Ethical and animal-free fashion

Questions this hub answers

Is vegan leather better for the environment than animal leather?

It depends on the material. Plastic-based PU is lower-impact than chrome-tanned cattle leather on emissions and water, but not on end-of-life; mycelium, cork and cactus-based leathers perform best overall.

What is mulesing?

The removal of strips of skin from around a lamb's breech to prevent flystrike, still practised in parts of the Australian wool industry, frequently without adequate pain relief.