labelling

Organisations call for labelling overhaul in the U.S.

Published: July 18, 2023

The Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA) has joined 129 other organisations in a letter urging regulators to update rules around digital labelling requirements. Read More...

Truth matters and lies have consequences

Mike Redwood Published: July 12, 2023

Mike Redwood examines the trouble arising from products mislabelling themselves as vegan and the parallels we can see in the materials industry. Read More...

ECHA launches project on biocidal product labelling

Published: June 21, 2023

A subgroup of the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Enforcement Forum, focusing on the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPRS), has launched a project around biocidal products labelling. Read More...

Textile Exchange adopts official leather definition

Published: November 8, 2022

Textile Exchange has announced the adoption of an official definition for “leather” as a material created from the hide or skin of an animal.

Talking Point

Published: December 16, 2020

This month’s hot topic: Following the recent introduction of new legislation protecting the labelling of genuine leather in Italy, is the global leather industry doing enough to achieve legislation of the term ‘leather’ from mislabelling and other competing materials trading off the back of its reputation?

Portugal’s APIC call for leather labelling norms

Published: October 28, 2020

Portugal’s Tanning Industry Association (APIC) has addressed a letter to the Portuguese government requesting the establishment of a framework for the use of the term ‘leather’, both at national and European levels.

ILM Podcast: Vegan labelling, value of recycling and re-use, and leather post-Covid-19

Published: October 20, 2020

Three new topics around vegan material labelling, the value of re-use and recycling of materials and how the leather industry marketplace may look post-Covid-19 are covered in the latest ILM podcast, which is now free-to-download and listen to.

Talking Point

Published: September 7, 2020

This month’s burning question: Are some OEMs confusing consumers over labelling (or mislabelling) of leather in car interiors with other non-leather materials? Have they been discretely “decontenting” genuine leather with alternative, cheaper components to cut costs? ILM asks industry insiders.

ECHA finds 44% of all hazardous mixtures not compliant

Published: December 17, 2019

An EU-wide Forum Enforcement Project has found significant non-compliance in the classification and labelling of certain mixtures. Altogether, inspectors in 29 countries checked more than 3,000 mixtures and inspected over 1,600 companies, including manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors.

Brazil introduces standardised labelling for footwear

Published: August 9, 2018

The label, which seeks to reduce counterfeiting and promote fair competition, provides consumers with information such as material composition and country of origin.