What is the carbon footprint of geotextile fabric per square metre?
Woven and non-woven geotextiles are mostly polypropylene or polyester, so the polymer is the main share. Extrusion, needle punching or weaving add electricity. Multiply grams per square metre by a polymer factor, then add process energy from the supplier.
Parts
- Polymer: PP or polyester, by grams per square metre.
- Extrusion and needle punching power.
- Rolls, cores and wrapping.
Ask suppliers
A figure per square metre at the stated GSM lets contractors compare products fairly.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads the energy invoices behind the making stage into a fingerprinted Scope 1 and 2 record, and keeps material invoices on the Scope 3 trail. Material factors come from your supplier or a named database and are labelled with their source, so the product figure can be traced line by line.
Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, GHG Protocol Corporate Standard
Last reviewed 2026-10-22.