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VDL joins criticism of Volvo’s decision on leather

Published: October 1, 2021

The German Leather Federation (VDL - Verband der Deutschen Lederindustrie) has criticised Volvo Cars for its decision to stop using leather in electric vehicles from 2030.

Volvo to remove leather from all electric cars by 2030

Published: September 24, 2021

Volvo Cars has announced that all of its fully electric cars will be “leather-free” by 2030, while aiming for 25% of materials in all of its new cars to be recycled or bio-based by 2025.

Ferragamo releases sustainable watch for Earth Day

Published: April 1, 2021

The Italian fashion house has announced the re-edition release of the F-80 Skeleton Sustainable, a new “green” timepiece for Earth Day 2021, which falls on April 20-22.

BMW i3 Urban Suite features olive leather

Published: January 8, 2020

Exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020, taking place in Las Vegas, U.S., on January 7-10, one of the highlights showcased by the BMW Group is the completely transformed BMW i3 Urban Suite.

The significance of plastics

Published: August 8, 2018

I first began to understand the significance of plastic in 1966. Three of us, one each from the three British Leather Schools in London, Leeds and Northampton, had won a Kids Tanner prize for a three-week trip visiting the leather industry in the Netherlands and Germany.

Timberland to source exclusively from LWG

Published: May 3, 2016

The manufacturer and retailer of footwear and outdoor wear has published its 2015 sustainability results and announced the implementation of its Timberland Environmental Product Standard (TEPS) across its entire products portfolio, setting higher sustainability goals for 2020.

LWG rated tanners provide 99% of leather to Timberland

Published: April 27, 2015

Timberland incorporated Renewable, Organic, or Recycled (ROR) materials into 79% of its footwear in 2014, up from 70% in 2013, according to the company’s 2014 Corporate Sustainability Report, which was released on April 22.