15 September 2021
The Sustainable Leather Forum went ahead in Paris on September 13. This year’s forum is the third that France’s Conseil National du Cuir has run, reports Leatherbiz.
In an opening keynote address, Hélène Valade, environment director at luxury group LVMH, said that manufacturers need to “reinvent themselves to create a circular economy model”. She added that the ‘extract, manufacture, throw away’ production model was no longer viable.
Subsequent sessions covered topics including the vegan movement, animal welfare, deforestation, carbon footprint, leather life cycle analysis, responsible production, comparisons between leather and synthetic alternatives, and transparency and communication.
Image shows: Conseil National du Cuir president, Frank Boehly, speaking at the start of the event, with moderator Nicolas Rossignol and Hélène Valade.
We bring leather, material and fashion businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We bring them from all parts of the world so that they can find fresh partners, discover new customers or suppliers and keep ahead of industry developments.
We organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on fashion and lifestyle: sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware both of the changes around them and those forecast for coming seasons.
