International Leather Maker

A 2017 study produced in Pakistan on reducing the losses of poor hide and skin quality concluded that best practice increases the productivity of the animals. It read: “Both the milk and the meat production are increased. It not only increases the production but also the value of the skin and hides of animals, which […]

A recent peer reviewed study has once again identified the many societal benefits of the creative arts and crafting “as a useful strategy to improve wellbeing at a population level, with the positive effects observed… being comparable to or greater than known sociodemographic predictors of wellbeing”. This aspect of the social benefits derived from the […]

The 2024 summer Olympics are over, with the Paralympics still to come, and have been quite a triumph. A huge contrast to how Tokyo was ruined by Covid, and a reminder that we need joy in our lives to counter the misery of the politics and geopolitics of everyday life. Paris built on the London […]

The leather industry is having a tough time. The enemy that has been “found” in biomaterials consumes more leather industry energy than it ought. There are many reasons to fight these incursions where there are legitimate complaints, but is best done by supporting our organisations to get on with it. Not expending all our energy […]

There is a little-known organisation called SocietyInside that likes to help individuals and politicians understand ethical choices. It is headquartered in London but works internationally and has a subsidiary organisation called The Addiction Economy. When the UK changed government a few days ago, Director Hilary Sutcliffe wrote to the newspapers to remind the government that […]

This year, most of the global population will be voting in elections with varying degrees of transparency and democracy. The UK has recently completed its own, with 335 successful candidates becoming Members of Parliament for the first time, out of a total of 650. This is a substantial change at a moment in a chaotic […]

Events in the U.S. have had the world’s attention this last couple of weeks and, given the importance of the country in terms of hide supply, global free trade, the dollar and as a rich consumer market, it is impossible to look away. Every tanner will be working extra hard with their marketing teams to […]

In 2013, the world produced 5,935 kcal of crops per person per day that could be consumed by humans, and an additional 3,812 kcal of vegetable matter for animals. What was truly available for human consumption after taking out food waste and loss animal feed and industrial use as well as changes in stocks, was […]

At the moment, more than anything, the leather industry needs to disrupt itself. New research and innovation are both badly required. A fixation on digital change and the power of AI are also relevant. Yet, for fundamental transformation, the real answer appears to lie with the young and the attitudes and developments they are bringing […]

I do not know how many times I have heard the comment that if leather was “discovered” today it would be defined as a superb material. Given the context of history and current times such a truism is unhelpful. Leather has worked its miracles over thousands of years but over the last thirty the industry […]