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Notice to skippers

There is plenty in all of this to understand that the sea of sustainability, in addition to being very insidious, cannot continue to be shaken (only) by the extremism of a “no”. To persevere in highlighting the un-sustainability of others (true or presumed), it's just smoke in the eyes. It would be better to enter a new dimension, recognising the concreteness of certain continuous improvement programs (those of Italian leather, for example) and seriously roll up their sleeves.

A matryoshka filled with “noes”

No to diesel, leather, fur, plastic and industrialized agricultural practices. The search for easy solutions has pushed everyone off the road. All have lost sight of the most important values: for industries, of course, but most of all for society. Which ones? The concreteness of the offers and the coherence of results

A matter of goals

Those that are “concretely green” within the tanning industry have been analyzed and talked about in the 16th edition of UNIC - Italian Tanners’ Sustainability Report. They are aligned with the directives from the 2030 agenda of Sustainable Development by the United Nations. Meaning they are aligned with the SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals

Stella’s last temptation

The British designer, an animal free extremist, in 2019 raised the level of her war to leather, which she considers the material with the greatest environmental impact in the entire fashion industry. But, because of this coat, she had to deal with those who use sustainability as a club too

UNIC AD CAMPAIGN | Real leather is real sustainability

The message, writes UNIC - Italian Tanneries, “is as simple as it is incisive”. This is what its “three-year campaign communicating and promoting at 360 degrees the excellence of Italian leather” is based on. A worldwide ad campaign that explains a truth to be shared in any way and at any level: Real Leather is Real Sustainability

GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS | A whole, lot, more

Chronology of a year, 2019, during which the phenomenon of acquisitions revolutionised the structure of the leather and luxury supply chain, changing its borders and connotations. A phenomenon that, among other things, will also have some surprises for 2020

ONCE UPON A TIME | Beyond the boundaries of time

The history of Russian leather evokes much more than what could be called “the memory of leather”. It is the story of an adventurous secret that remained for almost 2 centuries on the bottom of the English Channel. A mystery studied for almost 10 years, and solved by Elise Blouet-Ménard

THE AGE OF ATHLEATHER | What you (almost) do not expect

Okay, maybe it's an exaggeration to describe what you will see on the next page and on the following ones as something unexpected. But if we have chosen this photo gallery, there is a reason. We find it in the surprise of discovering a capsule collection like the one launched at the end of November by Supreme with Nike.

MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS | Ancient Egypt, 3rd century BC

EDITORIAL | #Sharetheleather

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