On January 11, 2026, Yantai Leather Co., Ltd. successfully passed the stringent on-site audit and document assessment of the Leather Working Group (LWG), achieving LWG Gold certification. This certification signifies that its environmental management system and sustainable production capabilities have reached world-leading levels, laying a solid foundation for the green supply chain upgrade of leather goods such as genuine leather bags and belts.
The certification audit was conducted by LWG audit experts over two days, meticulously tracing and verifying core aspects from raw hide management, chemical control, and energy resource consumption to wastewater and exhaust gas treatment and carbon footprint tracking. Yantai Leather, with its high-standard management system covering the entire process, perfectly meets the requirements of the new LWG 2025 certification standards. It not only strictly adheres to the ZDHC MRSL 3.0 chemical control guidelines, achieving an industrial water reuse rate of over 70%, but also completes Scope 1-2 carbon emission quantitative management, becoming a benchmark enterprise for green production in the domestic elastic leather industry.
As the most authoritative environmental certification in the global leather industry, LWG Gold certification is a mandatory entry requirement for the supply chains of over 200 international brands, including Nike, LVMH, and Gucci. Yantai Leather's successful certification means that its core elastic sheepskin and elastic cowhide raw materials can directly connect with the supply chains of major international brands, providing authoritative green endorsement for the production of genuine leather bag straps. For the leather goods industry, bag straps made with this certified leather will have stronger bargaining power and market competitiveness in high-end markets such as Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea, while also meeting the core demand of global consumers for sustainable leather goods.
Yantai Leather's elastic leather combines environmental friendliness, comfort, resilience, and fashionable versatility. Certified leather is traceable throughout the entire process from production to finished product, ensuring the environmental quality and craftsmanship of its genuine leather bag straps from the source. This Gold certification not only demonstrates Yantai Leather's commitment to "Green Leather & Eco-friendly Leather," but will also drive the green upgrading of the domestic genuine leather bag and strap industry, helping leather goods companies overcome overseas trade barriers and seize the development opportunities in the global sustainable leather goods market.
In the future, Yantai Leather will continue to empower its leather goods partners with the LWG Gold standard, focusing on the supply of green raw materials for core categories such as genuine leather bags and straps, and working together to create a sustainable leather goods ecosystem from raw materials to finished products, making environmental protection a core competitive advantage for genuine leather bags and straps.
