EU CSDDD-READY Due-diligence-grade chain of custody

Trace every component,
from farm to label.
In days, not seasons.

Strand maps every supplier, mill, and farm in your chain — with verified origin documents, CO₂e per node, and certifications you can cite to a customs officer or your CFO.

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148,408 SKUs traced this year
Chain of custody · SKU TT-0408
Organic Cotton Tee · Cargo Apparel SS26
verified 14 days ago
PERU · Ica cotton IND · Tamil Nadu mill BGD · dye house VNM · cut & sew DEU · Hamburg DC retail · 408 doors 0.84 kg 1.24 kg 0.62 kg 2.18 kg
Origin
Ica Cooperative · Peru
408 ha · 28 smallholders
GOTSFAIRTRADE
Mill
Tamil Spinning · IND
audit 14 Feb 2026 · pass
OEKO-TEXSA8000
Total / unit
4.88 kg CO₂e
−38% vs sector avg 7.84
CSDDD · §7EUDR · timber/cottonSUPPLIER-VERIFIED
Tracing 148,408 SKUs across 4,408 suppliers in 47 countries.
Cargo Apparel Atrium Goods Linnea Textiles BEACON FOODS Stratos Crafts Halcyon Apparel Nimbus & Co. foundry Cargo Apparel Atrium Goods Linnea Textiles BEACON FOODS Stratos Crafts Halcyon Apparel Nimbus & Co. foundry
GOTSFairtrade Int'lGRS · global recycledOEKO-TEX 100RCS · recycled claimEU CSDDDEUDR-alignedClimate Neutral · certified
TRACEABILITY · PER PRODUCT

Click any product to see its full 12-step story.

From cotton field to retail shelf — every step, with photo, certificate ID, audit date, and the human you call when something looks wrong.

  • Per-node CO₂e, water L, wage data where shared
  • Certificate IDs you can verify on the registry
  • Customer QR view (one-tap retail share)
Organic Cotton Tee · SS26 · ecru
SKU TT-0408 · Cargo Apparel · 12 nodes · last verified 14 Mar 2026
GOTS · 408214CN · 2026-CARG-0408
  1. 01
    Cotton seed · GOTS-licensed lot
    Ica, Peru · 14 Aug 2024 · lot PR-44-08
    GOTS
  2. 02
    Cultivation · 28 smallholder farms
    408 ha · cover crop 84% · drip irrigation
    FAIRTRADE
  3. 03
    Hand picking & ginning
    Ica Co-op gin · bale 4,408 kg
    CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY
  4. 04
    Sea freight · Callao → Chennai
    14,408 nm · MV Halcyon · 28 d
    BIO-FUEL 24%
  5. 05
    Spinning · Tamil Spinning Mill
    28s yarn · audit pass 12 Feb 2026
    OEKO-TEX
  6. 06
    Knitting · Nilgiri Knits
    jersey 180 gsm · 0.41 kgCO₂e/unit
    SA8000
  7. 07
    Low-impact dyeing · Coast Dye House
    Chittagong · 38L water/kg · ZDHC-compliant
    ZDHC · MRSL
  8. 08
    Cut & sew · Halcyon Garment
    Hanoi · 184 workers · living-wage attested
    FAIR LABOR
  9. 09
    Finishing & QC
    2.4% reject · regrade vs landfill
    QC-PASS
  10. 10
    Sea freight · Haiphong → Hamburg
    9,408 nm · 24 d · 0.62 kgCO₂e/unit
    CDP-DECL.
  11. 11
    EU distribution · Hamburg DC
    solar-powered DC · 100% rail to store
    RENEWABLE-100
  12. 12
    Retail · 408 doors · shelf-ready
    QR on hangtag · scan trace at strand.app/t/tt0408
    QR-LIVE
Per-unit footprint: 4.88 kgCO₂e · 184 L water · 0.4 m² land
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PLATFORM

A supply-chain ledger your buyer, regulator, and customer can all read.

Same data, three audiences. The compliance lawyer sees the chain. The shopper sees a story.

Verified, not vibes

Every supplier claim is paired with a document — certificate ID, audit PDF, mill license — or it gets flagged. 28,408 findings logged to date.

  • Site audits + document review hybrid
  • Certificate registry cross-check
  • Whistleblower channel per supplier

Built for EU due diligence

Maps cleanly to EU CSDDD risk hierarchy, EUDR origin requirements (cotton, leather, timber, soy, coffee, cocoa, beef, rubber), and the UK Modern Slavery Act statement.

  • Geo-anchored origin for EUDR (10m grid)
  • CSDDD risk-tiered supplier register
  • Auto-generate annual modern-slavery statement

A story on the hangtag

Same ledger powers a customer-facing QR experience. Shoppers tap, see the farm, the factory, the impact — and the brand that earned the chain.

  • One QR per SKU, dynamic content
  • Localized 14 languages
  • "Strand-verified" trust mark for hangtag
VERIFICATION METHODOLOGY

Three layers of verification. No single source of truth.

A claim is only "verified" on Strand if it passes document, third-party registry, and (for high-risk tiers) on-site audit. We say so when a claim is partial.

standards · GOTS · Fairtrade · GRS · RCS · OEKO-TEX 100
regulations · EU CSDDD · EUDR · UK MSA · US UFLPA
onsite auditors · Bureau Veritas · SGS · TÜV Rheinland
registry checks · 14 global certification bodies
01

Document submission

Suppliers upload certificates, audit reports, and origin documents through the supplier portal — in their own language, with reminders & deadlines.

02

Registry & document review

Certificate IDs are checked against the issuing body's registry (GOTS, Fairtrade Int'l, Textile Exchange, FSC). Forged certificates are surfaced — we've caught 408 since 2022.

03

On-site audit (high-risk tiers)

High-risk countries, high-risk commodities, and suppliers flagged by document review get an in-person audit by Bureau Veritas, SGS, or TÜV. Findings are time-bound to remediation.

04

Publication with status

A node is published as Verified, Pending, or Self-declared with a clear visual. We do not call self-declared data "verified" — that's how brands and regulators lose trust.

¹GOTS v7.0 · ²EU CSDDD Art. 7 · ³Bureau Veritas TS-V8 audit protocol

148,408
SKUs traced
Across apparel, footwear, beauty, and packaged food.
4,408
Suppliers in network
Across 47 countries · 84% in Asia + LATAM
28,408
Audit findings logged
94% closed within 90 days; remediation tracked.
12 d
Order → traceability report
Versus 6+ months for legacy chain audits.
CUSTOMER · YUKI + HANA

An indie skincare brand earned Climate Neutral in 90 days.

Yuki Pottery + Hana Made, a 28-person beauty studio, had 148 SKUs and no traceability program. Strand mapped every botanical, glass supplier, and shipping leg in time for their Climate Neutral application — typically a 6-month effort.

90 d
to certification
148
SKUs traced
−38%
verified scope-3
We are a 28-person company. Climate Neutral wanted twelve months of supplier evidence we hadn't yet collected. Strand showed up, talked to each of our 41 ingredient suppliers in their language, and we filed in time for the spring cohort.
The unfair advantage is the supplier-portal experience — our growers actually log in. They have never logged into a brand's compliance tool before.
HS
Hana Suzuki
Co-founder · Yuki Pottery + Hana Made
Read case study →
CERTIFICATIONS WE MAP

A certificate is only useful if it's verifiable.

14 issuing bodies' registries cross-checked. Strand surfaces forged or expired certificates automatically.

registry sync · last 28 Mar 2026
Textile fibres
GOTS · OCS · GRS · RCS
Textile Exchange + Control Union
Labour & social
Fairtrade · SA8000 · WRAP
Fairtrade Int'l + SAI
Chemistry
OEKO-TEX · bluesign · ZDHC
MRSL + RSL screening
Forest & land
FSC · PEFC · Rainforest Alliance
FSC International + PEFC
Food & ag
Organic (USDA · EU) · Demeter
17 national certifiers
Climate
Climate Neutral · 1.5°C SBTi
Verified scope-3 inventory
Animal welfare
RWS · LWG · GOTS animal-free
Responsible Wool/Leather
Recycled content
GRS · RCS · UL 2809
% content verified at mill
PRICING

Priced like inventory. Per SKU, not per seat.

Pay for the products you trace. Supplier seats are always free — we want them on the platform.

USD · annualsupplier seats free

Studio

UNDER 500 SKUs

For indie brands building a first traceability program.

$148/ SKU / yr
Start tracing
  • Up to 500 active SKUs
  • Document verification + registry cross-check
  • Customer QR experience
  • Climate Neutral / B Corp packet export
MOST POPULAR

Pro

500 – 5,000 SKUs

For growing brands shipping to Europe.

$14,408/ yr
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  • Everything in Studio, plus —
  • Full supplier portal (unlimited)
  • CSDDD risk register + EUDR origin
  • 4 BV/SGS audits / yr included
  • Modern-slavery statement generator

House

5,000+ SKUs

For multi-brand groups and large food companies.

Custom
typically $148k – $480k / yr
Talk to traceability ops
  • Multi-brand grouping & analytics
  • Custom audit cadence with named auditors
  • SAP Ariba / Coupa / Centric PLM ingest
  • Dedicated supplier-onboarding team
FAQ

Questions our buyers and compliance counsel keep asking.

How do you verify supplier claims — site audits, blockchain, or trust-but-verify?

Three layers, ranked by claim risk. Tier-1 (low risk, e.g. EU-issued certificate with a valid registry ID) is document + registry check. Tier-2 (sensitive regions or commodities) adds a paid on-site audit by Bureau Veritas, SGS, or TÜV. Tier-3 (high-risk: cotton from listed regions, leather, gold) requires both. We don't use blockchain anchoring — the bottleneck is human verification at the source, not data immutability.

Do you support EU CSRD and EU CSDDD compliance?

Yes for CSDDD — risk-tiered supplier register, salient-issues identification, prevention and remediation tracking, annual statement. For CSRD ESRS S2 (workers in the value chain) and E1 scope 3, our data feeds your inventory tool. EUDR support is built-in: 10-meter geo-anchored origin for the seven regulated commodities, with the EU Information System submission format.

What certifications do you map to (GOTS, Fairtrade, GRS, etc.)?

Textile fibres: GOTS, OCS, GRS, RCS, RAS, RWS. Chemistry: OEKO-TEX 100, bluesign, ZDHC MRSL + RSL. Labour: Fairtrade, SA8000, WRAP, Fair Trade USA. Forest & land: FSC, PEFC, Rainforest Alliance. Food: USDA Organic, EU Organic, Demeter. Climate: Climate Neutral, SBTi-aligned. Animal welfare: RWS, LWG, RDS. Where a certifier has a public registry, we cross-check IDs in near real-time.

How long does onboarding take for a 500-SKU brand?

Median 12 days. We import your tech pack and BOM from your PLM (Centric, Backbone, PTC FlexPLM), generate supplier invites in their language, and our onboarding team chases responses. 84% of suppliers complete onboarding within 14 days; the long tail is usually small mills without email.

Can I share supplier data publicly via a QR code?

Yes. Each SKU gets a strand.app/t/<id> URL that you can encode on a hangtag QR. You choose what's public (typically: origin, certifications, footprint per unit, sustainability story) and what stays internal (supplier names, wages, contract terms). Default mode is "Brand-named, supplier-anonymized" — most brands open up further over time as suppliers consent.

Onboarding now for SS27 production

Before EU CSDDD, before your next CDP cycle — know your chain.

Send us your BOM or a tech pack. We'll return a verified chain map for your next collection in 12 days — at no charge.