SLF Joins Leather Naturally as an associate member
SLF are delighted to announce their associate membership of Leather Naturally. Leather Naturally is a not-for-profit, industry, members association that focuses on education and the promotion of leather. They promote the use of globally manufactured sustainable leather and seek to inspire and inform designers, creators, and consumers about its beauty, quality and versatility. […]
Karaca Deri – The First Turkish Tannery To Join The Sustainable Leather Foundation
We are very pleased to welcome Karaca Deri Leather to SLF. They are the first tannery to join us from Turkey and we are delighted to add them to our growing dashboard of sustainably conscious leather manufacturers. As part of our commitment to actively support improvement across the whole leather manufacturing spectrum, welcoming Karaca is […]
Bangladesh – The Responsibility of Potential
Bangladesh, as a high leather producing country, has always received a rather negative coverage from the press and media – primarily due to concerns about environmental pollution and lack of standards. Back in 2015, as I first began working in the leather industry, my naivety led me to also assume that Bangladesh was a high-risk […]
Mulberry Launches Low Carbon Collection
Displaying another great example of the strength of partnership, one of our Founding Partners, Mulberry, is proud to announce the launch of their new collection of bags created using the low carbon leather and crafted in the brand’s carbon neutral Somerset factories. Produced in partnership with Muirhead, part of the Scottish Leather Group, the limited-edition […]
SGS Joins The Sustainable Leather Foundation as a Contributing Partner!
The Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) is delighted to welcome SGS as a Contributing Partner! Established over 140 years ago, SGS are a world leading testing, inspection and certification company with 93,000 employees operating a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more connected world. A company that holds […]
Austan and Picard join The Sustainable Leather Foundation as our first integrated tannery and product manufacturer
We are delighted to welcome Austan and Picard as our first group partner comprising both a tannery and a product manufacturer! Based in Bangladesh, Austan Limited is an environmentally friendly, manufacturer of finished leather located in Dhaka Export Processing Zone. Austan manufactures a wide range of high quality finished leather products to Picard and aims to […]
World Quality Week
This week is World Quality Week and this year’s theme is: “Sustainability: improving our products, people and planet” which is very apt for our Foundation. Our directors are proud Practitioners of the CQI | The Chartered Quality Institute and in advance of World Quality Day on Thursday 11th November 2021, we would like to invite […]
Material Exchange Sustainability Playbook
Last week, Material Exchange hosted a launch event webinar to talk about their online sourcing platform and how material sourcing is evolving toward become a more sustainable, efficient process. SLF are delighted to be a spotlight partner under the better leather category which contains a dozen key search categories. The Better Leather sustainability search term […]
Leder Chimica joins the Sustainable Leather Foundation as a Contributing Partner
We are delighted to welcome Leder Chimica as a Contributing Partner! An Italian family owned company established in 1986 with the main focus of providing high quality products for the Leather business. Leder Chimica study and manufacture chemicals for leather production across a range of industries including; clothing, footwear, automobile upholstery, furniture and fashion accessories. […]
October Newsletter
Our latest roundup of news, focusing on new partners, upcoming events and new members of our team.