Report celebrates Pangea’s circular-economy commitment
Automotive leather manufacturer Pangea has released a new sustainability report, detailing its environmental performance in 2025.
Among the highlights, the company said its use of chemicals for retanning and coating that came from renewable feedstock increased by 24% last year compared to 2024.
Over the same timeframe, it increased by 25% its use of electricity generated from solar panels at its own sites.
In 2025, almost 75% of the water Pangea plants used was “returned as treated wastewater”. The remainder went back to the natural water cycle.
The report also makes reference to circular economy initiatives at Pangea. In it, the senior manager at its technical wet hub, Salvador Salinas, said the company’s ambition is to be the most trusted and most sustainable supplier of leather to the automotive industry.
“Sustainability for Pangea is to give back to nature more than we take from it,” he added. Mr Salinas highlighted a project to turn shaving waste into bio-stimulants for agriculture. These products are what he called a balanced combination of short-chain peptides and free amino acids.
Grain can be produced suing these bio-stimulants, he explained. The grain can be used to feed cattle, and the cattle hides can be used to make leather. “The cycle can then start again,” he said.
