Sustainability

Leather and COP26

The main mission was for manufacturers and industry bodies to remind people that leather is a sustainable by-product and needs to be used to help heal the environment

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JUST WHAT IS VEGAN LEATHER

If you’re planning on buying an ‘alternative’ to leather, make sure you know exactly what its manufacturing actually involves

JAGUAR LAND ROVER TO TRIAL BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE LEATHER TRACEABILITY

Luxury automobile company to partner with traceability provider Circulor in new initiative to monitor supply chains

Prince of Wales on leather’s role in the circular economy

Charles has praised the environmental value of ethically produced leather at a reception for CEOs of the world’s biggest fashion brands

Sustainable leather campaign takes to COP26

Leather industry organisations from across the world have called on the COP26 Forum to recognise the role that leather and other natural fibres can play in tackling climate change.

US leather industry joins forces with WWF to fight deforestation and promote best practice

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and US leather industry to ‘make a substantial contribution to the sustainability’ of leather worldwide.

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We are all about promoting best practice here at RLSD. So here is how to ensure what you buy is made from leather that is produced to the highest sustainable and ethical standards.

“Our goal is always to not waste hide” – an interview with Jay Jensen, boss of the Southwest Hide Co.

As much as he insists his business is market driven, Jay Jensen can’t hide his passion when he talks about wasted cowhides.

The real cost of renting

Sharing occasion wear may appear to be the ethical choice, but is it as green as it seems?

Leather versus synthetics – five ways leather beats manmade products

We may be biased, but we’re also know we’re right! We look at the ways leather beats its manmade competitors.

Almost half of clothes sold by online fashion brands are made of ‘virgin’ plastic – while millions of spare hides are burnt or sent to landfill.

The LHCA sets out some of the key figures in its new video short that can be viewed here.