7.3 GUARANTEED ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF LEATHER

70% - 95% leather renewability

First in the world with certified “Biobased” leather

Leather is a completely renewable material. Renewability means having a renewal cycle between 1 and 5 years, in balance with the natural cycle of the ecosystem. On the contrary, non-renewable resources, such as plastics and synthetic fibres, deplete the ecosystem and use resources that will not be available for future generations.

Gruppo Mastrotto measured the renewable content of its skins, in terms of the percentage of recent organic carbon compared to the amount of total carbon contained. To give further assurance to its customers, it has had this measurement certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, through Biobased certification for products deriving from renewable sources.

Gruppo Mastrotto was the first tannery in the world to obtain this certification that shows the portion of product that comes from renewable sources such as vegetable, animal, marine or forest raw materials. Our leathers have a renewable value ranging from 70% to 95%.

99% protection against bacteria and viruses

The antibacterial and antiviral patent

Gruppo Mastrotto has developed a new technology by developing an antibacterial and antiviral treatment that guarantees high safety standards, reducing, almost to zero, the presence of bacteria and viruses on surfaces.

Gruppo Mastrotto has filed a patent application for this innovative treatment that allows the nonsurvival of bacteria and viruses on leather, with an effective level of protection of 99.9%.

A kind of barrier, therefore, able to prevent the replication of pathogens, if any should possibly come into contact with the leather. The surfaces of objects, in fact, especially those that are touched and used by many people, can be contaminated by bacteria and pathogenic viruses, turning the object into a vector of contagion. This new treatment is applicable to all leathers currently produced by Gruppo Mastrotto.

The “Blauer Engel” certification

compliance with high environmental standards

Environmental product label recognized worldwide, guarantees compliance with high environmental standards, more restrictive than those required by law. The requirements for this certification are established by the German Ministry of the Environment and verified by the RAL (the German Technical Body that manages the certification).

“Blauer Engel” certified leathers guarantee:

• compliance with high environmental standards in the tanning production process

• low consumption of natural resources

• high air quality in residential environments thanks to the substantial absence of harmful chemicals in the skin without compromising aesthetic and comfort for consumers.