Sustainability and the Leather Industry
Workshop

Leather comes from a naturally sustainable resource – the waste material of the meat and dairy industry.  It is important that how we convert that waste material into leather is done as sustainably as possible and respecting the principles of environmental, social and governance responsibility.  Smythson have contracted SLF to provide training to their employees, focussing on key areas including:

  1. What is sustainability?
  2. How does leather meeting the definition?
  3. Sustainability Risks?
  4. Incoming Legislation
  5. Mitigation and Approach to Good Practice

Materials from the workshop session are below: