It's time for fashion brands to ditch animal leather

 

We can replace leather with mushrooms, grapes, cacti, and more.

Cruelty-Free Plant Leather Is the Future. Tell Major Fashion Brands to Ditch Animal Suffering!

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We all know that fur fashion is cruelty — but the leather trade is bad for animals, too. To produce our bags, coats, shoes, and more, living creatures are imprisoned, forced into a lifetime of servitude and suffering, and then slaughtered for our clothing. On top of that, it also hurts the environment. Leather production — just like animal-based agriculture — requires huge amounts of land, water, and other resources in order to raise the animals who are then butchered for their skin and flesh. It contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore climate change, as well as deforestation. That's why it's so exciting to learn that more and more companies are turning to plant-based leather alternatives. So why are some major fashion houses refusing to move away from animal leather and toward sustainable alternatives?   Plant-based leather can now be made from a variety of all-natural resources such as grapes, cactus, kombucha, mushrooms, pineapples, apples, bananas, and more. These fruit and fungi leathers are full of benefits for animals and the planet. The fur-free movement has shown us that change is possible. With enough pressure, even the most prominent brands in the world will finally choose innovative alternatives over suffering-based options. In fact, over the past several years, Prada, Versace, Armani, Michael Kors, Zara, H&M, and hundreds of other brands and retailers have committed to phasing out fur in their products. Now it's time for them to eliminate animal-based leather, too. Sign the petition to tell these major fashion houses to replace animal leather with plant-based alternatives now!

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P.S. There's no such thing as ethical or "cruelty-free" animal leather. Sign the petition.      Sign Now

We all know the leather trade is bad for animals. But did you realize it hurts the environment, too? Leather production - just like animal-based agriculture - requires huge amounts of land, water, and other resources in order to raise the living animals who are then slaughtered for their skin and flesh. The livestock industry is one of the world's largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore to climate change. It is also one of the leading causes of deforestation.

That's why it's so exciting to learn that more and more companies are turning to plant-based leather alternatives made with all-natural resources like grapes, cactus, kombucha, mushrooms, pineapples, apples, bananas, and more. Innovative brands are increasingly proving that sustainable, eco-friendly "leather" is durable and desirable for all types of products, including shoes and bags. So why are some major fashion houses so resistant to change?

Sign the petition to demand major fashion brands like Prada, Versace, Armani, Michael Kors, Zara, H&M, Coach, Chanel and more replace animal leather with plant-based alternatives!

Plant-based leather is full of benefits for animals and the planet. For starters, no living creatures would be caged and imprisoned, enduring lifetimes of suffering before being slaughtered for our clothing. Additionally, plant leather has a carbon footprint that is approximately 40 times smaller than animal leather, and 17 times less than plastic- and petrol-based leather. At the end of its use, clothing made out of plant "hides" can be biodegraded. And there's also less waste in the production line: for example, grape-based leather is made using discarded grape skins that are tossed at the end of wine-making.

The fur-free movement has shown us that change is possible. With enough pressure, even the most prominent brands in the world will finally choose innovative alternatives over suffering-based options. Over the past several years, Prada, Gucci, Versace, Armani, Michael Kors, Zara, H&M, and hundreds of other brands have committed to phasing out fur in their products. And if companies like these are willing to eliminate fur from their clothing, it's time for them to remove leather, too. Already, Gucci is exploring the use of leather alternatives. But its peers haven't followed suit yet.

There's no such thing as ethical or "cruelty-free" animal leather. Tell all major fashion houses, including Prada, Versace, Armani, Michael Kors, Zara, H&M, Coach, and Chanel to go leather-free!more