Tuscany vegetable tanned leather Consortium

Our Tuscan tannery is one of the founding members of the “Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium” with its quality trademark: Tuscan Vegetable-Tanned Leather.

The Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium is a group of certified tanneries that follow strict guidlines for tanning leather and operate under a quality seal called Pelle al Vegetable or the Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium.

The quality standards are strict and have ten basic tenents, this article will highlight some of them:

• It should be made in Tuscany
• The tanneries of the Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium are all located in Tuscany along the banks of Arno river, between Florence and Pisa.
• Certified Quality
• By joining the consortium, the tanneries agree to undergo 3d party quality controls by the : I.CE.C – Institute of Quality Certification for the Leather Sector.
• No animal is killed for its skin
• All the leather is repurposed from European farms which comply with EU legislation on animal welfare.
• No chemicals are used in the tanning process
• The leather is tanned using only plant based tannins.

Furthermore, the tanneries have to use: 

• Metal free leather
• Using only natural raw materials,
• Should hire and operate without any gender/ethnicity discrimination
• Should operate following typical Italian standards for leather tanning
• Follow ISO 26000 for social responsibility
• Follow the logic of a circular economy

Procuring leather from a founding member of The Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium makes us confident that we can offer a product which is sustainable and of great quality: it’s free from chemicals and metals – the workers making the leather are working in good conditions and the quality of this particular Tuscany vegetable tanned leather is second to none.