Fourth Tannery of the Year programme: Americas finalists announced
24/04/2014
From a total of eight candidate tanneries for this region, two have emerged as finalists. A group of industry experts nominates tanneries in each of five global territories for their performance against the Tannery of the Year corporate social responsibility criteria.
The purpose of the competition is to highlight and make public the best examples in the global leather industry of tanneries that, in addition to making beautiful leather, look after the environment, take good care of their employees, work closely and fairly with local and national authorities, are economically sound, committed to innovation and quality, and who have established strong partnerships with customers and suppliers.
We can reveal that the two finalist tanneries for the Americas this time are, in alphabetical order:
- Bojos Tanning, Santiago, the Dominican Republic, and
- JBS Couros, Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil.
In-depth reports on the work of both tanneries will appear in the April-May issue of World Leather and both will go forward to take part in the final, which will take place in Shanghai in September 2014 at the time of the All China Leather Exhibition. We congratulate JBS Itumbiara and Bojos Tanning for their success so far and wish them good luck as the competition continues.
After this, the attention of Tannery of the Year will turn to Africa and China.
World Leather is grateful for the important backing Tannery of the Year has from sponsors BASF, Buckman and Lanxess, and the support of the International Council of Tanners, the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, as well as from the APLF exhibition.
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