Higg Product Tools Higg MSI Goat hides, global average

Goat hides, global average

131.2

Description

World average goat production for goat leather. Data includes process from on-farm animal production and slaughterhouse. Economic allocation applied with pig allocation at 97.49% and co-products at 2.51%, and biogenic emissions are excluded.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 22.7
Eutrophication 99.8
Water Scarcity 2.2
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 6.6
Chemistry
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Modeling Notes

No LCA data available for goat production; pig production used as proxy. Includes 10% loss of raw material to account for yield losses. Also includes 1000km inbound shipping distance to account for shipment of raw materials.

Meta information

  • Primary Source: Agri-footprint - mass allocation v2.0 2015
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2015
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
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Goat leather
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Leather

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Excellent Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 1
Geographical Representativeness Good The processes included in the dataset are well representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 2
Technological Representativeness Fair The technologies modeled are representative of the average technology used for similar processes 3
Average 2.25