What do the calculations include?
The CF of the clothes we wear is highly dependent on factors such as the type of fabric, the place of manufacture, the energy and chemicals used, or the transport to the final consumer. In addition, we must also consider the emissions of the store where these clothes are sold; in some cases it represents a very important proportion of the total emissions of the product (up to three times the emissions of manufacturing and transport). In this table, we have not included that factor, since clothes can be bought in a wide variety of stores or even online stores.
Emissions by type of garment
(values in kgCO2e / unit of product)
TYPE OF GARMENT | MEDIUM EMISSION | MINIMUM EMISSION | MAXIMUM EMISSION | ||
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TYPE OF GARMENT | MEDIUM EMISSION | MINIMUM EMISSION | MAXIMUM EMISSION | ||
VALUE | AREA OF PRODUCTION | VALUE | AREA OF PRODUCTION | ||
Leather shoes | 8,36 | 3,32 | Mexico | 13,40 | France |
Cloth shoe / miscellaneous | 12,50 | 9,60 | EU | 17,30 | France |
Sneakers | 16,35 | 15,35 | China | 18,70 | France |
Industrial footwear (boots) | 11,21 | 11,21 | Spain | 11,21 | Spain |
Underwear | 1,37 | 1,37 | SriLanka/UK | 1,37 | SriLanka/UK |
Sports socks | 0,30 | 0,30 | N/A | 0,30 | N/A |
Swimsuits | 0,70 | 0,40 | France | 1,00 | France |
Sport pants | 0,80 | 0,80 | N/D | 0,80 | N/D |
Jeans | 21,60 | 20,00 | USA | 23,20 | France |
Shirt (cotton) | 11,04 | 8,77 | China | 13,42 | South Africa / Turkey |
Shirt (synthetic) | 10,20 | 10,20 | France | 10,20 | France |
T-shirt (cotton) | 4,75 | 4,30 | China/India | 5,20 | France |
T-shirt (synthetic) | 5,48 | 5,45 | Southeast Asia | 5,50 | France |
Jersey (wool) | 40,15 | 27,40 | France | 52,90 | France |
Jersey (recycled cotton) | 8,10 | 8,10 | France | 8,10 | France |
Jersey (synthetic) | 24,65 | 23,80 | France | 25,50 | France |
Dress (cotton) | 49,80 | 49,80 | France | 49,80 | France |
Dress (synthetic) | 48,40 | 44,90 | France | 51,90 | France |
Synthetic jacket | 26,97 | 24,00 | France | 29,94 | USA |
Coat(synthetic) | 62,25 | 38,70 | France | 85,80 | France |