written for sans beast
Sans Beast is an animal-free fashion brand created by Cathryn Wills, who previously worked at Mimco.
The brand exists to create a fashionable solution to cow skin leather, which is both cruel and unsustainable.
I’ve written for them, and will write for you too, if you ask.
SANS BEAST":
Should tanned leather be called ‘natural’?
‘With chrome tanned leather being most common, let’s stop and look at it a little longer. Not only does it not effectively biodegrade – breaking down by only 45% in leather industry studies – it comes with serious impacts... chromium VI is a human carcinogen known to cause cancer when inhaled. Unsurprising then, leather tannery workers are shown to have higher rates of cancer, as well as a host of other health problems.’
SANS BEAST:
Is leather environmentally sustainable?
‘Data tells us that even synthetic leather material production has about seven times less environmental impact across the board than cow skin leather. It tells us just how much water we could save by shifting away from animal skins in fashion. It tells us too, how critical this move away from animal products as a whole is for biodiversity and for carbon sequestration.’