Leather manufacturing group Sadesa has said it is now able to produce leather at its facility in Thailand without burning fossil fuels.

It has invested heavily in solar energy at the plant, which is in Kabin Buri district, 150 kilometres east of Bangkok. It now has solar panels covering an area of more than 1,600 square-metres there to generate clean electricity.

In addition, Sadesa now generates thermal energy at the tannery by using biomass boilers to burn rice husks, a renewable waste product of the food industry.

In this way, the company insists it is able to produce more than 10 million square-feet of leather at the site without using fossil fuels.

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