Leather Manufacturers are able to join the LWG after having completed a successful LWG audit, conducted by an LWG-approved auditor. Membership to LWG is valid for 24 months. The 2-day audit is an evaluation of a leather manufacturer’s environmental credentials.
LWG-audited tanneries can be found globally and represent 20% of the world’s production of leather.
Traders of part-processed and finished material may join LWG by completing the LWG Trader Audit.
950+
Leather Manufacturers & Traders
Our objective is to develop/maintain a protocol that assesses the environmental compliance and performance capabilities of leather manufacturers and promotes sustainable environmental practices.
The LWG is a non-profit organisation, and our membership is made up of both subscription members and audited members. We are a multi-stakeholder, community-led initiative, and welcome the input and engagement from all of our members to drive us forward. We also collaborate with other key organisations and look to align, draw on each other's strengths, and avoid duplication of efforts where possible.
Subscription members fund all of the work that we do, and includes brands, suppliers, associations and certain traders (who cannot currently be audited). We rely on these subscriptions to do the work that we do.
Audited members include leather manufacturers, traders, sub-contractors, and commissioning manufacturers. The route to membership is through an audit. The LWG is not funded through audits.
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52+
Countries with LWG Members & LWG-Certified Facilities
0.79 billion ft2
Traceable finished leather made in LWG-certified facilities
1300+
Companies engaged in the LWG from across the global leather supply chain
~23%
Finished leather made in an LWG-certified facility (by volume)
800+
LWG-Certified Leather Manufacturers across the globe
5.4 billion ft2
Finished leather produced in LWG-Certified Facilities
4 billion ft2
Wet blue leather made in an LWG-certified facility (by volume)
1.97 billion ft2
Traceable wet blue material made in LWG-certified facilities
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LWG is made up of representative parties from different areas of the product supply chain, including brands, leather manufacturers, technical experts and other industry representatives.