Environmental, Social and Economic responsibility are essential components for a sustainable industry. Our mission is to support the global leather value chain to learn, improve and protect for future generations, through the People ~ Planet ~ Profit principle.
At the heart of the foundation is the integrated SLF Transparency Dashboard™, linked to a certification standard that assesses the compliance and performance of leather manufacturers and associated facilities along the leather value chain, against the three pillars of sustainability • Environmental • Social • Governance.
The Sustainable Leather Foundation provides the structure and support to enable leather manufacturers and associated facilities to work on the reduction and improvement criteria necessary to be successful for a sustainable future. Our Accessible, Inclusive and Modular (A.I.M.) approach provides a consumer accessible window to sustainability performance, alongside fully transparent, detailed data for value chain partners. This enables better understanding of the product lifecycle management of leather articles and better-informed purchasing decisions at the consumer end.
By encouraging more secure value chain knowledge from farm to finished product, and by assessing and certifying leather manufacturers and associated facilities for their conformance and performance against the SLF Audit Standard (or other certification already in place), it is possible to independently foster better solutions and better outcomes.
The SLF Transparency Dashboard™ approach to attainment and performance is key to transparency for both value chain customers and the end consumer, providing integrity and value.