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LWG Subcontractor Audit Standard

Evaluates the environmental performance of a company carrying out operations on material it does not own, across thirteen sections including operating permits, energy, water, emissions and waste. Released 2020. A voluntary audit standard for a facility, not a test method and not a product certification. The output is a rated certification of the site rather than a claim about any particular hide.

Number

LWG Subcontractor Audit Standard

Status

active

What this standard is for

What to watch for

Gives subcontractors their own route to certification rather than leaving them assessed only through a client's audit, which is why a tannery's subcontractors may hold certificates of their own. The publisher states a launch year for this standard but no version number, so this record carries no edition. Ask LWG which revision an audit was performed against before comparing two certificates.

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