Leather Compliance
Workshop
Compliance means following rules/regulations/orders in the workplace and they usually vary depending on the industry you work in.
For the leather industry (and related paper industry) compliance falls into different categories: Voluntary, Regulatory and Corporate.
Smythson have contracted SLF to provide training for their employees and suppliers, focussing on key areas including:
- What is compliance?
- Chemical Compliance – REACH, ZDHC, Prop 65
- European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
- European Union Green Claims Directive (EUGCD)
- Digital Product Passport
- Guide to the SLF Transparency Dashboard
- Smythson’s CSR Strategy
Sustainability and the Leather Industry
Workshop
Leather comes from a naturally sustainable resource – the waste material of the meat and dairy industry. It is important that how we convert that waste material into leather is done as sustainably as possible and respecting the principles of environmental, social and governance responsibility. Smythson have contracted SLF to provide training to their employees, focussing on key areas including:
- What is sustainability?
- How does leather meeting the definition?
- Sustainability Risks?
- Incoming Legislation
- Mitigation and Approach to Good Practice
Materials from the workshop session are below:
