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New institute aims to become a global reference for leather LCAs

29/09/2025

Industry body Leather and Hide Council of America (LHCA) has launched a new platform that it says will serve as an independent, science-based source of data for use in lifecycle assessment exercises.

The platform will be called the Institute for Data Integrity (IDI). It will be dedicated to helping companies in the global leather supply chain collect and analyse data, from livestock production, through tanning and beyond, for use in lifecycle assessment (LCA) studies.

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