Scottish Leather Group are one of Scotland’s largest manufacturers of leather, here’s their apprentices with former #apprentice Iona & Apprentice of The Year 2018 winner Robert! 🏆
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#DYW | #TalentWithoutLimits
Today, as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, we are attending the Inverclyde Apprenticeship Careers Fair.
If you are in the local area and would like to find out more about our Apprenticeship Academy, please come and visit us at Greenock Town Hall.
#ScotAppWeek20
A huge thank you to SLG Technology @leatherscottish for their donation of £2500. Vincent Morris, IT Director, presented Colin Graham with the cheque yesterday and said he was delighted to support Sepsis Research FEAT with some funding.#stopsepsisnow
This week we were at an event hosted by @skillsdevscot. The event was a great success and we were delighted to have had the opportunity to speak to many school leavers about our Apprenticeship Academy. Please see below for further details on our Apprenticeship Academy.
We were proud to sponsor this year’s VIBES Awards and, in particular, the Circular Scotland Award which recognises businesses that can demonstrate a circular approach to material use and business function. Congratulations to the all the winners. https://t.co/a57wkhaiQq
We’re delighted to have won the Sustainable Business Award at last night’s inaugural Herald Pioneer Awards and that our commitment to the sustainable manufacturing of leather continues to be recognised.
We are delighted to be shortlisted in The Herald Pioneer Awards for the Sustainable Business category and that our commitment to the sustainable manufacturing of leather is being recognised. Looking forward to the awards in November!
Congratulations to the employees from SLGT and NCT who took part in the 10k Great Scottish Run in Glasgow on Sunday. They have raised a total of £2,715 for Beatson Cancer Charity. Thank you to all who have donated – we appreciate your support!
We are delighted to be expanding our Renfrewshire operation further with this important new facility in Paisley, which will create new jobs and enable us to deliver on our expanding portfolio.
Scottish Leather Group, the UK's largest leather manufacturer, set to create 100 jobs at new factory in Paisley, Renfrewshire https://t.co/54PpuNULIO #UKmfg#GBmfg#Pasiley#Scotland 🇬🇧
"Our aviation leather is 20% lighter than our traditional product."
Learn more on our sustainable leather innovations using the link below:
https://t.co/PSwKuLTZMF
All 5 Scottish Leather Group subsidiary companies have been recognised with a 2019 @RoSPA Award!
@MuirheadLeather achieved its 8th consecutive Gold Award, SLG Technology achieved its 3rd consecutive Gold Award & Lang, NCT & @bowleather all secured their second Gold Award.
“We only purchase hides from abattoirs in the UK and Europe whose farm suppliers do not engage with practices that contribute to deforestation or any form of animal mistreatment.”
Find out more about our Animal Welfare policy here:
https://t.co/0w3TkwMOON
"Using solely renewable wind derived electricity has dramatically reduced the carbon intensity measured as CO² equivalent of our product, from a baseline of 10.9kg of CO² eq per hide in 2003, to an anticipated 1.5kg of CO2 eq per hide."
Read more here:
https://t.co/A1zSji9zna
"We have reduced our production waste to landfill by 70% and are investing to reach 100%."
Click on the link below to our recently published Sustainability Report to find out more about our sustainability efforts.
https://t.co/4hPONUh9AT
“Sustainability is not a destination, but a continuous journey of learning and improvement.” Follow the link below to read our Sustainability Report, which highlights the actions being taken by our Group to support our sustainability credentials.
https://t.co/gxYy4kug4H
Our very own Dr Warren Bowden will be presenting on "Sustainable Manufacturing" at the upcoming ILM Automotive Leather Supply Chain conference in Munich on May 21. For more information and to register, please visit: https://t.co/yRNOqFPQSD