More tanneries sign up for Brazil’s sustainability certification programme
31/07/2018
The latest tanneries to have signed up are Zas Couros, Finileather Couros, Soubach Special Leathers and Couros Nobre.
There are four levels of certification that tanners can achieve, depending on how many of the criteria they fulfil. Provided they meet at least 50% of the indicators, they can earn a bronze certification. Silver is for those meeting 75%, gold 90% and diamond 100% of the criteria.
To date, two Brazilian tanning groups have achieved certification: Fuga Couros achieved a silver award in January 2018 and, two months later, Curtume Courovale achieved a gold award. In May, CICB said there were 16 other tanning groups working towards certification and, since then, JBS has said it will ask all of its ask 16 Brazilian tanneries to seek certification under the CSCB programme.
In total, Brazil has 310 tanneries.
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