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Enhancing sustainable manufacturing


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Leather International November/December 2024


Editorial


Editor Tony Rock Designer Martin Faulkner Group art director Henrik Williams Production manager Dave Stanford


Commercial Commercial director David Chai david.chai@btmi.com


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n an interesting development, environmental and nature conservation organisation WWF Pakistan is to foster traceability and address the pollution and human impacts associated with the Pakistan leather sector as part of a sustainability programme. Pakistan Leather Sector: Traceability, Cleaner Production and Circularity is a project that aims to enhance the manufacturing process and build the capacity of public sector and value chain players. It is part of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) Programme, which aims to address the environmental and health impacts of the manufacturing sector in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The project aims to develop and implement a digital traceability toolkit to trace hides from direct suppliers/direct supplier farms to the factory; recycle waste generated from processing by converting trimmings, fleshing and shavings into water-resistant surfactants; and decrease pollution in wastewater by utilising lipase enzymes, phasing out the need for imported commercial agents and toxic organic solvents. WWF Pakistan has collaborated with partners including Punjab Agriculture & Meat Company, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Information Technology University, and Leather Field Pvt to identify the actors in the leather value chain while promoting cleaner production and circularity in the sector.


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The leather sector is ranked as the third-largest export industry in Pakistan and contributes approximately 4% to the national GDP.


Tony Rock, editor


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