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title: LEATHER - A BIO-BASED MATERIAL
description: Debate about bio-product nature of hides
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# LEATHER - A BIO-BASED MATERIAL

##### October 8, 2025 newsroom

At the 38th IULTCS congress, Gustavo Adrian Defeo, scientific director of CTC ARS Tinctoria, announced that leather will be officially recognized as a bio-based material under European CEN/TC 411 standards by year’s end.

This classification, which follows four years of work to counter greenwashing, provides a harmonized framework for verifying and communicating renewable content, bolstering transparency and trust while strengthening leather’s position in sustainability debates and giving the supply chain clearer grounds for environmental claims. 

- [![Public Comment Opportunity Open on EU Deforestation Regulation](https://usleather.org/hubfs/ISP%20IMAGE%20BANNERS%20FEB%20%20(46).png)
  
  ##### Public Comment Opportunity Open on EU Deforestation Regulation
  
   A public comment opportunity is now open on the European Commission's proposal to amend and simplify the EU Deforestation ... 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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- [![Drought and Economic Headwinds Stall U.S. Cattle Herd Recovery](https://usleather.org/hubfs/ISP%20IMAGE%20BANNERS%20FEB%20%20(45).png)
  
  ##### Drought and Economic Headwinds Stall U.S. Cattle Herd Recovery
  
   Despite record-high calf prices and robust demand that would ordinarily incentivize expansion, the size of the US cattle herd is ... 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ](https://usleather.org/news-events/drought-and-economic-headwinds-stall-u.s.-cattle-herd-recovery)
- [![Spring Meeting](https://usleather.org/hubfs/ISP%20IMAGE%20BANNERS%20FEB%20%20(44).png)
  
  ##### Spring Meeting
  
   LHCA has hosted its first spring Washington, D.C. meeting since 2022, bringing together industry leaders for a packed agenda of ... 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ](https://usleather.org/news-events/spring-meeting)

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