Goal 15 : Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
AQC ACTION
Thanks to an annual supply chain mapping (AQC Supply Chain Mapping), the AQC identifies, on behalf of its member houses, the risks related to the degradation of life on land (deforestation, lack of traceability, wild-caught species, etc.), for both exotic and bovine leathers.
The sourcing of alligator leather — with all animals farmed in the southeastern United States — is fully compliant with CITES regulations[1].
In addition, the AQC implements several LCA initiatives bringing together stakeholders from the bovine and alligator leather value chain, with the aim of raising awareness of environmental responsibility based on scientific data.
[1] Alligator mississippiensis are listed in CITES appendix II, which lists species that are not necessarily now threatened with extinction, but that may become so, unless trade is closely controlled.
