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ESPR Compliance Module
The EU bans destruction of unsold clothing and footwear from July 2026. FINDS helps you track, document, and prove compliance without the spreadsheet chaos.
Time Until Destruction Ban
⚠️ 19 July 2026 — Hard Deadline.
Apparel, accessories & footwear. Fines + procurement exclusion.
Derogations requiring documented evidence
Authority response window for evidence pack
— The Regulatory Reality
From July 19, 2026, large fashion and footwear brands must stop destroying unsold inventory, or face penalties. You’ll also need to publicly disclose what happens to every unsold product. That means tracking volumes, documenting destinations, and generating audit-ready reports. Most brands aren’t set up for this
— The Regulatory Reality
The Commission’s February 2026 package closed the loopholes. “Sending it to recycling” is still destruction under the ban. Every exception requires documented evidence retained for 5 years.
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The European Commission confirmed: recycling, energy recovery, and disposal all count as “destruction.” Only products routed to preparing-for-reuse are carved out. Your current default is likely non-compliant.
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The European Commission confirmed: recycling, energy recovery, and disposal all count as “destruction.” Only products routed to preparing-for-reuse are carved out. Your current default is likely non-compliant.
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Regulators can request your full evidence pack at any time. If it’s scattered across email threads and shared drives, you won’t make it. Penalties include fines and procurement exclusion.
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Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2 requires annual disclosure in a specific standardised format — CN codes, units, weights, waste-treatment split. Manual reports won’t survive scrutiny.
— The FINDS ESPR Module
An audit-ready workflow that sits on top of your existing ERP or WMS
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Log unsold inventory by product category, volume, and weight. No more scattered spreadsheets.
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Record where each batch goes — resale, outlet, donation, recycling. Built-in audit trail.
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Export disclosure reports in the standardised format. Ready for regulators, sustainability reports, and stakeholders.
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Dashboard shows your compliance status at a glance. No surprises.
— Social Proof
FINDS already works with leading brands on inventory optimization. Now we’re helping them get ESPR-ready
— Implementation
No IT project. No replacing your ERP. FINDS sits on top of your existing systems.
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CSV upload or ERP integration. FINDS ingests your unsold stock and return events automatically.
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FINDS classifies your inventory against Annex VII CN codes and builds your audit trail as you go.
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Export your annual ESPR disclosure in the exact standardised format — ready for your website or sustainability report.
— Key Deadlines
Large enterprises must comply by July 19, 2026. Disclosure reporting starts February 2027. Brands that wait will scramble. Brands that start now will be ready.
If you start in April 2026, you have 3 months to implement. For an enterprise with multiple entities and product categories, that’s a fire drill, not an implementation. The brands that avoid compliance risk are the ones starting now.
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FEB 2026
Commission published delegated regulation and standardised disclosure format. Rules are now final.
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Now — You Are Here
~5 months to get workflows, evidence systems, and controls in place before the ban applies.
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19 JUL 2026 — HARD DEADLINE
Apparel, clothing accessories, footwear. Fines and public procurement exclusion for non-compliance.
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FEB 2027
First public disclosure in standardised format. Requires 12 months of clean data — starting now.
— Early Access
Book a 20-minute demo. We’ll walk
through your brand’s ESPR exposure
and show you exactly how FINDS
covers it — before July 2026.
— Early Access
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