COP29 – Leather Manifesto 2024
International Leather Industry Calls on COP29 to recognise the positive role that long-lasting leather products can have in reducing consumption and the impact of fashion industry United Kingdom, 16th October 2024 – The Sustainable Leather Foundation, along with 21 other international leather industry organizations, has drawn the attention of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change […]
GOOD NEWS FRIDAY! SLF standards are now registered with the ITC Standards Map
GOOD NEWS FRIDAY! SLF is thrilled to announce that our environmental, social and governance audit standards are now registered on the ITC Standards Map The ITC Standards Map is a platform of over 300 voluntary standards in 192 countries. SLF is the only leather specific certification organisation to be included on the Standards Map and […]
SLF End of Year Meeting, 3rd December 2024
SLF End Of Year Meeting SLF will be holding our End of Year Partner Meeting on Tuesday 3rd December 2024, in the Leathersellers’ Hide at the University of Northampton. This year’s meeting will review SLF’s annual report, benchmarking and technical advancements along with the opportunity to hear from experts and industry professionals. See below for […]
Important Update about the EUDR
Important Update about EUDR Following developments published today in a press release from the European Commission, please see the PDF attached below for an update bulletin on the EUDR. As always, we will keep you updated with developments. EUDR Update Bulletin
Let’s talk about greenwashing – S&V Magazine Article
Let’s talk about greenwashing Last month, on a Saturday, an email arrived in my SLF inbox from a company in India, complete with brochure attachment for their “innovative Vegan Leather”! The email reads: Dear Sir / Madam I hope you are doing well. Our company XXXXX is one of the top manufacturers and exporters of […]
Finding our industry voice – S&V Magazine Article
Finding Our Industry Voice In one week during June 2024 no less than three companies have spoken with SLF about the lack of industry cohesiveness when it comes to external representation. Complaints that our existing support organisations are not doing enough to ensure the industry’s opinions and concerns at inter-governmental level are regularly heard. Having […]
Deforestation is the number one risk topic facing our industry – S&V Magazine Article
Deforestation is the number one risk topic facing our industry We have been listening to reports on the harm that deforestation does to our planet, and how important it is to preserve our forests for a healthy ecosystem, for a long time now. However, the time for listening is over and the time for action […]
Africa continues to call – S&V Magazine Article
Every month SLF writes an article for the S&V African Leather Magazine. For those who don’t subscribe, we will be publishing some of our most-read articles on the SLF website.
This weeks is a report on the conclusion of the year-long GIZ project article that was published in May.
How to make sustainability pay – S&V Magazine Article
How to make sutainability pay – S&V Magazine Every month SLF writes an article for the S&V African Leather Magazine. For those who don’t subscribe, we will be publishing some of our most-read articles on the SLF website and social pages. First up is an article that was featured in April this year about how […]
Opportunity for stakeholders to test GeoJSON files starting 26 August 2024
The EUDR Deforestation Commission would like to provide interested stakeholders with an opportunity to test their GeoJSON files prior to the launch of the Information System. Dear SLF Partner, As you know the implementation date for EUDR is fast approaching, and SLF is a member of the European Commission’s Deforestation Platform that is providing the […]