Sustainable Apparel Coalition completes first Higg Index reviews
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has revealed the results of the first reports from its third-party review of the Higg Index. Read More...
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GSC partners for antibacterial coatings
GSC Group, in collaboration with Polygiene Group, has developed a line of products that block viruses and bacterial growth. Read More...
CLIA vows to protect the term “leather”
The China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) reconfirmed its commitment to protecting the term “leather” during the recent All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) in Shanghai. Read More...
Losses grow for Spinnova as operations ramp up
Finnish textile company Spinnova has announced its financial results for the first half of the 2023 fiscal year, when revenue grew by 15.5% to €8.82 million. Read More...
The proven value of the Leather Manifesto
COP28 may prove to be a difficult moment but the leather industry can be ready to make the most of it, Mike Redwood wrote in the July/August 2023 issue of ILM. Read More...
ILM Tanner Business Confidence Survey 2023
Ten years of ILM means a decade of the ILM Tanner Business Confidence Survey and, as we review the opinions of tanners in 2023, we get a keen look at how the stresses of a tumultuous macroeconomic environment and increasing costs have affected the industry. Read More...
Have “vegan” materials shot themselves in the foot?
ILM Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth discusses why alternative materials seem to be struggling and what the future may hold. Read More...
Eurofins CPA joins Sustainable Apparel Coalition as Affiliate Member
The Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance (Eurofins CPA) network of companies has announced that it has become a Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) Affiliate Member. Read More...
Truth matters and lies have consequences
Mike Redwood examines the trouble arising from products mislabelling themselves as vegan and the parallels we can see in the materials industry. Read More...
Bridge of Weir calls for transparency around automotive leather alternatives
Automotive leather tanner Bridge of Weir has called for a step change in transparency around the sustainability claims of synthetic automotive interior materials. Read More...
