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

Leather Working Group

Leather / LCA Research

14 May 2022

2 minutes

The LWG LCA will provide insights into the key impact categories for bovine leather used across multiple representative sectors, considering chrome and chrome-free tannage, as well as splits.

Biggest Leather LCA Study Gets Under Way

The Leather Working Group (LWG) has launched the biggest lifecycle assessment (LCA) study for the leather industry to investigate the environmental impact of leather made in LWG-certified facilities. The project will be carried out by Milan-based sustainability consultancy Spin360.

Staff Writer

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.