
Leather and Sustainability: A Call to Action at COP29
As the world convened for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) to address some of the most pressing global challenges, the leather industry came to the table with a solution, not a problem. Kevin Latner of the Leather & Hide Council of America elaborates in an exclusive article for the USSA.
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Leather’s Environmental Impact Significantly Lower than Previously Claimed
According to a preliminary Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of U.S. cowhide production, leather’s environmental impact is significantly lower than previously stated by the Higg Index. The independent study was conducted […]
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L&HCA Documentary Series Establishes Leather as a Sustainable Material
The new Rewind documentary series from Real Leather Stay Different. aims to provide some balance in the debate about the use of our land, fast fashion and our future.
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The Search is On for the Next “Slow Fashion” Leather Designer
The Real Leather. Stay Different international student design competition is back for a second year. Its mission is to find the world’s emerging design talent and promote slow, sustainable style over fast, throw-away fashion.
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Insight & Opinion: Water in Leather Production: The Incredible Shrinking Act
Thanks to new processes and technologies, the leather production industry has cut its water footprint by 37% in the past 25 years and it’s improving all the time.
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Cutting Leather Use Would Have a Significant Environmental Impact, Finds L&HCA
It would damage the environment, create more waste, increase greenhouse gases, and drive more demand for cheap, often polluting substitutes.
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Leather and Hide Council of America Targets Zero Waste and Transparent Supply Chain
L&HCA, responsible for almost half the worldwide trade in hides, set out a goal to reduce waste by using every hide from the dairy and meat industry and expand its traceability program developed with NGOs.
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The Search for the Next “Slow Fashion” Leather Designer is On
The Leather & Hide Council of America is taking its successful student design competition global. This year, students from around the world will be able to compete in an open […]
Read moreReal Leather. Sustainable. Beautiful. Enduring.
From the energy of the sun to the power of the waves. Look to nature first, as the sustainable way to nurture and support our lives, and our lifestyles. For […]
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Leather Industry Calls for Suspension of Unfair Sustainability Score for Leather
The global leather industry is calling to suspend the leather score in the Higg Materials Sustainability Index because it is based on “inappropriate methodologies” and “out-of-date, unrepresentative, inaccurate and incomplete data."
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