All LIA 0.1 documents and components are available for use by interested companies, including benchmarking industry standards, trading impact incentives, and making corporate commitments and claims. 

Textile Exchange claims the framework combines existing industry tools with new and enables leather supply chain members “to contribute to a more responsible leather supply chain”. It is a programme that uses benchmarks and protocols to set a minimum threshold for practices at the farm and leather production levels and gives recognition to those who meet or exceed them.

At the close of the pilot year, feedback and results will be used to refine LIA for the release of version 1.0. 

“The burden of sustainability is too heavy to be supported only by producers,” said Charton Locks, chief operating officer of Produzindo Certo, an agribusiness-focused company.

The work on LIA has been led by the International Working Group that sits under Textile Exchange’s Responsible Leather Round Table (RLRT). 

There are several opportunities for companies to take part in the pilot programme, said Textile Exchange.

 

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