For years, one of the biggest challenges in the leather industry has been the inability to manage sustainability data accurately, efficiently and transparently. From energy consumption to water usage, from chemical inputs to waste and emissions, most tanneries still rely on manual spreadsheets and fragmented tracking systems. As global regulations tighten and brands demand ongoing environmental data, this outdated structure turns sustainability reporting into a burdensome race against time. The story of Sustainnery now officially launched at www.sustainnery.com begins precisely at this point.
Experts working in the field of leather sustainability for more than a decade repeatedly encountered the same problem: the data existed, but it was scattered, unverifiable, and incompatible with modern reporting requirements. With the growing pressure of the EU Green Deal, CBAM, Deforestation Regulation, traceability requirements, and continuous brand audits, tanneries found themselves in an increasingly complex compliance landscape. Digitalization was no longer a competitive advantage, but a fundamental condition for survival.
Sustainnery was created to answer exactly this need. Designed specifically for tanneries, the platform collects energy, water, waste, emission and chemical data in a single system and transforms it into real-time, structured and actionable insights. Instead of spending hours searching, organizing and preparing data, tanneries can now monitor their environmental performance instantly and respond to audits with confidence and accuracy. The long-standing cycle of “find the data, fix the data, report the data” finally comes to an end.
What makes Sustainnery’s story even more remarkable is its recognition by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as an official case study for its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals. This distinction highlights the platform’s international relevance and its potential to shape the future of sustainable leather manufacturing worldwide.
At its core, Sustainnery equips tanneries with the digital foundation required for upcoming regulations. From process-based emission calculations to traceability logs, from carbon footprint measurements to resource-efficiency insights, every key environmental indicator is digitized and stored securely. This not only accelerates compliance but democratizes access to sustainability tools offering small and medium-sized tanneries the same opportunities as global players.
Ultimately, Sustainnery is more than a software solution. It is a transformation platform that eliminates the industry’s long-standing data chaos, prepares tanneries for the regulatory demands of the future, and empowers the entire leather supply chain to adopt a transparent, measurable and data-driven sustainability model. With Sustainnery, the leather sector steps into a new era one defined not only by craftsmanship and production excellence, but by digital precision and environmental responsibility.
