Vanessa is the Traceability Project Manager for Leather Working Group (LWG), which is an an international not-for-profit membership organisation that drives collaboration and sustainability improvements in the leather industry.
She joined LWG in September 2021 and is responsible for managing the organisation’s work on traceability of leather, including developing deforestation due diligence and the chain of custody requirements for LWG.
Vanessa has over 20 years of commercial fashion and sustainability experience gained through working for organisations including the Fairtrade Foundation, Control Union and Historic Futures. Vanessa is a specialist in sustainable materials, global sourcing, certification and traceability systems.
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.
