• Leather can last an entire lifetime and is bio-degradable when it ceases to be used.

• Leather has such high durability and strength that it is far more efficient to produce and lasts far longer than the majority of synthetic materials. In this throw-away society leather items can be re-used as well as re-cycled.

• ‘Faux leather’, plastic or ‘vegan’ leather has a much shorter lifespan and will end up in landfill sites. Such materials are usually made from chemicals in a production process that leaves a higher carbon footprint than leather.

• High quality, sustainable leather can only be obtained from cattle that lead a good life, a good, strong leather will only be made by healthy cattle and the leather is collected as a by-product of the meat industry, so it would go to waste if not utilised.

• We only use vegetable-tanned leather that is processed using natural dyes that are environmentally sound, our tanneries are legally bound and regulated to use lawful, non-polluting and safe products.