11 March 2022 Regenerative Farming – Timberland invests in sustainable regenerative ranches Farming has been blamed, incorrectly, for a large part of our global carbon footprint. Recent insights and data have shown us that the truth is quite different, and agriculture actually plays a vital part in regenerating the earth which we have exhausted. Various… Continue reading Regenerative Farming – Timberland invests in sustainable regenerative ranches
11 March 2022 Leather – Brands will pay more for Zeology-tanned leather, Scan-Hide says Denmark-based producer of wet blue and wet white Scan-Hide has paid tribute to the help it has received from two of its partners in producing biodegradable leather, reports Leatherbiz. Arizona Muse bag from Anya Hindmarch Scan-Hide spin-off Spoor received… Continue reading Leather – Brands will pay more for Zeology-tanned leather, Scan-Hide says
10 March 2022 United States of America – Meat industry The 17th annual “Power of Meat” report reveals that almost all American households – 98.5% – buy meat, a trend backed by an increase in volume sales by 3.9% for all meat, compared with pre-pandemic levels. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/djAybBE2
10 March 2022 Italy Written by Andrea Guolo Vito Artioli has died. Among my memories, a dinner and an evening spent with him, his son Andrea and his then colleague Luca Fumagalli at the Trattoria San Sisto in Bologna. The late Vito Artioli Artioli was an academic of the kitchen and the theme… Continue reading Italy
10 March 2022 France Paris-based luxury group LVMH is set to take its Métiers d’Excellence (ME) concept, meaning “professions of excellence” in English, on a tour of five French cities beginning March 9 and ending April 6, in order to engage potential future recruits, writes Leatherbiz. Now in its eighth consecutive edition, this… Continue reading France
9 March 2022 Real Leather. Stay Different. competition returns for 2022 Real Leather. Stay Different. has announced that its International Student Design Competition will return for 2022 with the question “Fast Fashion or Slow Style?” Report by ILM. The competition, which started in 2021, is a global search for new design talent open… Continue reading Real Leather. Stay Different. competition returns for 2022
9 March 2022 Leather Naturally – Search underway for new Chair on the Management Board Leather Naturally announced that they are searching for candidates who are interested in joining the Leather Naturally Management Board as Chair. The position of Chair becomes available after the current chair Egbert Dikkers indicated that he will take… Continue reading Leather Naturally – Search underway for new Chair on the Management Board
9 March 2022 Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – War changes everything We published the most recent edition of our Leatherbiz Market Intelligence newsletter on March 8. Of course, the war in Ukraine is the dominant story. The suffering of the people caught up in the war and of refugees fleeing it are clearly the… Continue reading Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – War changes everything
8 March 2022 Dubai At the upcoming ILM hybrid conference in Dubai, Deborah Taylor, Managing Director of the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF), and Mauricio Bauer, Senior Director Beef & Leather Supply Chains at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), will reveal the organisations’ groundbreaking traceability project. Taylor said: “Traceability is the foundation for transparency,… Continue reading Dubai
8 March 2022 ILM Podcast – Testex’s role in global leather standards In the latest ILM podcast episode, Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth is joined by Mirjam Bänninger, Group Product Manager Leather Standard at Testex, to discuss the organisation’s perspective on developing leather industry standards as well as how the Group navigated a path through the… Continue reading ILM Podcast – Testex’s role in global leather standards
