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

International Council of Tanners

COP Ahead / Leather Manifesto

26 October 2023

3 minutes

There are currently huge volumes of a natural, readily available versatile hides and skins going unused which could be transformed into sustainable leather, replacing fossil fuel-derived synthetic alternatives, with the additional emissions and impacts those entail.

COP CALL: Leather Organisations Seek Greater Understanding and Integration of Natural Materials

The International Council of Tanners (ICT), along with 28 other leather industry organisations, have reiterated their call on the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) to recognise the cyclical, climate efficient nature of natural fibres like leather and reduce unnecessary reliance on fossil-fuel-based materials.

Staff Writer

Sector Scanner / State of Leather 2022 / V

9 December 2022

14 minutes

Leather Industry Must Work Out its Own Context for Net-Zero and Chart a Plan

Each stakeholder in the leather industry, be it the tanner, trader, supplier or customer must get involved to get leather to a safe place in the mind of new younger consumers, and throughout the supply network involved. There are no impossible hurdles for a determined leather industry to make great strides quickly and set an achievable target date with milestones.

Mike Redwood

Commentary

Spotlight: State of Leather 2022

COP27 UPDATES / Leather Manifesto

10 November 2022

3 minutes

Every year, an estimated 120 million hides, equivalent to approximately 600 million square metres of leather, are thrown into landfill, creating nearly 15 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions.

Leather Organisations Urge COP27 to Prioritise Natural Materials

A 'Leather Manifesto' has exhorted the COP27 to recognise the cyclical, climate-efficient characteristics of leather and other natural fibres. It also urged the COP27 to understand the implications of the huge amounts of raw material of leather production, hides and skins, that are currently being thrown away.