Deforestation-free leather: ambition or reality?

02/10/2025 14 min Episodio 1120
Deforestation-free leather: ambition or reality?

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Episode Synopsis

Fernando Bellese, senior director for beef and leather supply chains at WWF, talks with Ian Welsh about how a new deforestation free leather fund aims to scale transparency, improve pasture management and help reintegrate farmers into more tightly-regulated markets. They set out how these steps can safeguard farmer livelihoods in the transition to sustainable leather and prepare companies for tightening global deforestation regulations.

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