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LWG and Textile Exchange launch call to action on deforestation

Published: November 18, 2022

The Leather Working Group (LWG) and Textile Exchange have joined forces to launch a call to action for brands and retailers to “commit to sourcing all their leather from verified deforestation-free supply chains by 2030 or earlier”.

National Green Tribunal calls for action over tannery pollution

Published: October 3, 2022

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has called for action from the Uttar Pradesh government in response to river pollution from local tanneries in Kanpur.

U.S. activists target kangaroo leather in legal action

Published: June 21, 2022

Animal activists in the U.S. are launching legal action against a footwear manufacturer in an effort to combat kangaroo leather use.

Conservation Chair vows to make Dhaka rivers pollution-free

Published: April 7, 2022

National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) Chairman Dr Manjur Ahmed Chowdhury has announced that rivers around Dhaka will be pollution-free by March 17, 2023.

Good leadership rather than good luck

Published: June 2, 2021

Leadership can be quite a nebulous concept and one that only gets defined when some specifically successful action is highlighted, regardless of whether the next time round the same action proves useless in a different context.

Tanneries face potential legal action for illegally discharging effluents

Published: April 23, 2021

A plant in Perundarai, a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which is run by tannery units functioning at the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) Industrial Growth Centre, has been discharging effluents into a defunct oxidation pond. The District Environmental Engineer of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has recommended legal action against the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP).

Tanneries warned of legal action over child labour

Published: July 24, 2020

The Bangladesh government has threatened tanners with legal action over employment of child labour in the leather sector for transporting, processing and preserving raw hides during Eid-ul-Azha.

No greater achievement than a few well publicised prosecutions

Published: June 3, 2020

The Italian Leather federation (UNIC) announced late last week that after a long battle, it had been successful in persuading the Italian Government to adopt a legal definition for leather that will stop the term “leather” being used for anything not of animal origin.

Trump orders U.S. meat processing plants to stay open

Published: April 29, 2020

Despite the recent wave of confirmed coronavirus cases in several meatpacking plants across the country, U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to force factories to remain open.

U.S. footwear sector praises postponed of duty payment

Published: April 27, 2020

The U.S. government has issued a 90-day duty deferral for certain imports, including footwear.