How our Transparency Dashboard Supports Improvement
The Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) developed the SLF Transparency Dashboard™ to address key challenges in the leather industry and to promote transparency, inclusivity, and progress in meeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards. Through extensive engagement with stakeholders, SLF identified recurring issues that led to this innovative solution, aiming to support sustainable practices and industry-wide alignment.
Shining a light on supplier inclusion
Collective Action Reimagined.
A new report has been published by Transformer Foundation calling more better supplier engagement in multi-stakeholder initiatives working in the fashion industry.
Let’s talk about greenwashing – S&V Magazine Article
Let’s talk about greenwashing Last month, on a Saturday, an email arrived in my SLF inbox from a company in India, complete with brochure attachment for their “innovative Vegan Leather”! The email reads: Dear Sir / Madam I hope you are doing well. Our company XXXXX is one of the top manufacturers and exporters of […]
July 2021 Workshop Videos Available Now
Did you miss our Workshops? You can now watch the recordings here
Technical Documents Released!
Technical Documents now available!
SLF Is 1 Year Old!
Today, 14th July 2021, to celebrate our first birthday, we decided to take a look at the key milestones already achieved. Not bad for 12 months!
SLF’s pathway to no-deforestation and preservation of biodiversity
The Sustainable Leather Foundation believes that through due diligence and respecting the natural balance of ecosystems, the leather industry is well positioned to be a positive driver for a sustainable cycle of production that safeguards against the exploitation of people and finite planet resources.
SLF’s pathway to a traceable and transparent leather industry
The Sustainable Leather Foundation believes that traceability and transparency are fundamental elements to provide the leather value chain with adequate socio-environmental safeguards and, from its inception, has held them as key priorities for improved environmental, social, corporate, and operational governance.
The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil’s beef exports
On Tuesday 1st December, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) published an insightful report on beef exports from Brazil.
Responsible Leather Round Table
On Tuesday 15th December, Textile Exchange held their annual Responsible Leather Round Table, this year as a virtual event due to the ongoing risk of Covid-19. Our Managing Director, Deborah Taylor, was one of the speakers during the event and gave a round up of industry news at the start of the session. Deborah has […]