ISA TanTec adds hide sourcing programme to its LITE concept
Leather manufacturing group ISA TanTec has expanded its LITE concept. The idea, which the group introduced 16 years ago to celebrate the low impact on the environment of its products and manufacturing processes, will now cover its sourcing of cattle hides too.
It has developed a sourcing protocol called Greener Pastures to make sure the hides it sources for its tanneries are traceable to the farm or ranch they came from. There must be full transparency and documentation to show that these farms meet animal welfare requirements and that treatment of the animals at the time of slaughter is in keeping with the protocols of the US Department of Agriculture’s Humane Handling programme.
ISA TanTec will make Greener Pastures leather for footwear and luxury products.
“By implementing more responsible sourcing practices in our facilities, together with dedicated suppliers, we can bring a positive social and environmental impact to the communities with which we work,” said Uwe Hutzler, chief executive of the ISA TanTec Group.
