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.
COP26 Leather Industry Manifesto Released
International Leather Industry Calls on COP26 to Reduce Reliance on Fossil-Fuels, Prioritise Natural Materials UK, 28 October, 2021 – The Sustainable Leather Foundation, along with 30 other international leather industry organizations, today called on the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) to prioritise natural materials as a means of directly mitigating climate impact. The […]
Rolfes Leather joins The Sustainable Leather Foundation as a Contributing Partner
We are delighted to welcome Rolfes Leather as a Contributing Partner! Rolfes Group was established in 1938 as a family business manufacturing lead chrome pigments. Over the years the business has grown and now manufactures and distributes a wide range of market-leading, high-quality chemical and organic products to various industries through their Agricultural, Food, Industrial […]
SIlvateam joins The Sustainable Leather Foundation as a Contributing Partner
We are delighted to welcome Silvateam as a Contributing Partner! Silvateam, established in 1854, is passionate about plant-based extracts for leather tanning. The company are world leading when it comes to natural, sustainable products that support a wide range of other applications in addition to leather, such as animal health, food and wine and other […]