by Tannins World | Jul 23, 2026 | Environment, Leather
The Digital Product Passport for leather has become one of the most pressing issues for brands, tanneries, manufacturers and suppliers working with leather goods, fashion accessories and footwear. Under the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, product...
by Tannins World | Jul 17, 2025 | Environment, Leather
As the European-funded project LIFE I’M TAN (LIFE20 ENV/IT/000759) wraps up, a new model for sustainable, high-performance tanning is emerging—one that’s scientifically grounded, industrially scalable and ecologically sound. Spearheaded by Silvateam and carried out in...
by Tannins World | Sep 28, 2023 | Environment
Tannins are natural astringent polyphenolic compounds found throughout the plant kingdom. They occur in bark, wood, leaves, roots, seeds, fruits and gallnuts, where they help plants protect themselves against fungi, bacteria, insects and herbivores. Many plants...
by Tannins World | Jun 15, 2023 | Environment
The LIFE I’M TAN project, funded by the European Union (LIFE20 ENV/IT/000759), is working to improve the way natural tannins are used in leather making. Led by Silvateam, a world leader in natural extracts, the project focuses on creating new types of tannins made...
by Tannins World | Aug 3, 2021 | Environment
Nature offers wonderful treasures and Quebracho colorado is perhaps one of the most interesting due to its uniqueness. Its scientific name is Schinopsis Lorentzii and it is an evergreen plant that grows wild in the Chaco, a region between northern Argentina, Paraguay...
by Tannins World | May 30, 2021 | Environment, Sustainable fashion
Since prehistoric times, tannin has played a crucial role in the creation of colours, as the first form of visual communication. To get to the origins of the use of coloured pigments, we have to go back about 70,000 years, when Neanderthal man sprinkled the...
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