Chain of custody
Every gate event is SHA-256 hashed and chained — tamper-evident, verifier-ready, exportable for accredited third parties.
ēkot Circular Solutions · Aotearoa New Zealand
Trusted traceability
for the circular economy.
Know every material. Maximise every resource.
ēkotrace is the operating system for New Zealand's textile, construction and soft-plastic waste streams. We track every kilogram from collection to deployment with a tamper-evident chain of custody, MfE-aligned carbon accounting, and reporting designed for ISO 59014, ISO 59020 and the EU Digital Product Passport.
"Global players can process the material. Almost none can certify and trace it end-to-end — that is the verification layer ēkotrace exists to build."
— ēkot Circular Solutions Ltd, 2026
Proof, not promises
Verify a record yourself — right now
Every ēkotrace material record is SHA-256 hash-chained. Paste any ticket ID and the verifier recomputes the entire chain from the original data — no login, no trust in us required.
No ID handy? — a real 42.5 kg soft-plastics deposit on the production ledger.
Full verifier with record journey at ekotrace — /verify
What ēkotrace does
Carbon accounting
MfE 2025 emission factors applied per batch. Cradle-to-cradle ledger view aligned with GHG Protocol, ISO 14064-1 and CDP C7.
Circular reporting
Per-batch CRM Certificates and per-site Materials Statements designed for ISO 59014 / 59020 and the EU DPP framework.
Four sector lanes, one platform
ēkotrace serves four explicit, named waste streams. The same evidence layer, the same carbon engine, the same chain of custody — re-skinned per lane and configured with the right partners and emission factors.
Textiles are the fastest-tightening compliance frontier — the EU is legislating traceability into the supply chain.
Fashion runs on volume, and most of that volume ends its life untracked. Globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated every year, and the dominant destinations are still landfill and incineration. Regulators are responding: the EU’s textile strategy and Digital Product Passport will require brands to evidence what happens to their products and offcuts. In New Zealand, around 107,000 tonnes of textiles go to landfill each year — 78% of all textile waste — while the retailers sending it face growing ESG disclosure expectations. The problem isn’t only the waste; it’s that almost none of its fate can currently be independently verified.
Global
92 million t / yr
textile waste generated
Source: Global Fashion Agenda, Pulse of the Fashion Industry (2017); cited by Ellen MacArthur Foundation
European Union
12.6 million t / yr
textile waste generated
Source: European Commission, EU Strategy for Sustainable & Circular Textiles
China
26+ million t / yr
clothing discarded annually (largest generator in Asia-Pacific)
Source: Chinese government statistics, as reported by Ellen MacArthur Foundation coverage
Australia
≈800,000 t / yr
textile waste generated
Source: The Australia Institute (2024) / National Waste Report
New Zealand
107,000 t / yr
textiles to landfill (78% of all textile waste)
Source: Eunomia / Textile Advisory Group (2026)
Published figures and indicators from the cited sources; methodologies, scopes and reference years vary by region. Very little of this volume carries independently verifiable chain-of-custody evidence today — that is the gap ēkotrace closes.
Built for the standards that matter
ēkotrace reporting is designed to align with the international and regional frameworks our clients are already audited against. Pick your market to see the frameworks that apply to you.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation — Circular Economy & Fashion principlesISO 59014:2024 — Traceability of secondary materialsISO 59020:2023 — Circularity measurementISO 14064-1 — GHG accountingGHG Protocol Scope 3GS1 Digital Link — globally applicable
Framework references indicate design alignment only — not a claim of third-party certification or endorsement.
Built for scrutiny, ready for scale
The evidence layer retailers, brands and councils can put in front of their auditors.
Tamper-evident ledger
Every event SHA-256 hash-chained in production — not on a roadmap.
Public record verifier
Anyone can recompute the chain, no account required.
Cited carbon factors
MfE 2025 emission factors, source-cited on every figure.
Transparent posture
Sub-processors, data flows and status published openly.
Full security & compliance posture, honestly stated → Trust Center
Track it. Trust it. Transform it.
Your next ESG report will be audited.
Will it be verifiable?
Regulators, retail buyers and EU importers are moving from claimed impact to proven impact. The brands that can show a tamper-evident chain of custody will set the terms. Start with a 30-day waste audit — your first verified records, before your competitors have theirs.
Inside the platform
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Batch Management
Per-batch chain of custody · fibre composition · recycled content · verified diversion.
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Pipeline Digital Twin
Real-time view from collection through sort, reprocess, CRM and deployment.
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Live QR Intake
Donor and depot capture interface · per-item provenance from the first scan.
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Construction Gate Twin
Trucks-in / trucks-out gate-mass simulator · AI weighbridge-ticket OCR · hash chain.
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Value Chain Map
Stakeholders, material flows and revenue points across the circular textile economy.
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Carbon Impact View
MfE-aligned per-batch carbon accounting · cradle-to-cradle ledger.
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Public documents
The rest of the ēkotrace platform sits behind authentication (it processes commercial-confidential client data). These pages are public so that reviewers, procurement teams and regulators can verify our posture without an account.
- → AI Use Statement (v1.0) — what AI we use, what data flows through it, what doesn't.
- → The 30-Day Waste Audit — landing page for retailers considering a pilot.
- → Trust Center — security & compliance posture, sub-processors, responsible disclosure.
Talk to us
Pilots, partnerships, procurement reviews, investment conversations. Get in touch with the ēkot team.
connect@ekot.nz