leather
Environment
Vegetable tanning is a working process taking inspiration from nature and - in full harmony - to nature going back. Vegetable tanning means materials safeguarding human health, result of the combination between craftsmanship and up-to-date technology, tradition and new research, always following the principle of a continuous improvement.
Vegetable-tanned leather productive cycle is strictly monitored to ensure a low impact on the environment:
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No animal is killed for its skin. On the contrary, the raw hides used by our tanneries are the discarded by-products of the food industry producing meat for human consumption.
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Being tanned with natural tannins, a vegetable-tanned manufact can be easily recycled at the end of its life, thanks to its chemical-biological characteristics.
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Our tanneries have made huge investments in depuration systems and waste recycling that make them work in full respect of man and the environment.
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Many of the substances used during the tanning process are recovered, recycled and reused in different fields. Hair removed from raw hides is transformed into agricultural fertilizer; sludge produced by the depuration plants is reused in the construction field to make bricks.
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Vegetable-tanned leather, recognizable from its trademark, does not contain any toxic substance such as azo-dyes, nickel, PCP or chrome VI and is highly tolerable for those who suffer from metal related allergies.
At last those consumers who care about product's quality and environmental protection have a reference trademark when they buy their leather products!
