Apparel and footwear emission factors

Garments, footwear and accessories as finished goods. From 6 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

CategoryManufactured goods
Factors
485
Libraries
6
With their own page
7
Units with a page
JPY · CAD · EUR
Largest library

298 factors, 61%

What the 7 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

Cradle to gate

Per JPY · 4 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0.002
From 0.00212 (Apparel manufacturing, Open CEDA) to 0.00335 (Apparel manufacturing, Open CEDA) kgCO₂e per JPY.

Per CAD

OpenIO-Canada puts Clothing (except infant clothing) at 0.363 kgCO₂e/CAD (Cradle to gate, 2022), the only factor page in this unit.

Per EUR

EXIOBASE puts Leather and leather products (19) at 0.487 kgCO₂e/EUR (Cradle to gate, 2019), the only factor page in this unit.

Per unit

ADEME puts Shirt - in viscose at 10.2 kgCO₂e/unit (Cradle to gate, 2018), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

6 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

Open CEDA (298) and EXIOBASE (97) hold 81% of them; the other 4 publish the rest (90).

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Every factor page

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

ActivityLibraryRegionBoundaryValueYear
Shirt - in viscoseADEMEFranceCradle to gate10.2 kgCO₂e/unit2018
Leather and leather products (19)EXIOBASEJapanCradle to gate0.487 kgCO₂e/EUR2019
Apparel manufacturingOpen CEDASouth AfricaCradle to gate0.00335 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Apparel manufacturingOpen CEDABangladeshCradle to gate0.00212 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Leather and allied product manufacturingOpen CEDABarbadosCradle to gate0.00213 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Leather and allied product manufacturingOpen CEDAUnited StatesCradle to gate0.00283 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Clothing (except infant clothing)OpenIO-CanadaSaskatchewanCradle to gate0.363 kgCO₂e/CAD2022

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