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 […]
EUDR September Update
New dates for virtual training sessions on the EUDR Information System Additional dates for virtual training sessions on the EUDR Information System are now available on our webpage: The Information System of the Deforestation Regulation – European Commission. Please note that the primary audience for these training sessions consists of companies obligated under the EUDR […]
Collaboration strengthened between Sustainable Leather Foundation and Weev
Collaboration strengthened between Sustainable Leather Foundation and Weev Weev and the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) are pleased to announce a strengthened collaboration that will enhance communication across the leather industry, aligning material choices with sustainability and due diligence. The two organisations first signed a Memorandum of Understanding in March last year. This next step builds […]
Mourning My Favourite Boots
Mourning My Favourite Boots How one pair of well-travelled boots made me question footwear sustainability “True sustainability is built to last.” A Decade in the Making I never thought a pair of boots would lead me to question the very definition of sustainability in footwear—but here we are. I clearly remember my first visit to […]
SLF’s 5 Year Anniversary
🎉 Celebrating 5 Years of Sustainable Progress! 🎉 On Sunday the 13th of July we were proud to mark a significant milestone — 5 years of the Sustainable Leather Foundation! Since our launch in 2020, we’ve been dedicated to making the leather industry more transparent, responsible, and sustainable. Thanks to our growing global community, we’ve:✅ […]
EUDR Update – Country Profiles now published
Country Risk Classification Now Published The European Commission on 22nd May 2025 adopted the Implementing Act on the country benchmarking system under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The Implementing Regulation classifies countries according to their risk of deforestation associated with the production of the seven commodities covered by the EUDR: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, […]
EUDR Update – April Update
New Training Dates for EUDR Released In our last EUDR update, we informed you that there was a proposal to add a “no risk” country category to the regulation. Subsequent to our mailing, this along with some other amendments was taken off the agenda in order to ensure that the implementation delay was able to […]
SLF – Governed with Integrity
Here at SLF, we understand the importance of integrity within our scope of work on behalf of the leather industry. That’s why we have a robust system of policies and procedures to guide the way in which we work, from standard setting to audit delivery and certification, to ensure that we uphold exemplary governance. In 2024, SLF underwent an external third party review of all our standards and benchmarks, governance systems, procedures and guidance notes, following which the SLF Environmental, Social and Governance Standards became the first leather specific Standards to be published on the ITC Global Standards Map. This year will see our auditing division, SLF Auditing Services Ltd, further our commitment by undertaking UKAS accreditation as a certification body. We are pleased to announce that we have appointed Stuart Cranfield to manage our accreditation process with us and look forward to strengthening our ability to continue to meet industry and regulatory requirements.