We loved connecting with everyone within the industry at Asia Pacific Leather Fair (APLF), especially at the International Leather Maker Leather Supply Chain Symposium, where we shared some insights from our recently published Life Cycle Assessment with Leather Naturally.
We also had the pleasure of staging a valuable and sold-out stakeholder meeting, and we were pleased to host a special guest presentation at APLF with Brazilian environmental conservation NGO Imaflora and World Wildlife Fund.
Our LWG Stakeholder Lounge Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre was a big hit, too.
Look out for our webinar from the event that will be published on the Leather Working Group website…
APLF 2025 Guest Presentation by Imaflora
Leather Working Group also teamed up with Brazilian environmental conservation NGO Imaflora and World Wildlife Fund for a special presentation at Asia-Pacific Leather Fair (APLF) in Hong Kong.
Titled ‘Implementing and Assessing Deforestation- and Conversion-Free Supply Chains in Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado’, the event included guest speaker Fernando Bellese, Senior Director of Beef and Leather Supply Chains at World Wildlife Fund, and Louise Nakagawa, who is Project Coordinator of Beef on Track at Imaflora.
The session featured discussions about how companies that source leather from Brazil can support suppliers in implementing their deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) commitments, with a focus on Imaflora’s recently released 'Guidance for Downstream Companies of Beef Processors Operating in the Amazon and Cerrado document.