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Leather to be officially recognised as bio-based material

15/09/2025
Leather to be officially recognised as bio-based material

Presenting at the 38th IULTCS congress, scientific director of CTC ARS Tinctoria, Gustavo Adrian Defeo, announced that, following four years of work to combat greenwashing, leather will be officially registered as a bio-based material under the CEN/TC 411 standards by the end of the year. These European standards provide a harmonised framework...

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