LWG
Leather Industry Protocol : Gold/Silver/Bronze Rating For Tanneries
The Leather Working Group (LWG) was formed in April 2005 to promote sustainable and appropriate environmental stewardship practices within the leather industry. The group endeavours to promote improvement in the tanning industry by creating alignment on environmental priorities by bringing visibility to best practices and providing guidelines for continual improvement. Tanning is a key process of making leather from the skins of animals, the hides. The tanning process uses chemicals and considerable amounts of water. The Leather Working Group has developed guidelines/protocols for how our leather suppliers should measure the environmental performance of their tanneries. The protocol is intended to provide suggested guidelines for the environmental performance of tanneries. LWG was developed and reviewed by tanners, brands and industry experts to ensure adequacy and technical feasibility.
RE-AUDIT: The audit result is valid for 18 months unless evidence becomes available to suggest that the audit result is no longer valid. A tanner may be re-audited within 18 months.
SCORING FOR AWARDS
Code |
Category |
Score |
A |
Raw hide to tanned |
962 |
The facility will have to attain a minimum of 85% for Gold Rating, 75% for Silver rating & 65% for Bronze rating The client must score at least the minimum for each critical section plus additional points from the non-critical sections and so doing achieve the minimal total score for the classification. |
B |
Raw hide to crust |
969 |
C |
Raw hide to finished leather |
1079 |
D |
Tanned hide to finished leather |
907 |
E |
Crust hide to finished leather |
860 |
F |
Tanned hide to crust hide |
837 |
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