Tannery of the Year Awards goes far beyond benchmarking

摘要

A review of the first Tannery of the Year Awards Programme, offering a recap of whatrnthe initiative stands for, what the criteria are for tanneries across the world to becomernfinalists and an extensive report of the first Gala Dinner in Hong Kong on March 29 atrnwhich the winners of the 2009 competition were announced.rnAs international legislation imposes more controls on industry at large, tanneries have begun to realise that their business is not just making leather and turning a potential environmental hazard into an important value-added product.