GREENSPIRE

GREENSPIRE is a 48-month project aiming to co-develop and co-validate, together with industry stakeholders (manufacturers and designers), scientific communities, policymakers, and consumers, new Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs), datasets, tools, and guidance based on the PEF methodology for high-priority product groups. Specifically, home textiles (bed, table, toilet, kitchen linen, curtains, blinds, valances) and polyurethane (PU) foams (flexible foams for mattresses, cushions, and pillows, and rigid foams for PUR/PIR insulation). These outputs will enable consistent, reliable, and comparable environmental impact assessments, validated through a comprehensive evaluation of added value and cost-efficiency relative to alternative approaches. Using a full life cycle perspective GREENSPIRE seeks to significantly reduce environmental impacts of selected products across their life cycle; inform and support eco-design requirements aligned with the European Sustainability Product Regulation (ESPR); provide industry, SMEs, and policymakers with open-access, user-friendly tools and training to implement PEF methodologies; and promote circular economy practices through enhanced data quality, transparency, and uptake of sustainability metrics and tools across sectors. By combining scientific rigour with stakeholder co-creation and practical applicability, GREENSPIRE will deliver robust methodologies, actionable insights, and scalable solutions to advance sustainable production, eco-design, and circular economy practices in the European home textile and bio-chemical sectors, supporting both environmental and socio-economic objectives.