ICT says certification schemes must be industry-led
30/05/2017
The ICT’s position is that it will promote certification schemes that meet its guiding principles, that are industry-led and supported (as opposed to schemes developed by customers or by commercial organisations), and that have independent auditing and assessment.
The ICT executive committee and council have already received presentations on certification schemes offered in Brazil and Italy and all other ICT member associations have been invited to provide details of national schemes developed for and supported by the industry.
In 2015, Brazil’s main tanning industry representative body, CICB, introduced a new sustainability certification programme for Brazilian leather, the Certificação de Sustentabilidade do Couro Brasileiro (CSCB). Before that, the Italian Institute for the Certification of Quality in Leather (ICEC) began promoting a leather certification standard in 2007.
Once all member countries’ programmes are assessed, it is proposed that, under the ICT umbrella, approved schemes should be accorded mutual recognition. “Depending on progress, it might be appropriate at a later stage to discuss possible co-operation and mutual recognition with the operators of alternative schemes that were originally developed by interests outside the tanning industry,” the ICT has said.
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