Updated : Dec 2020
Leather Working Group is an international, not-for-profit membership organization and responsible for the world’s largest leather sustainability program. As a multi-stakeholder group, the members hail from across the global leather industry, including manufacturers, suppliers of chemicals, machinery, manufacturers of leather garments, and brands and retailers that sell leather products.
Since 2005, LWG has identified environmental best practices in the industry and provided guidelines for continual improvement. LWG aims to improve the environmental impact of the leather industry by assessing and certifying leather manufacturers. Additionally, they aim to engage with members of the leather supply chain and give them the knowledge to be able to make informed, sustainable choices in their businesses.
LWG boasts over 800 members from across the supply chain and offers multiple certification standards for different stakeholders in the leather manufacturing industry.
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Asses the environmental performance and compliance of leather manufacturing facilities
Facilitates traceability through the supply chain of part-processed & finished leather material
Asses the ability of leather manufacturing facilities to perform good chemical management
Developing learning tools to allow leather manufacturers understand environmental performance
Platform focusing on sustainability within the leather industry
