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Leather Impact / LCA Study

12 February 2025

The work represents 16 facilities in eleven different countries with diverse climatic conditions: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Italy, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, and Vietnam.

New Leather LCA Study Provides New Benchmark, Highlights Areas for Process Improvements to Enhance Sustainability

A new global study on the lifecycle assessment (LCA) of the modern cow leather industry has found that the farming stage (upstream) significantly contributes to the impact of five among six categories, and that that the values for several parameters were much lower than previously indicated.

Staff Writer

Indian Leather / Budget 2025

6 February 2025

4 minutes

Leather workers at a workshop in Dharavi, Mumbai. The removal of export duty on crust leather is a game-changer since Indian semi-finished leather has always had strong demand in export markets.

Indian Policy Changes Can Be Game-Changer for Leather & Footwear Industry

The policy changes for the Indian leather sector as announced in the Indian Budget 2025-26 could well be a fantastic opportunity for innovation, growth, global market expansion even as some healthy competition awaits. An analysis.

Arshad Khan

Analysis

Event Roundup / IILF 2025

5 February 2025

3 minutes

The 38th India International Leather Fair (IILF) held at Chennai Trade Centre from 1-3 February is a flagship event of India’s leather industry, It has evolved as one of the most prominent specialised events of leather and accessories, footwear components, synthetics material footwear, leather goods, machinery, chemicals, equipment and technology in the international calendar of events.

Removal of Duties Will Ease Operational Costs and Boost Export Competitiveness for Indian Leather

A trade event that witnessed a happy industry was the 38th edition of the India International Leather Fair (IILF) at Chennai from 1–3 February which was marked by trends that promise to propel the leather and footwear sector onto a sharper anvil. A report.

Salman Raghib

Report

Development / Capacity-Building

27 April 2023

2 minutes

SLF’s audit and certification standard also incorporates an equivalency service to avoid duplication of effort and resource, and to firmly put the emphasis on improvement and partnership to meet the standards and performance necessary to support a sustainable leather industry of the future.

Sustainable Leather Foundation to Work on Capacity-Building, Best Practices in SADC Region

Sustainable Leather Foundation heads to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region this May to train and equip local representatives with required tools to drive forward improvements in the leather value chain.