Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Latest
Trending
Latest stories
Europe
Categories
Programmes
Featured
World
Categories
Programmes
Featured
EU Policy
Business
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Travel
Categories
Programmes
Next
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Culture
Categories
Programmes
Green
Categories
Programmes
Featured
Health
Categories
Programmes
Euroviews
Videos
More
Special coverage
Partner content
Services
Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Find Us
Flipboard Instagram Linkedin
Advertisement

Owner of Timberland, Vans, shoes says will no longer buy Brazilian leather

Owner of Timberland, Vans, shoes says will no longer buy Brazilian leather
FILE PHOTO: A company logo is pictured outside a Timberland shop in Vienna, Austria, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo -  Copyright  Leonhard Foeger(Reuters)
Copyright Leonhard Foeger(Reuters)
By Reuters
Published on
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The parent company of Timberland, Vans and Kipling shoes said on Thursday that it will no longer buy Brazilian leather, saying it had failed to meet its "responsible sourcing requirements."

Thousands of forest fires in the Amazon have been raging for weeks, which has led to heightened scrutiny of Brazil's beef industry. VF Corporation, as the holding company is known, said it would resume buying Brazil leather when "we have the confidence and assurance that the materials used in our products do not contribute to environmental harm in the country."

(Reporting by Marcelo Rochabrun)

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Athenians embrace urban beekeeping, hosting hives on rooftops to support local ecosystems

Injured elephant repeatedly visits Indian village for food and water

Warming seas threaten Antarctic ecosystems, scientists warn