to customers did. What used to take weeks or months to assess an individual product’s impact can now be done in minutes or hours. Marc Laurent, CEO and co-founder of Carbonfact, projects that ultimately brands will keep track of their carbon balance just as they do their cash flow. More than 150 brands, including Columbia and New Balance now use the tool. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Carbonfact: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094862/carbonfact/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094862/carbonfact/"},"headline":"Carbonfact: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:26:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:33.214Z","description":"Find out why Carbonfact is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094862/carbonfact/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt847d78bac2cad6f0/698a8a3d16d8841f2fc43bfe/carbonfact-best-inventions.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt847d78bac2cad6f0/698a8a3d16d8841f2fc43bfe/carbonfact-best-inventions.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094862/carbonfact/","name":"Carbonfact: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```