How SLF evaluates ESG.
SLF’s Triple Pillar Approach to supporting a sustainable leather industry. SLF addresses key challenges in the leather industry through the use of a system that fosters transparency, inclusivity, and progress in meeting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards.
SLF is supporting brands, retailers, leather manufacturers, traders, product manufacturers, suppliers, meatpackers, processors and farms to evaluate and certify performance against ESG.
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The Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) was established in July 2020 with a vision to support the leather industry to become more sustainable, through its AIM Approach (Accessible, Inclusive, Modular). SLF published its Audit Standard (with accompanying Standards & Benchmarks and Explanatory Notes & Templates) in July 2021, covering all aspects of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) for the value chain. The Audit Standard complements the SLF Transparency Dashboard™ (launched in May 2021) which uses a traffic light system to help anyone to easily see what existing certifications for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) sustainability are already in place and what areas are either not yet started or are work in progress. This complete system helps to promote sustainable improvement in facilities across the leather value chain.
Through extensive engagement with stakeholders across the leather value chain, SLF identified recurring issues that led to the development of the SLF Transparency Dashboard™ as an innovative solution to support sustainable practices and industry-wide alignment.
