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Duration Half Day, 09:00 to 13:00
BLC will be holding this essential half-day leather sustainability course in Hong Kong on 22nd November 2017 (venue TBC). For many brands and retailers leather sustainability is of growing importance to customers. This leather sustainability course covers some of the key aspects of traceability and chemical management within the leather supply chain.
An overview of common leathers types and from which animals
Traceability and material sources
Environmental impacts and appropriate stewardship
Chemical management and risks within the process
NGO activity and the Leather life cycle
Leather life cycle
There will also be an opportunity for delegates to ask questions around issues they are experiencing in their day-to-day role. Download the course agenda.
Ideal for those who need to have an overview of sustainability such as those new to sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) roles, supply chain managers, marketers, buyers, and decision makers.
All course delegates will receive:
A complete course manual
A certificate of attendance
Member Rate: USD275 per delegate Non-members: USD300 per delegate Discounts are available for multiple bookings, please contact us for more information. Please read our training terms and conditions.
For more information about this training course and to register your place, email training@blcleathertech.com. Alternatively, you can click here to complete the registration form on the APLF website.
If you have any questions or require further information about APLF, please contact Ms Isabelle Wan at APLF on +852 2516 2131.
APLF brings businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We enable businesses from all of the world to meet so that they might find fresh partners, discover new customers and suppliers, and keep ahead of industry developments. APLF organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on leather, fashion and lifestyle; sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware of both the current changes around them and the changes forecast for the future. Inaugurated in 1984, APLF’s event was known as the Hong Kong Leather Fair. It was the city’s first ever ‘Mega-Fair’. Today, APLF has expanded its scope, currently organising events in Hong Kong and China covering a wide range of industry sectors. APLF Leather & Materials+ (APLF), now on its 33rd year and considered to be the most international leather exhibition in the world; the Fashion Access which features bags, footwear, leathergoods and all things fashion; and the Shanghai-based All China Leather Exhibition which showcases the best of China-produced leathers.
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