Brazilian body hopes for CSCB bonus from new Amazon row
23/09/2019
This follows announcements from a number of prominent North American and European brands, including VF Corporation, that they will stop placing orders for Brazilian leather until traceability systems improve.
They have reacted to renewed publicity about deforestation in Amazon regions and their decisions have come in spite of some tanneries in Brazil have achieved the Brazilian Leather Certification of Sustainability (CSCB) that CICB set up in 2012. In 2018, three tanneries completed the certification programme and around 20 others are currently working to achieve certification.
In response to a question from World Leather at the Paris forum, Mr Andrade said it was “frustrating” that CSCB, which addresses detailed criteria covering four “dimensions of sustainability” ( sustainability management, as well as economic, environmental and social aspects) has not been enough to stay the hands of VF Corporation and other consumer products groups.
However, he said the short-term pain of these brands’ announcements could bring positive developments too. “It will provoke movement among tanners,” he said. “I told them years ago that they had to take action because, if they think sustainability is hard now, it’s only going to become more difficult. They can see now that this statement was correct and now they know they have to take action.”
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