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The RLSD International Student Design Competition 2026: A Global Movement Comes of Age
Developed by the Leather & Hide Council of America and funded through the USDA via export market development programs, the Real Leather. Sta...
American Leather Takes the Stage at APLF 2026
The Leather and Hide Council of America launched our USA 250 branding at the Asia Pacific Leather Fair (APLF) 2026, the global leather and f...
You Can't Recycle Your Way Out of the Impact of a Fossil Fuel
Scope 3 Chaos: Fixing the Math on Leather LCAs
Driving the news: Speaking last week at the APLF trade fair in Hong Kong, Dr. Greg Thoma introduced the Institute for Data Integrity (IDI)—a...
Building the Foundations: How the IDI is Setting Leather’s Sustainability Story on Solid Ground
Inge Flowers, Program Manager of the new Institute for Data Integrity (IDI), explains why reliable life cycle assessment data has become cri...
How Brazils Leather Industry is Modernizing for the EUDR
The big picture: As one of the world's largest producers and exporters of hides and leather, the Brazilian industry relies heavily on intern...
American Farms Aren't Killing American Forests
The big picture: A new USDA assessment confirms U.S. agriculture and timber aren't driving deforestation. And the data tells a surprisingly ...
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EINSTEIN’S LEATHER JACKET
How a timeworn, tobacco-scented piece of Americana came home
