As a by-product of the meat industry, leather is made from a natural and renewable resource. Without appropriate governance, it can have significant environmental and social impacts. The supply chain for leather is complex, and traceability and supplier transparency can be challenging. Countries where cattle heavily contributes to deforestation play an active part in the worldwide leather supply chain.

Leather is not typically used for products that are considered disposable items, and currently, there is no volume solution for the disposal of end-of-life leather products.

Eurofins aims to provide services that bring transparency, measurement, and metrics to leather supply chains. Eurofins has a leather competence centre in the Eurofins BLC Leather Technology Centre Ltd that provides specialist services to the leather sector.