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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.

Chrome and the consequences of progress

Published: June 15, 2022

Mike Redwood looks to the past to understand the consequences of chrome tanning in irresponsible hands and why the industry might soon move on.

One in five wear clothing more than 20 years old

Published: January 19, 2022

According to a study commissioned by Leather UK, 51% of adults in the UK still own and frequently wear an item of clothing that’s a decade old or more, while 20% would still wear something that’s more than 20 years old.

Nature hates waste

Published: August 19, 2021

I found a neighbour up a ladder painting his windows this morning. His windows were specially crafted by a specialist joiner to fit a house which is many hundreds of years old. He was complaining of other old houses where the owners had renewed old windows with plastic ones. Such plastic windows, he said only have a life of 20 years. Sunlight, he explained, “degrades everything”.

Forward and backwards with Clubhouse

Published: April 14, 2021

I cannot decide what my relationship is going to be with the new App called Clubhouse, where rooms are created for audio chats about all manner of subjects. Is it really a step towards a more relaxed and creative way of thinking about a wide range of subjects than Zoom or Teams, or do I hate it as no more than another demand on valuable time?

Kanpur tannery worker dies in drum

Published: February 17, 2021

A 30-year-old worker has reportedly died while working on a drum in a tannery located in the leather district of Jajmau, Kanpur.

Tannery workers praise Egypt’s new leather cluster

Published: April 23, 2020

The relocation of the tanneries from Old Cairo to the new Robbiki leather complex was completed on February 19.

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.

New Product Development is back with a vengeance

Published: August 21, 2019

“And finally this century is nearly two decades old, and if you look around the innovation that our customers are seeing has come more from the alternatives than it has from leather.”

Never stop pursuing dreams

Published: June 19, 2019

I like the quote from Gabriel García Márquez that was attached to a recent Economist email: “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old; they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” It is important because we are beginning to see the benefit and the dynamic created by a greater diversity in the stakeholder community built about leather. The wider and deeper it develops, the more confident and together the industry seems to become.