It was a highly productive afternoon reviewing our progress over the past year and sharing our development plans for 2026.

We covered key updates on benchmarking, auditing and accreditation, social compliance, industry engagement, and our ongoing work on traceability solutions through Leathertrace, particularly in informal farming geographies in Bangladesh.

A special thank you to our guest speaker, Gustavo Adrián Defeo, Scientific Director of CTC, ARS Tinctoria Srl, for his insightful presentation on communicating the sustainability performance of leather and the role of new European standards in enabling clear, credible environmental claims.

We were encouraged by the level of engagement, discussion, and shared commitment across the room.

We’re grateful to all our stakeholders for their continued collaboration and support, together, we’re building a stronger, more transparent leather industry.