Preservation and sustainable leather management

摘要

Sustainable Leather Management (SLM) is the new paradigm and key driver for all activities of the Leather business unit including preservation technologies. The term "sustainability" is clearly defined and some aspects can be measured and put into numbers. One example is the product carbon footprint (PC F) which becomes more and more present in daily life. Modern consumer research has recognised that a change towards a truly sustainable economy is immanent for safeguarding our living conditions both now and in the future. For the production of consumer products such as leather this means that basic renewable resources must not be consumed faster than the rate at which they can be generated. Pollution and waste must not be emitted faster than natural systems can absorb them.