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Podcast: Leather industry leaders review 2021

Published: December 20, 2021

As we approach the end of the year, ILM invited three leather industry leaders to discuss the hottest topics of 2021 in the last episode of View from the Top of 2021

Vacancies on Leather Naturally’s Supervisory Council

Published: March 12, 2021

Leather Naturally has announced that it has two vacancies on its Supervisory Council and is looking to speak to candidates who want to support the organisation in its mission to educate about and promote leather.

Security of Supply key for PrimeAsia

Published: November 11, 2016

Leading global footwear and leather goods tanner, PrimeAsia has doubled its commitment to ‘Security of Supply’ in 2016 by hosting over 50 customer, supplier and third party assessments.

The concept of disappearing concepts

Published: April 13, 2016

It was only a couple of weeks ago that I highlighted how we like to rationalise macro-environmental trends into irrelevance as far as the leather industry is concerned. Burberry's plan to sell directly from the catwalk gets the response "this will never affect us" from smiling tanners, happy in their false security that nothing changes in leather.

Does sustainability pay for tanneries?

Published: May 14, 2015

Article first published in ILM January-February 2015 edition. Jon Clark, CEO and Sarah Swenson, Environmental Director of tanners, PrimeAsia ask if sustainability pays for tanners.

PrimeAsia CEO praises Vietnamese colleagues

Published: August 1, 2014

PrimeAsia CEO, Jon Clark has praised PrimeAsia Vietnam’s COO Charly Tsai and his management team for dealing with tense situation last May when civil unrest broke out in Vietnam threatening the tannery and its staff. Clark said the following the company's latest newsletter.