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28 October 2022

Global supply of energy and raw materials at risk due to drought

From California to Germany and China, climate change-fueled heatwaves and droughts have shrunk the rivers that power giant hydroelectric power plants, notes Bloomberg @markets. Heatwaves and drought left China’s Three Gorges Dam — the world’s largest power plant — running at a fraction of capacity this summer. It can produce enough electricity to power the Philippines, according to Bloomberg, but in August its turbines were almost silent.

20 October 2022

India, solar energy for tanneries

After much hesitation, tanneries in the Ranipet-Ambur-Vaniyambadi region have started taking baby steps to tap into solar energy to run automatic sprayer driers, vital for drying the processed leather, in their factories to cut down on the bi-monthly power bills. [Solar air heaters to help tanneries in Ranipet-Ambur region ... - thehindu.com]

27 August 2022

Raw materials: the prices of leather tanning are also increasing

A new Market Intelligence report has been published by @WTPworldleather. This report points out that the leather industry, as with most manufacturing sectors, faces sharp cost increases, mainly due to rising energy costs. [Market Intelligence: leather on the horns of a dilemma – leatherbiz.com]

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24 August 2022

Energy and ecological transition: high-quality, reliable and comparable gauges are needed to avoid greenwashing

Climate change is transforming the global investment landscape, creating new risks and opportunities. For this it is important to know if a company's resources are physically vulnerable, the volume of greenhouse gases it emits and its plans to reduce emissions. @IMFNews proposes the Network for Greening the Financial System directory that assesses available climate data, identifies gaps and offers practical and concrete ways to fill these gaps. [Achieving Net-Zero Emissions Requires Closing a Data Deficit - IMF]

09 July 2022

The contrast between leather and alternative materials is misleading: what matters is to decarbonize the supply chain, accelerate a circular system and protect workers

The question is: if leather is expelled from the fashion ecosystem, what will come next? Some fashion-brands certifications for sustainability-initiatives distract from true environmental impact. The need to standardize and measure sustainability in a unique way for all remains current. In support of universal standards for measuring impacts is the fact that navigating fashion’s oft-greenwashed landscape is complicated but the desire to buy better is alive and well. To hinder universal certifications there is the political and economic context. Certification schemes, all these brand-based ways of communicating impact trivialize the realities of the fashion supply chain: we need to recreate the future simply by starting to measure the reduction in energy and water used

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