# What is the carbon footprint of geotextile fabric per square metre?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/geotextile-carbon-footprint-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.

- [Polymer resin factors](https://senseible.earth/answers/polymer-resin-emission-factors-pp-hdpe-pvc)
- [PP woven sack vs jute](https://senseible.earth/answers/pp-woven-sack-carbon-footprint-vs-jute)

Sources: [GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-value-chain-scope-3-standard), [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.