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Supporting your staff in doing good

Mike Redwood Published: December 20, 2022

In his final magazine column of 2022, Mike Redwood focused on the need for the industry to come together at the individual level to achieve sustainability goals.

The ESG movement is dissolving into chaos

Published: October 4, 2022

In the September/October issue of ILM, Mike Redwood discussed the benefits to be found in moving away from the ESG fad and sticking to the basics.

More than 1,000 manufacturers now LWG certified

Published: July 18, 2022

The Leather Working Group (LWG) has announced that more than 1,000 leather manufacturers have now obtained LWG certification.

Global leather industry states position on leather alternatives

Published: July 16, 2021

A group of organisations representing the global leather industry including the International Council of Tanners’ (ICT), Cotance (the Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community), Leather Naturally and ICHSLTA (the International Council of Hides, Skins and Leather Traders’ Associations) have issued a joint statement around the growing use of alternative materials that are marketed against genuine leather.

The tannery today

Published: January 13, 2021

As last year came to an end, I wrote about the value of family businesses, and how the fact that family-owned companies were embedded in the community made them naturally more likely to have maintained what is now recognised as a forward-thinking approach to supporting a wider range of stakeholders than shareholders alone. As part of a community, the welfare of employees, their families and the wellbeing of the local society all had to be considered.

Farfetch targets 100% ‘Conscious’ products

Published: December 9, 2020

The luxury fashion e-commerce platform has released “a clear strategy for becoming Positively Farfetch” by 2030, which includes the sale of products that are independently recognised or certified as “being better for people, the planet or animals”.

Kindermann re-elected as Cotance President

Published: September 15, 2020

The Annual General Assembly of the Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (Cotance) took place in Vienna, Austria, on September 7.

Cotance calls on EU to regulate use of term ‘leather’

Published: June 11, 2020

The Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (Cotance) said it has called on Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Internal Market, to take up the regulatory development of the term ‘leather’, as part of the industry support measures following the Covid-19 lockdown.

Cotance flags confusion between veg tanned leather and “vegan leather”

Published: March 13, 2020

By addressing the topic, the Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community (Cotance) seeks to bring about a better understanding of leather and the European leather industry.

Townsend Leather celebrates 50th anniversary

Published: September 18, 2019

On September 6, the tannery based in Johnstown, U.S. state of New York, invited the local community to celebrate its 50^th anniversary and unveiled its new premises.