18 December 2023 Automotive Leather One4Leather writes on LinkedIn that if the automotive industry stopped using leather altogether, 35 million hides would go to landfill, meaning over 644 million kg CO2e would be emitted annually. That’s the same as driving an average car 6.4 billion km or driving Route 66 over 1.6 million times. If… Continue reading Automotive Leather
18 December 2023 Laboratory tie-up as CTC invests in Ars Tinctoria French leather and footwear research and testing services provider CTC has announced an investment in specialist Italian laboratory Ars Tinctoria. As a result, CTC will become the majority shareholder in the Santa Croce-based business, writes Leatherbiz. CTC joining both businesses together would allow them… Continue reading Laboratory tie-up as CTC invests in Ars Tinctoria
18 December 2023 Leather Naturally offers a Craft Experience Surprise! Unwrap the magic of the season with our special Christmas present waiting for you on our website. Join our partner Sandra in an exclusive tutorial in which she guides you in making your own leather reindeer. Enjoy the creative process with step-by-step instructions and patterns… Continue reading Leather Naturally offers a Craft Experience
15 December 2023 Nothing to Hide – Alternative materials to leather: environmental impacts and cost Leatherbiz writes that we published the thirteenth Nothing To Hide essay in its original form in World Leather April-May 2016. It was written by Steven Jesseph, who had been chief executive of Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) and chair of… Continue reading Nothing to Hide – Alternative materials to leather: environmental impacts and cost
15 December 2023 China – Yak Leather Francis Tsang of the ChromeFree Leather Alliance: writes that Lhasa Tannery and Seidel Tanning Corp are excited to launch the Responsible Yak Leather in China, for China and the World. Yaks ( free grazing by Tibetan communities ) convert grass and biomass, which humans cannot eat, into nutrient-dense… Continue reading China – Yak Leather
15 December 2023 Comment by Italy’s La Conceria – Think for a minute if they listened to Stella McCartney Luckily some interviews are nothing more than an exercise. We trust the fact that the latest statements from Stella McCartney will remain in the wind, as the former calls for global duties on the international trade… Continue reading Comment by Italy’s La Conceria – Think for a minute if they listened to Stella McCartney
14 December 2023 Leather in Automotive One4Leather writes that the automotive leather industry accounts for 18% of the annual processed hides. If laid end-to-end, the hides used for cars would wrap the earth 1.8 times. If the automotive industry increased the use of leather by just 10%, it would save 3.5 million hides from landfill… Continue reading Leather in Automotive
14 December 2023 Sustainability – Royal Smit & Zoon achieves EcoVadis Platinum rating Leather chemicals business Royal Smit & Zoon has been awarded with the EcoVadis Platinum rating, improving from an existing Gold rating. The company has been assessed by EcoVadis for over five years, and achieved a Gold rating in 2021 and 2022. The… Continue reading Sustainability – Royal Smit & Zoon achieves EcoVadis Platinum rating
14 December 2023 Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – More cost, more administration and more complications A new Leatherbiz Market Intelligence report, the last one for 2023, went live on December 12. It focuses intently on the new EU Regulation 1115/2023 on deforestation. The newsletter made it clear that the new regulation’s proposals, as they stand, would… Continue reading Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – More cost, more administration and more complications
13 December 2023 Italy – Assomac has a new General Manager Assomac General Manager Roberto Vago will end his employment with the association at the end of the year and leave his post to Agostino Apolito, writes ILM. During the final greetings of the Assomac Annual General Assembly, held on Friday, November 10, in the… Continue reading Italy – Assomac has a new General Manager
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