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Who’s auditing the auditors?
Sam Setter
Published: 16 March, 2022
In the latest Against the Grain, Sam Setter expresses his concerns over the state of auditing in the leather industry.
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It’s time for us to meet again
Sam Setter
Published: 11 February, 2022
Sam Setter highlights some of the biggest moments as 2022 begins, and ponders how the return to trade shows will play out.
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Hoping for a less turbulent year
Sam Setter
Published: 04 January, 2022
Sam Setter looks back at some key moments that finished up 2021 for the leather industry and ponders what we have in store for the year ahead.
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Practical traceability in the leather supply chain
Sam Setter
Published: 13 October, 2021
On October 7, ILM hosted a superb webinar on traceability in the leather supply chain, one of the best I have attended during the Covid-19 webinar floods. The chosen speakers explained what traceability was all about and showed what tools they had created to enact a functional traceability system from farm to shop.
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The minority dictates for the majority
Sam Setter comment
Published: 14 September, 2021
Let’s face reality; the majority of the world population is omnivorous and hence regularly eats meat. Why should companies such as KLM and BMW move away from what the majority has for their daily habits, to meet the preferences of a small minority of the world’s population?
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Incomplete Savar CETP project causes headaches
Sam Setter comment
Published: 24 August, 2021
ILM reported back in July, based on an article written by the Bangladesh Daily Star, that “the incomplete Hemayetpur CETP caused headaches”. That is clearly the understatement of the decade. I have written over and again that the CETP in the Savar tannery cluster is a total disgrace. Until now nobody in Government and industry alike has been willing to look reality in the eye and take the necessary decisions. Everybody is walking around the cake, without taking a bite out of it.
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Brands! holier than thou?
Sam Setter comment
Published: 25 June, 2021
In ILM’s new column ‘Against the grain’, Sam Setter shares his views on the issues affecting the leather industry around the world. His most recent piece covers the relationship between the fashion industry and suppliers, as well as working conditions and industry standards.
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Savar CETP
The difference between success and failure for industrial leather parks
Sam Setter comment
Published: 27 April, 2021
In ILM’s new column ‘Against the grain’, Sam Setter shares his views on the issues affecting the leather industry around the world. His first piece examines the problems that have prevented leather parks to live up to expectations and become the beacons of tanning communities around the world.
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