NEWS
Welcome to the news hub of the LHCA, your definitive source for the most recent updates, insights and developments affecting the U.S. - and world - leather and hide industries. Here you'll find newsletters, press releases, in-depth reports and announcements covering everything from trade data and government policy to research on sustainable leather production and our ongoing promotion of leather on a global scale.
LATEST NEWS
ASIA/OCEANIA: TRAINING MISSIONS AND US HIDE SALES
MALANG - We held a very successful technical training mission to Malang in Indonesia, led by Vice President Jane Li. As many as 44 senior ma...
AFRICA: EMERGING ENGINE OF GLOBAL CONSUMER GROWTH?
Nike just launched a new line, Air Afrique, in Abidjan, which is widely seen as a signal that global brands are taking Africa more seriously...
STRONG PRESENCE FOR LEATHER AT FAO CONFERENCE, ROME
ROME - Members of the global leather industry gathered to discuss progress towards sustainability goals as well as the role of hides, skins ...
LEATHER - A BIO-BASED MATERIAL
At the 38th IULTCS congress, Gustavo Adrian Defeo, scientific director of CTC ARS Tinctoria, announced that leather will be officially recog...
CARBON FOOTPRINT ALLOCATION TARGET ZERO
LHCA has collaborated with international trade associations on the allocation of some of the carbon footprint of cattle going to leather. Th...
EUDR TO BE POSTPONED AGAIN
News on the halting of the European Deforestation Regulation could not have come timelier. The International Council of Tanners was meeting ...
LHCA INITIATIVE SEES IDI LAUNCH
This month’s launch of Institute for Data Integrity (IDI) marks a seismic shift for the global leather industry. Spearheaded by the LHCA, th...
