Kering targets 100% ‘traceable’ leather by 2025 in biodiversity report
Luxury group Kering has published a biodiversity strategy, in which it commits to funding regenerative farming techniques and says all its leather will be traceable by 2025.
Through its new Kering for Nature Fund it plans to ‘regenerate’ one million hectares of farms and rangelands and will focus on the materials with the highest environmental impacts according to its environmental reporting: leather, cotton, cashmere and wool.
The group can currently trace 88% of materials to at least the country-level, with a goal to attain 100% traceability by 2025.
“In the case of leather (our highest impact material), we expect full traceability to the farm level by 2025,” it said. “We are also piloting blockchain technologies, isotope-tracers, and other techniques to increase the number of ‘identify-preserved’ products in our supply chain.”
It also sets out a target of 100% metal-free tanned leather in its collections by 2025.
It added: “Across all raw materials, suppliers must meet minimum requirements immediately. For example, in the case of leather, this means only purchasing skins from suppliers who are willing to disclose the source. Suppliers must also meet additional conditions by 2025.
"In the case of leather, this will mean having full traceability up to the farm, with the implementation of best ecological and animal welfare standards. Our recent Sustainability Progress Report shared that we have thus far achieved 68% alignment with the Kering Standards, well on track to meet our goal of 100% by 2025.”
Kering owns brands including Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga.
