ISA Voice ISA TANTEC

For this episode, Ronda de Bie, our Senior Vice President of Sales,
introduces our new Spring/Summer 2024 Seasonal Collection.  

In this podcast, we answer questions about the origins and types of cattle hides that ISA processes and the reasons ISA purchases wet blue hides as compared to other hide types.

Our previous “ISA Voice” podcasts have drawn the spotlight on hide origin, ISA hide sourcing, animal welfare and traceability. We are ready to share with you more background information on the leather industry, particularly on the topic of vegan leather, regenerative leather, and leather recyclability. While the lines between genuine leather and synthetics have become blurred, in this episode, our host Keith breaks down questions regarding this subject with professional insights. 

As the demand for non-animal-based materials in the fashion and footwear market increases, products such as so-called vegan-based leather imitations are booming. However, many of those products are advertised as environmentally friendly while containing a large percentage of plastic, one of the biggest threats to our ecosystem.

Along with the recent launch of HyphaLite™, ISA’s first sustainable material featuring more than 90% bio-based content, the host of ISA Voice, Keith, is taking the opportunity to disclose the use of plastics within the leather imitations segment and the environmental concerns it causes in the latest podcast and reveals ISA’s motivation behind the commitment to creating sustainable material alternatives. 

This podcast is about leather Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), reviewing its definition, purpose, and LCA application within the leather industry and in ISA TanTec. 

In this podcast, we try to explain the SAC Higg Index and how leather is scored in the Higg Materials Sustainability Index.