Where the energy comes from: solar and wind in leather making
Running drums and machines, drying leather, heating water and treating effluent all take energy. For a tannery, energy is a significant part of its environmental footprint, so where it comes from matters.
The group’s own generation
Group operations draw on the group’s own solar and wind generation. Using cleaner electricity lowers the emissions that go into every square foot of leather, and so into every product made from it.
Managing it, not just buying it
Clean supply is only part of the picture. ISO 14001 requires a tannery to set environmental objectives, including for energy, and to measure and improve against them. Higg FEM asks facilities to report their energy use in a standard way, so results can be compared.
What buyers can ask
- How much of the tannery’s electricity comes from renewable sources, and how is that measured?
- Is energy use reported through a standard tool such as Higg FEM?
- What improvements are planned?
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Zero liquid discharge, explained simply
What it means when a tannery sends no liquid effluent outside its site, and why it matters.
RSL and MRSL: how chemistry is controlled in leather
Two lists, two jobs: one checks the finished leather, the other controls what goes into making it.
Traceability: knowing where your leather began
From product to tannery to hide: what traceability means and what you can ask for.