SLF wins sustainability strategy award
At the inaugural University of Northampton Sustainability Summit, the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF) was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Best Sustainability Strategy, in recognition of their work in the leather industry through their innovative Transparency Dashboard and AIM approach (Accessible, Inclusive, Modular) designed to support sustainable improvement within the leather value chain.
Held at the University’s Waterside Campus, the summit created a platform to bring together academia, businesses, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to identify shared sustainability challenges (environmental, social and governance) and devise a roadmap to address these challenges.
Following keynote presentations, panel discussions and breakout working groups, the summit ended with the launch of the Northampton Sustainability Accord where the outcomes and deliverables were agreed upon for future action by the delegates.
On receiving the award, Deborah Taylor, Founder and Managing Director, said: “We are thrilled to receive this recognition of the value of the work we are doing. Although we are a young foundation, only established in July 2020, we have already helped organisations around the world to develop robust sustainability strategies through our joined up approach of support, tools and certification.
Sustainability is our entire purpose, and we now hope that through the springboard of this inaugural sustainability summit, we can help other industry sectors to develop their versions of our Transparency Dashboard to make the transformative change we are all working together for, whatever our industry.”
Image shows Deborah Taylor (right) receiving award from UoN Vice Chancellor Professor Anne-Marie Kilday
