Country of Origin and Process

• Bovine (cow) hides, global average {original allocation} should be used if no other process selection is applicable. This process is based on an average of equally weighted Bovine (cow) hides from Brazil and the US. Allocation to leather is 3.6%.

• Bovine (cow) hide, Brazil {original allocation} should be selected if the cattle are farmed and slaughtered in Brazil. Allocation to leather is 3.6%. 

• Bovine (cow) hide, US {original allocation} should be selected if the cattle are farmed and slaughtered in the United States. Allocation to leather is 3.6%.

• Bovine (cow) hide {JBS and Asiatan}, Brazil should only be selected when using the “Kind Leather {Asiatan}, (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, and finishing)” process in Tanning. This process represents the specific supply chain for Kind Leather from Brazil and should only be selected when combined with Kind Leather processing.

• Bovine (cow) hide {PrimeAsia}, from Steers (US and Australia) should only be selected when using the “Finished leather, from Steers (US and Australia) {PrimeAsia}, (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, and finishing)” process in Tanning. This cow hide is also referred to as Prime Asia Group A (Steers).

• Bovine (cow) hide {PrimeAsia}, raw hides (South America) should only be selected when using the “Finished leather, from South American raw hides {PrimeAsia}, (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, and finishing)” process in Tanning. This cow hide is also referred as Prime Asia Group B (South America).

• Bovine (cow) hide, Athletic Pigmented White Version 1 {Sadesa} should be selected when using Version 1 of the Athletic Pigmented White leather from SADESA S.A. This option represents cattle raised in Argentina. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Athletic Pigmented White Version 1 {Sadesa} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, and finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, Athletic Pigmented White Version 2 {Sadesa} should be selected when using Version 2 of the Athletic Pigmented White leather from SADESA S.A. This option represents cattle raised in Argentina. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Athletic Pigmented White Version 2 {Sadesa} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, and finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, Finished Pigmented Leather {Sadesa} should be selected when using Finished Pigmented leather from SADESA S.A. This option represents cattle raised in Uruguay. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished Pigmented Leather {Sadesa} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, and finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, Crust Aniline Leather {Sadesa} should be selected when using Crust Aniline leather from SADESA S.A. This option represents cattle raised in Argentina. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Crust Aniline Leather {Sadesa} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, and finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide (Split), PU Coated Split Leather {Tong Hong} should be selected when using PU Coated Split cow leather from Tong Hong Tannery. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather (Split), PU coated Split {Tong Hong} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide (Split), Split Suede {Tong Hong} should be selected when using Split Suede from Tong Hong Tannery. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather (Split), Split Suede {Tong Hong} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, Grain Split Leather {ISA TanTec} should be selected when using Grain Split cow leather from ISA TanTec LTD. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, Grain Split Leather {ISA TanTec} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, Nubuck {Simona Tanning} should be selected when using Nubuck cow leather from Simona Tanning. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, nubuck {Simona Tanning} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, finishing)’, and select the corresponding empty processes for re-tanning, drying, and finishing.

• Bovine (cow) hide, full grain aniline {Simona Tanning} should be selected when using full grain cow leather from Simona Tanning. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, full grain aniline {Simona Tanning} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, finishing)’, and select the corresponding empty processes for re-tanning, drying, and finishing.

• Bovine (cow) hide {Alpharama Ltd} should only be selected when the cow hide is sourced from Alpharama Tannery.  When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Crust leather {Alpharama Ltd} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying)’, and select the corresponding empty processes for re-tanning and drying.

• Bovine (cow) hide {Hoopoe Trading Ltd} should only be selected when the cow hide is sourced from Hoopoe Tannery. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Tanning, chrome process {Hoopoe Trading Ltd}’.

• • Bovine (cow) hide, PU coated leather {XJ Leather Group} should only be selected when the cow hide is sourced from XJ Leather Group. This dataset describes bovine hide production. The model includes the cattle raising as well as the slaughtering.  When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, PU coated {XJ Leather Group} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, suede leather {XJ Leather Group} should only be selected when the suede leather is sourced from XJ Leather Group. This dataset describes bovine hide production. The model includes the cattle raising as well as the slaughtering.  When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, suede {XJ Leather Group} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, finishing)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, PU coated leather {Youngil Leather} should only be selected when PU coated leather is sourced from Youngil Leather. This dataset describes bovine hide production. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, PU coated {Youngil Leather} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, pigmented full grain leather {Youngil Leather} should only be selected when full grain leather is sourced from Youngil Leather. This dataset describes bovine hide production. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, pigmented full grain {Youngil Leather} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, suede split leather {Youngil Leather} should only be selected when suede leather is sourced from Youngil Leather. This dataset describes bovine hide production. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, suede split {Youngil Leather} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, bio-based PU split leather {Youngil Leather} should only be selected when bio-based PU leather is sourced from Youngil Leather. This dataset describes bovine hide production. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, bio-based PU split {Youngil Leather} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying)’.

• Bovine (cow) hide, water based PU coated split leather {Kuo Yuen Tannery} should only be selected when PU leather is sourced from Kuo Yuen Tannery. This dataset describes bovine hide production. When selecting this material, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, water based PU coated split {Kuo Yuen Tannery} (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying, finishing)’.

Bovine (cow) hide, industry average leather is the default selection for cow leather and should be used unless another process selection is applicable. This dataset describes bovine hide production. Custom economic allocation factor of 1.46% applied based on primary data from the manufacturer. When this material is selected, the tanning process should be updated to ‘Finished leather, industry average (includes tanning, re-tanning, drying)’.