Author: Rose Tong

29 November 2021 Webinar: Ecotan – the first bio-circular leather How can the recycling of leather articles and scraps help safeguard the future of this noble material? Tune in on Thursday, December 2nd at 14:00 (GMT +1) for @Arsutoria Magazine’s free to attend webinar “Ecotan, the first bio-circular leather”.     Deborah Taylor, Managing Director… Continue reading Webinar: Ecotan – the first bio-circular leather

29 November 2021 India – Fashion is Art and Leather is the Canvas. We at Dugros Leather (India) have our complete focus on developing New Designs as per demands from our customers all around the globe.     Do you want your designs to become reality? We will do it for you!

26 November 2021 White leather – White leather is difficult to produce White leather exudes a sense of luxury and quality that makes it much beloved in fashion and high-end upholstery, but also in car interiors as protective technologies make it resistant against staining and soiling. The color itself is often associated with purity, spirituality… Continue reading White leather – White leather is difficult to produce

26 November 2021 Deforestation – Project in place for deforestation-free leather supply chains Conservation groups WWF and the US’s National Wildlife Federation will work with the Leather Working Group and researchers from the University of Wisconsin Madison to tackle deforestation and its links to leather supply chains, reports Leatherbiz.   Image shows Brazil’s environment agency… Continue reading Deforestation – Project in place for deforestation-free leather supply chains

25 November 2021 SGS joins SLF as Contributing Partner The testing, inspection and certification company has joined the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) as a Contributing Partner, reports ILM.     Established more than 140 years ago, SGS operates a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories with 93,000 employees “helping businesses everywhere to work efficiently, deliver… Continue reading SGS joins SLF as Contributing Partner

25 November 2021 Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – COP26 open letter welcome A new edition of the Leatherbiz Market Intelligence newsletter went live on November 23 and is now available.     Our Leather Pipeline report this time reflects on unfair negative publicity that the meat and leather sectors received at the recent COP26 conference. It… Continue reading Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – COP26 open letter welcome

24 November 2021 Leather Supply Chain – LWG, NWF, WWF, and GLUE unite to conduct the largest Leather Supply Chain Mapping Project A new mapping project will be the first to thoroughly evaluate the leather industry and its impacts on deforestation. Last week, leaders and activists from around the world met at COP 26, adding… Continue reading Leather Supply Chain – LWG, NWF, WWF, and GLUE unite to conduct the largest Leather Supply Chain Mapping Project