This refers to leather that we source from a supplier that complies with strict requirements on the welfare of the animals, both from industry bodies and ourselves. Our requirements are based on the so called Five Freedoms, for example freedom from hunger and thirst. The supplier is Bridge of Weir in Scotland. Bridge of Weir sources raw hides locally from responsible suppliers with 100% traceability, as certified by Leather Working Group. You can read more here: https://www.bridgeofweirleather.com/sustainable-sourcing.
When we source leather, we also include other strict sustainability requirements such as:
Traceability: first down to the slaughterhouse and then down to farm level
Origin: leather cannot come from areas with deforestation risk, for example the Amazon
Environmental practices: for example the tanning process must be chrome-free