Leather Industry Articles
- SLF objectives for 2026: Advancing credibility, capacity, and global representation
As the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) moves into 2026, the organisation’s objectives reflect a clear commitment to strengthening the credibility of leather sustainability verification, expanding regional capacity, and ensuring that the global leather industry is effectively represented within evolving regulatory frameworks. B ...moreSam Setter's 'Pills': For readers who need some wry medicinal humourFirstly: Happy New Year with my best wishes for good health and great bottom lines!Of CNN – and PETA – of lionfish and Burmese pythons – and whether Leather has wings (with apologies to Lewis Carroll)Let’s start by admitting that the leather industry has negligible recognition on the world stage. Except for those o ...moreS&V African Leather turns 20S&V – originally Shoes & Views – is 92 this year. But this publication, S&V African Leather, this year celebrates its 20th anniversary as a standalone publication. This year also marks the 20th birthday of S&V’s third magazine, S&V Protect, which covers personal protective equipment (PPE).While we&rsq ...moreFMD: Crisis mode for farmers and DoASo far, leather industry appears to be relatively unaffected ...moreLeather: The sustainable and regulation-compliant choice for automotive interiorsOne 4 Leather is a group of manufacturers and suppliers, active in the automotive leather supply chain, “who have set themselves the task to dispel myths, rumours and incorrect information regarding the resourcing, production, and usage of leather in automotive interiors. Our mission is to rekindle the appreciation for leather as a high-value, renewable material and the preferred choice for car interiors, by sharing its full story.” ...moreEU LEGISLATION UPDATE
There are a number of legal instruments working their way through the European Union’s (EU) parliament. Like many EU instruments, these statutory guides have a way of working their way into legislation that the rest of the world adopts. Like US legislation, especially the California Proposition 65 legal example, these laws sometimes ...moreSam Setter's 'Pills': Ethiopia 2As per coincidence, the day that S&V published the October Pill about the Development Aid which was focussed on the results obtained by UNIDO in Ethiopia, I was able to access a document published by UNIDO on their website called "Independent Evaluation of LEATHER INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT CREATION (LISEC) &ndash ...moreSam Setter's 'Pills': Brands remain holier than thouOn more than one occasion I have reported on brands being caught using illegal labour in their supply line. From what I understand several brands regularly, but indirectly, use illegal labour and of course always deny their knowledge of this happening. The problem is that everybody knows and nobody can prove this because the brands buy fr ...moreBetter than last year, for sure, but tariff-hit Chinese furniture on its way hereCape Town, W. Cape, SA – Demand for upholstery leather this year is certainly better than last year. Thankfully there have been no further closures of large factories beyond the Grafton Everest factory some years back. The Bravo Group has restructured and seems to be slowly getting back on its feet thanks to a lot of the old guard b ...moreSA ostrich leather exporters still seeking solutions to U.S. tariffsCape Town/Oudtshoorn, W. Cape, SA – Thurling Investments MD Vidrik Thurling said his business and its manufacturing partner, Ostriland Import Export, were “still negotiating with clients” over how to cope with the tariffs. “30% is a huge number,” he said. “There isn’t a simple solution.”Arno ...more© S&V Publications
