This report has been produced by Centro Nuovo Modello di Sviluppo (CNMS) and the Campagna Abiti Puliti. A Tough Story of Leather analyses the situation for workers in the Italian tanning industry. This research focuses on the so called Leather Republic: the Santa Croce District.
Download the report: A Tough Story of Leather
Published in 2016.
See also comments on the report from the Italian Leather Industry body UNIC: HERE and the Change Your Shoes project responses to their comments HERE
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