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Methane additive for cows closer to EU approval

Royal DSM has received a positive European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) response for the use of Bovaer, its methane-reducing feed additive for ruminants, in the European Union. 

Coach admits to destroying returned bags

Designer brand Coach has admitted to intentionally destroying its own returned products, after a sustainable fashion influencer called the company out.

SLF launches Transparency Dashboard to assess ESG compliance

The Sustainable Leather Foundation has launched its Transparency Dashboard, an App-based tool which brings visibility to the three ESG (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance) pillars and assesses compliance across the whole value chain.

Disappointment over SAC’s Higg Index response to leather industry letter

The leather industry has reacted with disappointment over the Sustainable Apparel Coalitions (SAC) response to its joint letter which called for the suspension of the score it applies to leather in its Higg Materials Sustainability Index (MSI).

Inspiramais launches digital event

The materials trade show is launching a fully digital format in response to the ongoing pandemic. 

Industry bodies react to Vogue Business article linking leather and deforestation

An article published on b2b platform Vogue Business, which links leather to deforestation in the Amazon and large scale loss of biodiversity, has provoked a unanimous response from industry bodies such as Leather UK and Leather Naturally, rejecting the claims as misleading and false. 

What skins should we tan? A response concerning ostrich leather

A comment from Sarie de Wet, Account Manager, Klein Karoo a South Africa based processor of ostrich. The article is in response to Mike Redwood’s comment published on this website on October 12. Click here to read the original article. 

Hijacked at the WLC

During the World Leather Congress last week (August 29) I was asked to chair, or moderate, the final session and subsequent discussion panel. It was entitled ‘The Tanners Response’ and included a couple of globally respected tanners plus representatives from ZDHC, who are increasingly being seen as well aligned to the leather industry and Lanxess. The session was to end with a discussion for which two others took the stage. 

Response to The Toggler article on chromium

Dear Editor, 

I read your Toggler article in ILM May/June 2014, page 46, “Goodbye to chromium and all that”, with great interest and would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond. The article correctly defends chrome as a tanning material, which is excellent. Regarding comments on former “wet (white) something” with recent “next generation” wet-white technology developments, some of the mentioned arguments are no longer valid.

Upstream burdens on carbon footprints of leather

In the last edition of ILM (March/April 2014), two pieces were published in response to my article on “System Boundaries in Product Carbon Footprints of Leather” (ILM December/January 2014 pages 24-26).