CORRECTION: This story was updated on May 29, 2015, to clarify the form of chromium used in leather processing. Turning animal hides into the supple, rich-hued leather in shoes, handbags, coats, and ...

Crafting leather from animal hides is an age-old industry, but its production today continues to mostly follow a linear model often mired in a range of environmental problems, including pollution, the ...

ON A RECENT VACATION in Morocco, my husband and I watched one of the oldest chemical processes in action: the conversion of animal hides into leather by a process that was already well-developed by ...

The leather industry has taken a beating from conscientious consumers for decades, and for a variety of reasons. Firstly, the chemicals used in leather processing are toxic to humans and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Given the outsized greenhouse gas emissions, the chemical toxins in processing or the ethical concerns with industrial agriculture ...

Leather City of India: Kanpur is called the Leather City of India. It is India’s biggest leather production and export hub, known for world-class tannery clusters, equestrian leather goods, military ...

The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco), the country's largest meat and meat products processing and marketing entity, is set to make a historic breakthrough into the African Continental Free Trade ...

An Egyptian investor is exploring plans to establish a leather manufacturing and processing factory in Rwanda, citing strong sector organisation and growing opportunities in international markets.