SLF joins the Leather Industry’s call to COP31: Leather the Circular Choice
SLF Joins the Leather Industry’s Call to COP31: Leather – the Circular Choice World leaders, negotiators, businesses and citizens gather in Antalya, Türkiye from 9 to 20 November for COP31, the UN climate summit. The Sustainable Leather Foundation is proud to be a signatory of A Manifesto for Leather: Leather – the circular choice, issued […]
COTANCE issues guidance for EU PPWR
COTANCE Compliance guide for the EU Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) begun to apply across the EU. COTANCE have prepared some useful guidance in relation to the new Packaging and Packaging Wast Regulation (PPWR) The guide covers common tannery situations: receiving packaged materials; commissioning or branding packaging; and […]
Stakeholder Briefing
Stakeholder Briefing October 2026 We have just released our Stakeholder Briefing. Catch up on our latest regulatory and industry updates. Highlights include formal recognition of the SLF Certification Scheme by UKAS, key implications of the EU PPWR and EmpCo directives, updates on the removal of bovine hides from EUDR scope, and registration details for our […]
6 Years of Impact
Today, 13th July 2026, SLF celebrates its 6th Anniversary! In July 2020 we set out to create a system of support for the leather industry that was not available anywhere else. With our vision of an accessible, inclusive and modular approach to sustainability, coupled with an innovative Transparency Dashboard – still the only one of […]
EUDR: Important News Update
European Commission adopts the Delegated Act for EUDR that Removes cattle hides, skins and Leather from the Scope in Annex 1 of the EUDR. On Monday 13th July 2026, the European Commission published a press release to confirm the adoption of the simplification recommendations of the Delegated Act of the EUDR. The now published Delegated Act […]
A Week of Collaboration, Innovation and New Thinking
A week of collaboration, innovation and new thinking for Sustainable Leather Foundation. The Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) concluded an inspiring week of international engagement with two significant events that highlighted both the practical implementation of sustainability solutions and the importance of reshaping how the industry approaches sustainability itself. On 30th June, SLF hosted the Leathertrace […]
UNIDO Launches Guidelines for Assessing the Environmental Footprint of Leather
UNIDO Launches Guidelines for Assessing the Environmental Footprint of Leather The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has released its new Guidelines for Assessing the Environmental Footprint of Leather, providing the leather industry with a harmonized framework for measuring and reporting environmental impacts across the leather value chain. The guidelines aim to support greater transparency, […]
Important Update to the SLF Certification Scheme
An update to the SLF Certification Scheme: SLF embarked on formal UKAS accreditation at the start of 2025, and we are making good progress towards this goal. Part of this accreditation process is the approval of the SLF Certification Scheme for auditing against, and we are now in the final stage of that recognition. This […]
EUDR: SLF’s Response on Proposed Simplification of the EUDR
EUDR: SLF’s Response for the public Feedback to the proposed simplification of the EUDR Further to the press release on Monday 4th May 2026, from the European Commission to confirm the simplification draft of the Delegated Act of the EUDR, there is now a public feedback period open until 1st June. SLF has submitted feedback […]
EUDR: Important News Update
Draft Delegated Act for EUDR incorporates targeted amendments to the product scope, including the removal of Leather. On Monday 4th May 2026, the European Commission published a press release to confirm the simplification draft of the Delegated Act of the EUDR. “The draft Delegated Act incorporates targeted amendments to the EUDR product scope. It updates […]