EUDR Update: Information System access restricted for updates
EUDR Update: Information System access restricted for updates We would like to notify you that temporary access limitations will apply to the EUDR Information System from 16 February. The exact reopening date will be communicated in mid-April, with the system reopening shortly thereafter. This temporary measure is necessary to facilitate the deployment of updates to the EUDR Information System reflecting the amended provisions of the […]
Lineapelle Stakeholder Meeting 2026
Lineapelle Stakeholder Meeting 2026 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Stakeholder Meeting yesterday at Lineapelle. 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 […]
SLF in Pakistan – January 2026
SLF Visit to Pakistan Last week our team spent a valuable five days in Pakistan, a trip that centred around a jointly hosted “Symposium of Traceability in the Leather Supply Chain” with WWF – Pakistan. The symposium was held as an official event of the Pakistan Mega Leather Show, held in Lahore on 24th to […]
Lineapelle Seminar: Introducing the Official CEN Standard for Traceability in the Leather Supply Chain
Lineapelle Seminar: Introducing the Official CEN Standard for Traceability in the Leather Supply Chain Join COTANCE, ICEC and SLF to explore the requirements of this new CEN Standard EN 18199 “Essential Requirements for Leather Traceability”. The Standard has been developed by the industry certification bodies under the governance of COTANCE for the benefit of all leather industry […]
Stakeholder Meeting – Lineapelle Milan
SLF Stakeholder Meeting We are delighted to announce our Stakeholder Meeting at Lineapelle Milan. When: Wednesday 11th February 2026, 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Where: Conference Room 10, First Floor, Organiser’s Building, Lineapelle, Fiera Milano Agenda: SLF Review of 2025 Progress and Benchmarking SLF Auditing Services and Accreditation Update Guest […]
SLF 2025 Strategy Meeting – Achievements and Transitions
A year of impact and growth for SLF—topped off with the transition of our Advisory Board Chair from Hans van Haarst to Reg Hankey.
2026, we’re ready.
COP30 Manifesto for Leather Published
COP30: Manifesto for Leather 2025 The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP30, is the upcoming 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, being held in Belém, Brazil, from the 10th to the 21st November 2025. Ahead of COP30, The International Council of Tanners […]
Weev Collaboration with SLF
SLF and Weev Collaboration SLF recently reinvigorated our collaboration with Weev and are delighted to be able to offer our partners a no-cost, no-risk opportunity to trial Weev’s digital sourcing platform. Weev is a digital solution for the footwear and fashion creation process, that connects brands and suppliers on a shared platform to make the […]
Guidelines for Transparency and Traceability for the leather value chain in Pakistan now published
WWF Pakistan have now published the Guidelines for Transparency and Traceability of the Leather Value Chain in Pakistan, authored by our Managing Director, Deborah Taylor.
Indonesia 2 Day Inception Workshop
On 8-9th September, the SLF team delivered a 2-Day Inception Workshop in Malang, Indonesia under the L&HCA Regional Agricultural Promotion Program and in association with AKPI (Indonesian Tanners Association).