Kering gives details of its progress on sustainability targets
06/05/2016
Then called PPR, the group, whose brands include Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Balenciaga, Puma, Yves Saint Laurent and Sergio Rossi, announced new guidelines as part of a wider sustainability programme at its 2012 annual general meeting.
Specific to leather, the group set itself the target of making sure 100% of leather from domestic livestock (that is, non-exotic leather) in its brands’ products comes from “responsible and verified sources that do not result in converting sensitive ecosystems into grazing lands or agricultural lands for food production for livestock”.
Now, Kering has said in a new report, ‘Beyond our Limits’, that by the end of 2015 it had gone 91% of the way towards meeting this target, but only for what it calls “luxury bovine leather”. It says that its score was 69% for “luxury leather” and 64% for “group leather”. World Leather has asked Kering exactly what it means by each of these three categories and awaits the group’s response. Kering brands also use leather from sheep and goatskins. It covers exotic leather in a separate section.
Back in 2012, the group set itself a target of making sure 100% of its exotic skins come from verified captive breeding operations or from wild, sustainably managed populations, with suppliers employing “the utmost animal welfare and humane treatment practices in sourcing”. ‘Beyond our Limits’ gives Kering a score of 91% in meeting this target where crocodile skins are concerned, although the score for other “precious skins” is only 41%.
Leatherbiz will give more detail of the progress Kering believes it has made in a separate report.
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