Textile Exchange and Leather Working Group grant reciprocal membership
Multi-stakeholder body the Leather Working Group has agreed with the US-based Textile Exchange to grant reciprocal membership to boost collaboration and resource sharing.
Members will be able to use each other’s resources and join member-only events and discussions.
Textile Exchange members will be able to contribute to LWG working groups and access the LWG Audit Standards and other technical documentation. LWG members will be able to join the Textile Exchange Hub.
The LWG signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Textile Exchange in 2018. It joined the Responsible Leather Round Table and helped TE to create the Leather Production Environmental Standards Benchmark for the Leather Impact Accelerator (LIA), based on the LWG Audit Standard.
Anne Gillespie, director of impact acceleration at Textile Exchange, said: “Textile Exchange respects the work Leather Working Group has done to provide solutions to address sustainability in leather production and value the support they have given us in the development of the Leather Impact Accelerator. We look forward to future opportunities for collaboration.”
Image: Adidas Samba Super Suede shoes. Adidas is a member of LWG and Textile Exchange
