A leather jacket: carbon footprint
Carbonle#12 of 13🧥Carbon footprintA leather jacket
50kg CO₂e
one jacket, made
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A leather jacket comes in at about 50 kg CO₂e (one jacket, made).
Of the 13 things to wear Carbonle tracks, A leather jacket sits at #12 from the lightest — one of the heaviest.
This is what it costs to make the garment, before you wear it once. Cotton is thirsty, leather carries the cattle behind it, and a single new outfit can outweigh a week of driving — the case for wearing things longer.
A big piece of leather: the cattle footprint, scaled up.
Compare with
Figures from Leather Working Group LCA (2024), licensed industry LCA.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.