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Wool's Trade Body Just Ran the Playbook Leather Is Building Toward
By Amanda Symm, Communications, LHCA There's a lot leather can learn from how wool just made its case. Its trade body's new Green Book is wo...
The LCA Database Behind Higg MSI Has No Model for a Growing Share of Polyester's Carbon Footprint
By Amanda Symm, Communications, LHCA Brands treat Higg MSI scores as settled fact when they compare raw materials. Textile Exchange just sho...
The Leather Rulebook: A Scannable Guide to the Circularity Rules Hitting Hides, Skins, and Finished Leather
By Kevin Latner, Vice President, LHCA The big picture: Leather is getting swept into a wave of EU and California circularity rules written f...
Why LHCA Is Tracking the Circularity Rules
By Kevin Latner, Vice President, LHCA The big picture: California and the EU are building a circular-economy rulebook for textiles and footw...
Only Natural Goes Global: Copenhagen Debut Signals Next Phase
Only Natural made its European debut in June 2026 at the 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen. This was the movement's first showing outside...
RLSD Just Had Its Biggest Year Yet — Here's What It Means for LHCA Members
Real Leather. Stay Different. has always been about more than trophies and shortlists. It's a platform LHCA built to put US hides in front o...
PRESS RELEASE: Institute for Data Integrity Endorses UNIDO LCA Guidelines
After internal review, the Institute for Data Integrity (IDI) has decided to adopt the UNIDO Guidelines for Assessing the Environmental Foot...
Leather Is Out of the EU Deforestation Regulation. Here Is What Changed and What Comes Next.
On July 13, 2026, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Act formally removing cattle hides, skins, and leather from the scope of the E...
