Narm Health Technologies offers a data-driven mobile platform that scans clothing and provides verified material insights, fabric breakdowns, and instant sustainability scoring. The platform rates garments on environmental and human health impact, translating complex supply chain data into a clear, accessible score for consumers. Narm is free to use and currently available as a beta platform with all features accessible at no cost.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Consumers lack accessible tools to understand the environmental and human health impact of the clothing they purchase, leaving them unable to make informed, sustainable choices. The fashion industry accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions and is projected to consume 25% of the remaining global carbon budget by 2050, yet sustainability data remains fragmented and buried in lengthy reports.
Solution
Narm provides a mobile application that scans clothing items to deliver instant analysis on fibers, sustainability, and material composition. The platform rates products based on their environmental and human health impact, translating complex sustainability data into a clear, accessible score. Narm evaluates products across weighted categories including carbon emissions, water use, material sustainability, toxicity, and transparency, calculating a composite score from publicly disclosed brand reports, third-party certifications, scientific literature, regulatory databases, and verified supply chain information. Users can scan garments to see fabric breakdowns and verified material insights in real time, with the platform's scoring informed by peer-reviewed research, life-cycle assessment standards, and internationally recognized environmental frameworks.
Target Audience
Primary users are sustainability-conscious consumers, particularly the 66% of young adults and over half of teenagers who intentionally purchase sustainable clothing, who want quick, reliable insight into the environmental and health impact of their garments.
Features
- Mobile scan-based fabric analysis that identifies fibers, material composition, and sustainability metrics in one action
- Composite scoring system evaluating carbon emissions, water use, material sustainability, toxicity, and transparency as weighted categories
- Data sourced from peer-reviewed research, life-cycle assessment standards, regulatory databases, third-party certifications, and brand-disclosed reports
- Transparency protocol that reviews verified corrections and updates scores publicly when errors are identified
- Independent scoring model with no paid promotions or brand partnerships that influence ratings