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Carbon Maps: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Carbon Maps is a French software platform for product carbon footprints (PCFs) and life cycle assessments (LCAs). It is aimed at retailers, brands, manufacturers, food service companies and agricultural cooperatives. According to the company, its methods align with ISO 14040 and 14044 and with the PACT standard for exchanging product carbon data. The offering is delivered as a web application, which the company describes as automating the assessment process.

The privacy policy names the legal entity as Carbon Maps SAS, with registered offices in Lille, France. It states that the company's web properties are operated in Europe and that information is stored in Europe, without naming a hosting provider or data centre. Investors are listed on the company's site, but no ownership structure is described. No open-source or self-hosted option is mentioned. The policy refers to the GDPR and to data protection agreements for transfers outside the EU. For a European organisation, this is a French vendor with a European storage statement; sub-processors and processing terms should be reviewed before use.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
ESG & Sustainability
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Carbon Maps

The European alternatives to Carbon Maps come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Carbon Maps

Carbon Maps is headquartered in FR and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Carbon Maps scores best on data residency.

Carbon Maps is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Carbon Maps together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Carbon Maps?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Carbon Maps include bluesign, Brightway and Carbmee. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Carbon Maps?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Carbon Maps include Brightway. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Carbon Maps GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Carbon Maps is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Carbon Maps an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 12, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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