Leather Working Group Standards
Leather Working Group currently has four audit standards designed to meet the assessment needs of different operations within the leather production chain. They cover raw material traders through to leather manufacturers and subcontractors, to traders of finished material. The Leather Working Group certification programme does not allow the auditing and certification of any facility which process or trades in fur.
If your business is a leather manufacturer, leather trader, commissioning manufacturer, or subcontractor,
What is the LWG Audit?
First launched in 2005, the LWG Audit Standard is an international certification standard for environmentally and socially accountable leather manufacturing. The audit is a comprehensive assessment of how a tannery measures, controls and reports the impact of their manufacturing operations.
It is the longest running standard specialised for the leather industry and subject to continuous review and revision in consultation with industry experts and our stakeholder group
