UK company ELeather has been certified to the Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) by Control Union Certifications, an independent third-party, to give assurance to its customers that its latest materials contain a significant portion of recycled leather.
The RCS is used as a chain of custody to track recycled raw materials through the supply chain and is an independent external validation of the manufacturer’s claims. The standard verifies the presence, sources and amount of recycled material in a final product.
A significant amount of a leather hide is often discarded, which amounts to thousands of tonnes of waste every year. ELeather says it collects those unused parts and transforms them into a material suitable for use in a number of categories, including footwear and accessories .
“Since our engineered leather production began in 2007, we have recycled over 7,000 tonnes of leather waste,” says ELeather CEO, John Kennedy.
“Over the last year or two, we have seen a large increase in the number of leading brands choosing to work with us, as they see the very close alignment of our sustainability roadmap to theirs. Our focus on being data-driven, authentic and transparent resonates well with their values, and the ever-increasing expectations of their customers.”
ELeather materials contain up to 55% recycled leather. The current RCS certificate details the material composition of ELeather’s latest material developments for consumer and lifestyle markets and will continue to certify each new product in the future to provide transparency and reassurance.
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