CSCB tanners dominate Brazilian production
20/09/2018
Brazil has just over 300 tanneries in total, but Mr Andrade said during a presentation at Première Vision in Paris on September 20, that, so far, 22 tanneries are engaged with the CSCB programme.
Leather industry organisation CICB set the certification programme up in 2012 and published standards for it in 2014. Detailed criteria cover four “dimensions of sustainability” that the programme has identified: sustainability management, as well as economic, environmental and social aspects.
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 completed the certification process: Fuga Couros achieved a silver award in January 2018 and, two months later, Curtume Courovale achieved a gold award.
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