This paper presents a study on the resource and environmental profile of leather for communicating to the consumers about the environmental burdens of leather products. The results indicate that significant environmental impacts were caused during the tanning and finishing of leather as well as the electricity production and transportation required in the life cycle. The use of fossil fuels in the production of energy has greater impact with increased emissions leading to about 15190kg CO 2 equivalent of global warming and about 73kg SO 2 equivalent of acidification while producing 100m 2 of leather for shoe uppers. Further resource use of 174kg of coal, 6.5kg of fuel oil, 17.4m 3 of water and 348kg of chemicals of which about 204kg are hazardous are consumed, and wastewater of about 17m 3 , BOD of 55kg, COD of about 146kg, TDS of 732kg and solid waste of about 1445kg are generated during the life cycle for the production of 100m 2 of leather. The total solid waste generated is 1317kg, out of which about 80% is biodegradable contributed by slaughtering, tanning and finishing stage, 14% is non-biodegradable contributed by tanning, finishing and electricity production stages and 6% is hazardous mainly from tanning and finishing stage of leather.