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Transformation towards a "More Sustainable Chemistry" in the Leather Supply Chains"

Introduction to the project and invitation to participate

This video presents the project "More Sustainable Chemistry in the Leather Supply Chains" and the four sub-projects resulting from it. The recording was made during an online conference on the launch of the sub-projects on 29.06.2020.

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Scenario for Leather 2035 - Common Vision for a "More Sustainable Chemistry in Leather Supply Chains

Mitschnitt der Online-Kickoff-Konferenz vom 26.06.2020

Strategy development for "More sustainable chemistry in the leather supply chains" until 2035

Mitschnitt der Online-Kickoff-Konferenz vom 26.06.2020

Presentation of the subprojects / Call for Participation

Harmonization of standards for a more sustainable leather chemistry (Subproject 1)

IT Tools and Governance for Traceability (Subproject 2)

Chemicals and Process Innovation (Subproject 3)

Leather Design Guidelines for Sustainable Development (Subproject 4)

Process outputs

Factsheet: Results Leather-Survey 2020

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Szenario A - Leather 2035 - Quantity beats Quality

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Szenario B - Leather 2035 - Quality through Appreciation and Awareness

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Theory of Change als PDF downloaden

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Brief profile of subproject 1 "Harmonisation of standards for a “more sustainable” leather chemistry"

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Brief profile of subproject 3 "Chemical and process innovation"

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Brief profile of subproject 4 "Design guidelines for sustainable development" als Factsheet

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Actual publications

Julian Schenten, Martin Führ, Silke Kleihauer und Joana Schönborn, Traceability as driver for more sustainable chemistry in the global textile supply chains, in: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (Vol 19), October 2019, p. 87-93.

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Patrick Rojahn, Oliver Ruß, Lars Gössl, Matthias Kroschel, Frank Herbstritt, Joachim Heck und Frank Schael, Mixing Performance in a Distributed-Feed Plate-Type Reactor with Multinozzle Injection for Fine Chemical Production Scale, in: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (Vol 59), January 2020, p. 3655 – 3668.

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