Our Materials Impact our Climate (November 2021 COP 26 statement from the leather industry. Hopefully more leather bodies will publicly align with this statement and promote it in the next weeks and months, and build on it as we look forward to COP27 and beyond) The world needs materials that are sustainable, renewable, recyclable, biodegradable, […]
Mary Chan won the 2020 Design-a-Bag competition
I was very pleased to be invited to interview Mary Chan who won last year’s APLF Design-a-Bag competition with an really clever use of leather to produce a design that perfectly meet the very specific criteria. It is really inspiring to hear her talk about her material choice and thoughts on sustainability. The video is […]
Italian success. Leather is Leather: no exceptions allowed
I am not a great fan of lobbying. Too often it is about businesses failing to realise that change is happening or that uncomfortable science needs to be accepted, and trying to hold society back through the power of their wealth. Sometimes though it is necessary and the little guy makes a breakthrough. The Italian […]
Definition of Leather
Legal Definition, BS 2780 Definition In the UK a definition of leather is set out in the British Standard Glossary of Leather Terms (BS 2780) and this definition is used as a guide in applying consumer protection legislation such as the Sale of Goods Act and the Trade Descriptions Act. In short, if a product […]
The Leather Law
There is a lot of talk these days about the definition of leather. Legal Definition, BS 2780 (1983) Definition In the UK a definition of leather is set out in the British Standard Glossary of Leather Terms (BS 2780) and this definition is used as a guide in applying consumer protection legislation such as the […]
Changing Culture and its implications
Over the last few weeks I have been using my weekly items for International Leather Maker to dig into the concept of changing culture. Not in a particularly sophisticated way, but rather to consider how good regulation, properly enforced can push companies along a positive path. From the about 1970 onwards the leather industry in […]
Looking at the Danube
I have just spent the morning sailing in a tiny boat around the Danube Delta seeing how it is still trying to recover from the long communist era when the plains along the Danube were aggressively farmed to produce grains for Russia using huge amounts of fertiliser much of which ended up in the river. […]
The importance of good science
POSTED ON JULY 1, 2016 Brexit “democracy needs experts” Given that our Corium Club alumni are all scientists to a greater or lesser degree many who read this will also be reading this week’s editorial in the New Scientist (NS). If not it is worth buying the magazine for. The point it makes is short […]
Confusion in Bangladesh
The move of the tanneries to Savar from their unsuitable current location in Hazaribagh was first planned back in 2003. From today’s press the situation has collapsed into chaos. The government is trying to force tanners to move but do not have the effluent plant ready in Savar. Few of the 150 0r so tanners […]
Time to use more leather
This article appeared in the Observer (part of the Guardian group) in March 2016 and on behalf of LeatherNaturally! I sent the reply below: http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/mar/13/is-it-time-to-give-up-leather-animal-welfare-ethical-lucy-siegle?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Sirs, While it is admirable to hold strong views regarding the climate and the use of animals for meat and other things, to support these with a narrative built of […]
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