German leather manufacturer Heinen has become the first tanner in the country to secure STeP certification from standards body Oeko-Tex.

STeP originally stood for ‘Sustainable Textile Production’. Oeko-Tex introduced this certification programme in 2013 to replace its old Standard 1000. It said at the time that its aim was to recognise companies that run environmentally friendly and socially responsible supply chains. It began applying STeP to leather in 2019.

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