Read our interview for Oeko-Tex
Our MD, Deborah Taylor, recently talked with the team at Oeko-Tex about the leather industry and whether leather is or can be sustainable. During the interview she looked at the challenges that the involved companies along the value chain have to meet in order to bring about more sustainable production. The result is a great […]
January-February 2022 Newsletter
Following a recent visit to Brazil this edition of our newsletter focuses on our report from that trip, together with our latest roundup of news and upcoming events! Click to read more…
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
December Newsletter
Our latest roundup of news, focusing on new partners, upcoming events and new members of our team.
SLF Annual Review 2021
At the end of our first full partnership year, The Sustainable Leather Foundation is proud to publish our first annual report.We hope you enjoy reading about our key achievements, developments and review of the milestones we have reached. 2022 is already shaping up to be another busy and rewarding year, we look forward to continuing […]
Leather Coordinator Joins The Sustainable Leather Foundation as a Compliance Partner
Even though we are nearing the end of 2021, we are very pleased to welcome another tannery as an SLF Partner. Leather Coordinator have come on board as our first tannery from Pakistan. Leather Coordinator was established in 1979 in Pakistan and aims to become a market leader in the region for producing finished leather. […]