News - Royal Smit & Zoon

Royal Smit & Zoon maintains EcoVadis Platinum Rating – confirming its position as sustainability leader

We are proud to share that Royal Smit & Zoon has once again been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum rating, the world’s most recognized and trusted business sustainability rating.

IILF: showcasing the best of India’s leather industry

Royal Smit & Zoon will be present at the 38th India International Leather Fair from February 1-3, 2025. The exhibition in Chennai spans the full width of everything the leather industry has to offer.

PMLS: showcasing low-bishpenol and Optitan in Pakistan

Royal Smit & Zoon Zoon agent Badr Alam Trade Pakistan will be present at the PMLS exhibition from January 26-28, 2025.

All Royal Smit & Zoon facilities awarded highest level of ZDHC certification

Royal Smit & Zoon is thrilled to announce that, as of December 2024, all of its production facilities are certified Level 3 (the highest Confidence Level) by ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals).

ACLE: Taking tradition into the future

Royal Smit & Zoon is taking part as an exhibitor at ACLE and will be displaying Zeology leather together with partner tanneries.

Armando Escobedo new president Leather Chemist and Technicians Association in Leon

We would like to congratulate Armando with his new role.

Behind the scenes of Royal Smit & Zoon’s ESG Roadmap and reporting

What is the process behind the ESG report and why is ESG so important? Aukje Berden, ESG Director of Royal Smit & Zoon, explains more about this topic.

Royal Smit & Zoon presents 2023 ESG Report

The annual ESG report highlights Royal Smit & Zoon’s progress, solutions and ambitions dedicated to its mission, to create a socially and environmentally sustainable leather value chain, together.

Royal Smit & Zoon certified for renewable energy usage

We are happy to report that all our energy consumption in 2024 and 2025 will be derived from renewable resources, in our case European Wind.

Education the next generation on sustainable leather tanning at ICLT

Our colleagues Craig Munro and Dirick von Behr spent a week at the University of Northampton, Institute for Creative Leather Technologies to educate the next generation about how to tan leather with Zeology.

Leading sustainability performance for Royal Smit & Zoon awarded with EcoVadis Platinum rating

We are proud to announce that Royal Smit & Zoon has been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum rating.

Low bisphenol retanning range with BioTan XP 01L

We offer syntans with low bisphenol values and introduce BioTan XP 01L, an innovative retanning agent 100% free of bisphenol. All our bisphenol optimized solutions are thoroughly tested, both on performance and on bisphenol limits.