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Turkish leather industry conducts tannery LCA project

Published: September 13, 2024

The Turkish Leather Industry Association (TLIA) has brought together 10 tanneries for a life cycle assessment (LCA) project. Read More...

Leather sector overwhelmingly supports an LCA database

Published: April 10, 2024

ILM conducted its inaugural 2024 Green Innovator survey among members of the whole leather supply chain from raw materials through to end-user brands and retailers. One question ILM asked was if the leather industry should have its own global lifecycle assessment (LCA) database? Read More...

Polestar highlights sustainable leather with labelling

Published: January 6, 2023

Automotive brand Polestar, which is owned by Volvo Cars and parent company Geely, has highlighted the sustainability of its materials with new labels.

European project kicks-off in Milan

Published: September 27, 2022

On September 22, the steering group for the new EU funded social dialogue project, Green Deal Leather (GDL) met in Milan at Lineapelle, to kick off the project with affiliates from Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The two-year project aims to generate representative reference data on workplace safety and the carbon footprint of leather for the European tanning industry.

Dani launches ZeroUno leather collection

Published: February 24, 2022

Italian tanning Group Dani has launched a new line of leathers during the Lineapelle exhibition in Milan, which took place February 22-24.

Ticket sales open for third Sustainable Leather Forum

Published: April 26, 2021

The Conseil National du Cuir (CNS - National Leather Council) is hosting, under the patronage of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Recovery, the third edition of the Sustainable Leather Forum. It will be held on September 13, 2021 at the Palais Brongniart in Paris and tickets are available now.

Advanced degreasing with the power of probiotics

Published: March 17, 2021

With the increasing demand for leathers that have less of an impact on society and the environment, the challenge for tanners is to maintain a top-quality product while at the same time improving their environmental footprint.

Oeko-Tex announces new regulations 2021

Published: January 5, 2021

A special project in 2021 will be the integration of the carbon and water footprint into Oeko-Tex's Made in Green label.

Farfetch online tool reveals impact of materials on the environment

Published: June 19, 2020

The online luxury fashion retail platform has launched a sustainability calculator, which aims to help buyers to better understand the impact on the environment of the materials they are buying.

EU Product Environmental Footprint tool ready for use in leather

Published: September 19, 2019

With the final release of the official Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) compliant datasets in July 2019, the tool is ready for use in the assessment of leather.