It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Egbert Dikkers

Leatherwear / Royal Smit & Zoon

5 May 2022

5 minutes

Royal Smit & Zoon has a dedicated R&D team focused on the most important leather making stage, being tanning, where it introduced Zeology, the truly sustainably alternative to existing leather tanning agents. It is chrome-free, heavy metal-free and aldehyde-free. The industry is increasingly embracing this new innovation.

In Future, Tanneries Will Get Hides as By-product from Regenerative Farming

The focus at the century-old, family-run Royal Smit & Zoon is on bio-based chemistry, reducing usage of water, shortening leather-making processes, optimising waste stream. The emphasis is to support a society where nothing is wasted, everything can be re-used and ultimately recycled. The second and final part of the interview with Egbert Dikkers, Global Director ESG.

Richa Bansal

Interview

Leatherwear / Royal Smit & Zoon

4 May 2022

4 minutes

The leather industry supports the creation of a circular society by making leather that can be used over and over again and ultimately can be recycled easily. Royal Smit & Zoon caters to industries such as automotive, high-end fashion, and upholstery.

For Society that Needs to Consume Less, Leather is Perfect Material

A leading global supplier of specialty chemicals for leather manufacturers, the focus at the century-old, family-run Royal Smit & Zoon is on sustainability through innovation as it develops and manufactures sustainable (bio)chemical solutions for the leather industry. Extracts from an interview with Egbert Dikkers, Global Director ESG.