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Portugal - Leather’s circular economy credentials are clear, APIC president says 23 February 2021 The president of Portugal’s tanning industry association, APIC, Nuno Carvalho, has said a strategic plan the organisation is currently working to emphasises leather’s place in the circular economy that governments, companies and consumers insist they want to move to, reports Leatherbiz. Nuno Carvalho - APIC President In a recent interview with the national newspaper Diário de Notícias, Mr Carvalho said: “The circular economy is ever-present in this sector and this is an idea we reinforce in the ongoing strategic plan that APIC has in place at the moment. The tanning industry and leather are intrinsically circular.” ....
Fashion s victims - How the industry is polluting the Arctic 16 February 2021 SUNA ERDEM writes in The European on how our clothing is contributing to the environmental scourge of microplastics, and what can be done about it. Tip of the iceberg scourge of microplastics, and what can be done about it. The Arctic is a forbidding place. The 24-hour winter darkness; sub-zero temperatures; treacherous floating ice sheets – it is barely accessible to all but the most dedicated scientist or explorer. Our clothes, however, have made it. According to a study led by the Ocean Wise conservation association in Canada, microplastics from clothing textiles have set up a veritable colony in the freezing indigo waters. ....
“Real Leather. Stay Different.” - Competition open to students worldwide 10 February 2021 The Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA) has launched the “Real Leather Stay Different 2021 International Student Design Competition”, open to students from any country, reports ILM.
The LHCA said the international competition builds on a similar model to the ongoing competitions in Taiwan, China, UK and Italy. Held completely online, it is open to all students and recent graduates from any university in any country. “We believe this exciting event will help take our design competition to the next level”, said Stephen Sothmann, President, LHCA. Selected by a panel of judges, the winners of the competition will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to London and have their product designs professionally manufactured and featured on the front cover of Rollacoaster Magazine, worn by a celebrity model. “We hope that a prize of this magnitude will encour ....
Automotive - ICT tot Mini: “You re wrong, leather is sustainable”. Fiat, what are you up to? 09 February 2021 If the logical premise is the unsustainability of leather, ICT has one simple thing to say to Mini: that it is wrong and that it must reconsider its decision. The leaders of the International Council of Tanners wrote to the BMW brand. If, as their Head of Design said to Autocar, from now on they only want recycled and sustainable materials for their vehicles, well, leather is what they are looking for. Report by La Conceria. In the box in the picture: A Mini model (photo taken from mini.it). In the photo: the interior in synthetic material that imitates the leather of the new 500 and, in the box on the left, the description of the material (photo taken from fiat.it ) ....
Luxury group LVMH has reported full-year revenues of €44.6 billion for 2020, a decline of 17% yer on year. Its profit on this figure was €8.3 bil ....