SLTC Conference April 2022
Saturday 23rd April saw the 124th Annual International Conference of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists. This year’s conference saw the first in-person attendance since 2019 together with a continued ability to attend through remote connection which allowed many of our international colleagues and those isolating with Covid-19 to still join us. The conference […]
Earth Day 2022
The theme for this years Earth Day is, “Invest in Our Planet.” Earth Day 2022 is focused on accelerating solutions to combat our greatest threat, climate change, and to activate everyone – governments, citizens, and businesses – to do their part. Everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. The Earth Day 2022 theme is focused on […]
Darmstadt University’s More Sustainable Leather Products Design Competition and Mentoring Program 2022
The Darmstadt University has launched its More Sustainable Leather Products Design Competition! The competition is open to anyone interested or involved in designing and developing leather products. This includes – but is not limited to – professional and early career designers, design agencies, students of design and related disciplines, leather brands and start-ups. The participant(s) or […]
Austan and Picard Successfully Achieve Sustainable Leather Foundation Audit Certification
On the 28th February to 3rd March, during a week where 7 tanneries in Savar had their water and power supplies turned off by the Department of Environment, the Sustainable Leather Foundation was in the area auditing Austan Ltd and Picard (Bangladesh) Ltd. Our Managing Director, Deborah Taylor, first visited Bangladesh last November where she […]
Real Leather Stay Different International Student Design Competition 2022 now open!
Annual competition launches with future-first, slow fashion message – showcasing the next generation of global design talent that champions ‘slow fashion’ through use of long-lasting natural leather products. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Dr_bjrBKw&t=33s The Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition (RLSD), in partnership with ArtsThread, the leading digital platform for emerging artists and designers, is now open […]
Congratulations to our partner SGS for attaining a platinum rating from EcoVadis
Congratulations to our partner SGS for their successful platinum rating with EcoVadis for the third consecutive year! This puts SGS in the top 1% of business sustainability rankings out of more than 85,000 companies world wide. SGS is one of the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification companies and this week it has achieved a […]
Curtiembre Arlei – The First Argentinian Tannery To Join The Sustainable Leather Foundation
Curtiembre Arlei has joined SLF as our first contributing partner from Argentina! Founded in 1938, Curtiembre Arlei is a global supplier to the automotive industry and on average processes around 10,000 hides a day. We are looking forward to working with the Arlei Group to help them achieve their sustainability goals. “We believe that sustainability […]
Brazil – rising to the challenge?
In January, our Managing Director, Deborah Taylor, was invited to Brazil to learn first hand about the challenges facing the leather industry and how they are working to meet those challenges. “In January I had the good fortune to visit meatpackers, tanneries, chemical plants and other facilities in Brazil. When I say, “good fortune”, I […]
Welcome to our new Auditors!
Our Managing Director, Deborah Taylor’s New Year Message and WWF Short Film
New Year Message from our Managing Director, Deborah Taylor
Our Managing Director, Deborah Taylor’s New Year Message and WWF Short Film