27 June 2024 Bridge of Weir Leather writes……… Creating by-products from a by-product. With only 11% of our locally sourced raw hides becoming the final finished, high-quality leather we supply to our customers, what happens to the rest? With our innovative Thermal Energy Plant, we reclaim 51% as energy, powering our manufacturing processes sustainably.… Continue reading Bridge of Weir Leather writes………
27 June 2024 Sustainable leather Foundation (SLF) SLF to create Transparency and Traceability Guidelines for WWF Pakistan: We are delighted to announce that WWF – Pakistan has contracted SLF for the “Development of Transparency and Traceability Guidelines for Leather Supply Chain of Pakistan”, under the European Union funded project “International Labour & Environmental Standards… Continue reading Sustainable leather Foundation (SLF)
27 June 2024 Tibet – Yak Herding Francis Tsang, co-founder of the ChromeFree Leather Alliamce (CFLA) writes on Linkedin: High on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, nomads roamed the lands with their herds of yaks, drifting across the vast landscape with no specific place to call their home. Traveling from one grazing land to the next, these… Continue reading Tibet – Yak Herding
26 June 2024 Stahl biofeedstocks and coatings In support of Stahl’s ESG Roadmap to 2030, we aim to be a catalyst for positive change. Through our family of products such as Stahl Ympact®, we are enabling and supporting the transition from fossil carbon to renewable feedstocks, and helping to decouple growth from fossil-carbon resource consumption.… Continue reading Stahl biofeedstocks and coatings
26 June 2024 Dani signs UN Global Compact Network Italy manifesto Italian tanning group Dani has signed the UN Global Compact Network Italy manifesto “Businesses for People and Society”. By ILM. The company said that signing the manifesto is a pledge to strengthen social aspects of its sustainability plans. More than 20,000 companies and 3,500… Continue reading Dani signs UN Global Compact Network Italy manifesto
26 June 2024 Microplastics – Is it leather? On Microplastics The Science is fascinating and alarming – check out this article, it is scary. Our blind dependency on all things “not natural” will certainly be catching up with us in terms of our future personal health and environmental well-being. Fast-Fashion has driven the clothing industry… Continue reading Microplastics – Is it leather? On Microplastics
25 June 2024 Leather in the Toyota Tundra One 4 Leather writes on LinkedIn that: Celebrating all things leather. Toyota’s latest offering, the 2024 Tundra 1794 Limited Edition, is a testament to meticulous style and design. This high-end truck boasts a beautiful, full-grain semi-aniline interior, complete with stylish seatback saddle bags featuring functional flaps and… Continue reading Leather in the Toyota Tundra
25 June 2024 Leather is a Natural By-Product Sadesa writes on LinkedIn: Modern leather manufacturing recycles over 270 million cow hides each year. These are a by-product of the food industry and without the ability of the leather industry to transform them into leather, over 7 million tonnes would go to landfill with huge environmental… Continue reading Leather is a Natural By-Product
25 June 2024 Italy – UNIC president laments ‘large contraction’ in 2023 Italy’s tanning industry suffered “a large contraction in activity” in 2023, according to comments from the president of industry body UNIC, Fabrizio Nuti. By Leatherbiz. Addressing UNIC’s annual assembly in Milan on June 20, Mr Nuti said tanners supplying the wider fashion sector… Continue reading Italy – UNIC president laments ‘large contraction’ in 2023
24 June 2024 Leather Naturally – Mulberry Exchange When @Vogue a brand in the spotlight for sustainability – that’s got to be the best story. And right now, @Mulberry is feeling the glow! We’re loving this Summer’s ‘must have’. Pre-loved Mulberry™ leather bags are this season’s essential arm candy according to the Vogue vintage fashion… Continue reading Leather Naturally – Mulberry Exchange
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.
