Kering moves to secure supply of python skins
30/01/2017
The group said the animals will be raised in “the best conditions for animals, farmers and the ecosystem”.
It hopes to begin producing adult skins in 2018, before achieving a “significant number” by 2020.
“This is a long-term commitment to developing sustainable and responsible sourcing of Kering’s python skins – it takes time to ensure this is done to the highest standards,” explained Marie-Claire Daveu, Kering’s chief sustainability officer.
In 2013, Kering, along with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), formed the Python Conservation Partnership (PCP). It aimed to assess the socio-economic benefits of python farming, its economic sustainability and its environmental impact. It has since presented four reports from its research, which were the result of extensive research.
Upon publication of the most recent of these reports in September 2016, Kering announced that the project’s research phase was complete and that it would now move on to compiling and releasing guidelines for animal welfare and management in python farms and facilities.
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