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China’s Evergrande invests in Swedish new energy smart car group

China's second-largest property developer by sales has acquired 51% of the shares in NEVS AB, a global new energy smart car group based in Sweden.

Drive Sustainability releases Material Change report

Drive Sustainability, a partnership of ten major automotive brands, manufacturers of commercial and passenger vehicles, has released the “Material Change” report, which presents a general industry level assessment of many materials used in the automotive and electronics industries, including leather, with the aim of “challenging the reader to broaden their view of multifaceted and interconnected manufacturing supply chains”.

Drive Sustainability to provide insights on leather as a material for the Automotive Industry

Christina Bercher, Project Manager for Brussels based CSR Europe, the co-ordinator of the Drive Sustainability automotive industry initiative, will be among the speakers at the upcoming, ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain conference held during the afternoon of June 4 in the German city of Stuttgart.

Geely becomes Daimler’s largest single shareholder

The Chinese automotive manufacturer has acquired a 9.69% stake in Germany’s Daimler, the manufacturer of the Mercedes and Maybach premium car brands.

‘Leather’ a key material for the Drive Sustainability initiative

ILM was invited to participate in the Drive Sustainability event held in Brussels, on November 29, alongside OEMs, stakeholders of the global automotive industry, NGO’s and other representatives of the supply chain.

New owners for Swedish lambskin specialist

The Swedish specialist in biodegradable, vegetable tanned lambskins products has changed hands.

Environmental footprint – allocation of cattle management

Introduction (Article first published in ILM, January-February 2015 edition)

Global climate change has come more and more into focus during the last few years. A major source contributing to global climate change is the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. As a consequence, more attention is now given to Environmental Footprints, such as Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), which has been an important factor in assessing the environmental sustainability of products. A PCF describes the sum of greenhouse gas emissions accumulated during the full life cycle of a product and is therefore a measure of the absolute climate impact of a product and its use. 

Carbon footprint of leather – allocation of cattle management

Global climate change has come into focus during the last years. A major source contributing to the global climate change is the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. As a consequence, more attention is now made on Product Carbon Footprint, which has been an important factor to assess the environmental sustainability of products. A Product Carbon Footprint describes the sum of greenhouse gas emissions accumulated during the full life cycle of a product and is therefore a measure of the absolute climate impact of a product and its use.