Changes include additional requirement to check national registers for environmental violations, and that audits cannot be carried out on facilities that discharge their wastewater to a CETP that LWG has determined as being a concern or risk.

LWG will also now only consider a batch of leather traceable if each hide or skin is marked with a code that allows the recipe sheet, the type of material and the origin (immediate supplier) to be identified.

Further information can be found on the LWG website.