WHY PUMA IS WRONG ABOUT LEATHER Recently Puma has been saying that it would like to stop using leather and give preference to plastics.. Puma is not the first company to talk about discontinuing using leather as a result of its supposed poor carbon footprint. We have heard such comments from Timberland and from Pentland […]
A letter to the Washington Post
Last month, during the Olympics, the Washington Post ran an article saying for an environmental games althletes should use sythetic footwear rather than leather. It relied on an old study from a California College which itself was based on older generic information. Carbon footprinting is an evolving topic, about which more soon; but meanwhile here […]
Honorary Degrees, Make In Britain, Puma and Leather
POSTED ON JULY 20, 2012 three items below from June and July 2012 Getting it right by degrees Yesterday the leather degrees were awarded by the University of Northampton. Despite all the changes in Higher Education in the UK as government tries to work out how to manage costs and the future of skills and […]
The Dangers of Greenwash
After over a hundred years of almost total dominance it is good that tanners are looking for alternates to chromium. We need relentless research and innovation to bring out the best in our sustainable raw material and to make it perform better in a Cradle to Cradle format. Equally it is great to see older […]
Puma and its talk about not using leather
Recently in the Financial Times an article related to the Rio+20 Summit quoted Puma as saying that it would like to stop using leather. Puma is not the first company to talk about discontinuing using leather as a result of its supposed poor carbon footprint. We have heard such comments from Timberland and from Pentland […]
Hemp, describing leather in a materials glossary and Hide to High Street
POSTED ON MAY 28, 2012 two items below Tanning by a distance New terms such as on line and blended learning are becoming increasingly used and with time at a premium in business not all companies are willing to send staff to Northampton for long periods. A physical presence is of importance in order to […]
LeatherNaturally! defending leather against wrongful attacks
LeatherNaturally! put out a statement when an anti leather video was published by Stella McCartney. The video was full of errors. This is now a longer suggestion to counter those who write articles or publish web sites that are aggressively against leather without consideration of the true facts. It deals with many of the comments […]
A Green Glossary from Rohan
Thinking about the links between leather and textiles moves one’s thoughts to a wide variety of natural materials such as wool and linen. Understanding the terminology of the various aspects of the environment has become very complex. Issue, mostly incorrectly reported, around chromium have lead tanners to make some dreadfully improper claims for chrome free […]
Brazil: JBS sets new standards
Guest comment from Richard Smith of APLF, based in Venzuela. I was with Richard at the Rio Sumit on the 9th November and travelled with him to JBS JBS – Setting New Standards RICHARD SMITH – Richard is an independent commentator on the textile, leather and footwear industries. The day after the World Leather Congress […]
UKLF has a new strategy
POSTED ON. SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 UKLF has a new strategy On Tuesday the 13thSeptember the UK Leather Federation launched a new strategy document in a combined meeting with the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies at the House of Lords in London. Reg Hankey of Pittards spoke on behalf of the UKLF and gave an excellent […]