The latest issue of ILM is available right now as a digital edition, and on its way to print subscribers. It features insight from Rosie Wollacott, Head of Group Sustainability at Mulberry, on building a regenerative future of leather, on Ivan Kral, UNIDO, in line with his recent retirement, as well as from Maarten Heijbroek, CEO of Stahl, on Stahl’s breakaway leather finishing strategy. Meanwhile, ILM speaks to Biruk Mekonnen, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, about the country’s opportunities and investment outlook.

Elsewhere, ILM Editor Megan Thomas discusses the US$5.5 billion opportunity to be found in gelatine, Leather Naturally looks at sustainable water management, while Dr Sebastian Blanck, Global Head, Product Development Leather Auxiliaries, Zschimmer & Schwarz, and Karl Flowers, Consultant Technical Editor, ILM, discuss biodegradable and low carbon leather.

The issue also includes favourite regular features including raw material analysis from theSauerReport, the Redwood Column and technical features from Karl Flowers around free-from tanning chemicals, plastic-free finishes, testing in the tannery and the UNIDO leather LCA guidelines.

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