LWG certified leather goods manufacturer in Bangladesh

The Leather Working Group audits leather manufacturers, meaning tanneries, on environmental performance and rates them gold, silver, bronze or audited; leather traders can be certified too, rated Approved rather than with a medal. A bag, belt or shoe factory does not tan, so it holds no rating of its own. What brands mean by an LWG certified leather goods manufacturer in Bangladesh is a goods maker whose leather for your order comes from a rated tannery, with papers to prove it.

Leather goods have no factory bench yet. For an LWG enquiry the desk finds a goods maker that already buys from a rated tannery, vets and visits it, and replies within 5 working days with a real quote or a straight no. The tannery's current certificate and the delivery papers for your leather lot go into the order file.

Kinds of LWG leather goods sourcing

LWG leather bags and small goods

Bags, wallets, card holders and purses cut from leather bought from a rated tannery. Linings, webbing and canvas parts are not leather and sit outside the claim, so the claim names the leather parts.

LWG leather belts

Belt straps in full grain or split leather from a rated tannery, chrome or vegetable tanned. The buckle is metal, tested for nickel on its own; the strap carries the LWG claim.

LWG leather footwear

Shoes and sandals whose uppers, and sometimes linings, come from a rated tannery. Soles, insoles and adhesives sit outside the claim, so state which components are LWG leather.

LWG leather jackets and garments

Jackets, blazers and waistcoats in garment nappa or suede from a rated tannery. Soft garment leather in fashion colours comes from fewer rated tanneries, so the colour choice may narrow.

What to send an LWG certified leather goods manufacturer in Bangladesh

Rating required

Gold, silver, bronze or audited, and whether your customer accepts any rated tannery or names one. A higher medal narrows the tanneries able to supply your leather and colour.

Leather parts in the claim

Which components must be LWG leather: body, gusset, lining, straps, edge binding. Mixed sourcing inside one article weakens the claim.

Leather type and tannage

Animal, layer, thickness and finish, and chrome, vegetable or chrome free tannage. The tannery has to make that leather in your colour, not only hold a rating.

Documents per order

The tannery's current LWG certificate, and invoices or delivery notes tying the leather lot to your production. Ask for them with the pre-production sample, not after shipment.

Chemical and rub requirements

REACH entries for the EU, your own restricted substances list, and colour rub fastness on the leather, tested by the leather method the laboratory names, one report per colour.

Claim wording

The words on hangtags and product pages: the tannery's rating and the leather parts it covers. Ask the Leather Working Group how its name may be used on your product before anything is printed.

Ratings and tests for LWG certified leather goods

LWG

Environmental audit of tanneries, rated gold, silver, bronze or audited. The rating belongs to the tannery site that made the leather, so check the certificate names that site and is current.

REACH Annex XVII, entry 47 (chromium VI)

Leather articles in contact with skin must stay below 3 mg/kg of chromium VI. An LWG rating does not replace this test; ask for it on each finished leather colour.

REACH Annex XVII, entry 43 (azo dyes)

Restricts azo dyes that release listed amines above 30 mg/kg, in leather and in dyed textile parts alike. Dark dyed leathers and printed linings are the usual ones to test.

ZDHC MRSL

Chemicals banned from intentional use in facilities processing textiles, leather and trims. It applies to the tannery and its chemical suppliers, and it is not a test on your finished article.

What moves the price of LWG leather goods

• Rated leather, which can cost more per square foot, with a higher medal narrowing supply.
• Colour and finish: a custom colour from a rated tannery carries its own minimum per colour.
• Testing: a chromium VI and azo report per leather colour, and nickel tests on plated hardware.
• Tracing each leather lot to the order, which adds handling at both the maker and the tannery.
• Hide grade and yield, which set how much of each skin reaches the finished article.

Lead time for LWG certified leather goods

Times follow the article. A leather bag usually samples in 14 to 21 days and a shoe in 21 to 30, and bulk usually takes 45 to 75 days for bags and 60 to 90 days for shoes after the pre-production sample is approved. Leather in your colour from a rated tannery, and a REACH report per colour, add days before cutting; the quote gives your dates.

What we check in LWG certified leather goods

• Certificate against the leather lotThe tannery certificate checked as current, and its site matched to the delivery note for the leather cut for this order.
• Leather at the cutting tableHides at cutting matched to the approved leather by lot label, colour and thickness, so no other leather slips in.
• Colour rubFinished articles rubbed with a white cloth, dry and wet, on dark and aniline leathers, which mark clothing first.
• Claim on the labelHangtags and labels checked against the approved wording, so the LWG claim names only the leather parts it covers.

Questions buyers ask about LWG certified leather goods